Julius Manda

2.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
42 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Julius Manda is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Economics and Econometrics and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Julius Manda has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 15 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 11 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Julius Manda's work include Agricultural Innovations and Practices (33 papers), Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (13 papers) and Innovation and Socioeconomic Development (9 papers). Julius Manda is often cited by papers focused on Agricultural Innovations and Practices (33 papers), Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (13 papers) and Innovation and Socioeconomic Development (9 papers). Julius Manda collaborates with scholars based in Tanzania, Kenya and Nigeria. Julius Manda's co-authors include Arega D. Alene, Makaiko G. Khonje, Menale Kassie, Adane Tufa, Cornelis Gardebroek, Gelson Tembo, Victor M. Manyong, Tahirou Abdoulaye, Shiferaw Feleke and David Chikoye and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Ecological Economics.

In The Last Decade

Julius Manda

40 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Analysis of Adoption and Impacts of Improved Maize Varieties in Eastern Zambia

2014 324 citations Makaiko G. Khonje, Julius Manda et al. World Development profile →
Adoption and Impacts of Sustainable Agricultural Practices on Maize Yields and Incomes: Evidence from Rural Zambia

2015 274 citations Julius Manda, Arega D. Alene et al. Journal of Agricultural Economics profile →
Adoption and welfare impacts of multiple agricultural technologies: evidence from eastern Zambia

2018 194 citations Makaiko G. Khonje, Julius Manda et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Julius Manda Tanzania	17	1.1k	559	431	266	239	42	1.6k
Shiferaw Feleke Tanzania	21	968 0.9×	416 0.7×	544 1.3×	183 0.7×	271 1.1×	61	1.7k
Franklin Simtowe Kenya	19	1.2k 1.1×	569 1.0×	462 1.1×	285 1.1×	315 1.3×	56	1.7k
Gideon Danso-Abbeam Ghana	23	915 0.8×	455 0.8×	404 0.9×	337 1.3×	218 0.9×	82	1.6k
Jacob Ricker‐Gilbert United States	26	1.3k 1.2×	772 1.4×	657 1.5×	211 0.8×	321 1.3×	74	2.2k
Mekbib G. Haile Germany	16	986 0.9×	422 0.8×	639 1.5×	230 0.9×	217 0.9×	28	1.7k
Hailemariam Teklewold Ethiopia	15	1.5k 1.3×	914 1.6×	398 0.9×	587 2.2×	278 1.2×	32	2.1k
Lloyd J. S. Baiyegunhi South Africa	24	822 0.7×	478 0.9×	514 1.2×	365 1.4×	196 0.8×	80	1.7k
Edward Martey Ghana	21	701 0.6×	306 0.5×	381 0.9×	224 0.8×	201 0.8×	102	1.4k
Sudha Narayanan India	18	805 0.7×	437 0.8×	578 1.3×	110 0.4×	233 1.0×	60	1.7k
Catherine Ragasa United States	23	732 0.7×	295 0.5×	452 1.0×	158 0.6×	145 0.6×	70	1.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Muthoni, Francis, Julius Manda, & Olena Dubovyk. (2025). Disentangling Climate and Human Drivers of Land Degradation in East and Southern Africa. Land Degradation and Development. 36(11). 3801–3816.

Manda, Julius, et al.. (2024). Adoption of agronomic practices and their impact on crop yield and income: An analysis for black gram and green gram in India. Journal of Agricultural Economics. 76(1). 139–163.

Manda, Julius, Adane Tufa, Arega D. Alene, et al.. (2023). The income and food security impacts of soil and water conservation technologies in Tanzania. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 7. 2 indexed citations

Kotu, Bekele Hundie, et al.. (2023). Farmers' willingness to invest in mechanized maize shelling and potential financial benefits: Evidence from Tanzania. Agribusiness. 39(3). 854–874. 8 indexed citations

Oyinbo, Oyakhilomen, et al.. (2023). Beyond average: are the yield and income impacts of adopting drought-tolerant maize varieties heterogeneous?. Climate and Development. 16(1). 67–76. 4 indexed citations

Tufa, Adane, Arega D. Alene, Hambulo Ngoma, et al.. (2023). Willingness to pay for agricultural mechanization services by smallholder farmers in Malawi. Agribusiness. 40(1). 248–276. 11 indexed citations

Mutungi, Christopher, Julius Manda, Shiferaw Feleke, et al.. (2023). Adoption and impacts of improved post-harvest technologies on food security and welfare of maize-farming households in Tanzania: a comparative assessment. Food Security. 15(4). 1007–1023. 24 indexed citations

Mponela, Powell, et al.. (2023). The impact of participatory action research and endogenous integrated soil fertility management on farm-gate dietary outputs in northern Tanzania. Heliyon. 9(11). e21888–e21888. 3 indexed citations

Manda, Julius, et al.. (2022). Access to finance and rural youth entrepreneurship in Benin: Is there a gender gap?. African Development Review. 34(1). 29–41. 25 indexed citations

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Smale, Mélinda, et al.. (2022). IITA’s genebank, cowpea diversity on farms, and farmers’ welfare in Nigeria. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 2 indexed citations

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Kihara, Job, Julius Manda, Anthony A. Kimaro, et al.. (2022). Contributions of integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) to various sustainable intensification impact domains in Tanzania. Agricultural Systems. 203. 103496–103496. 12 indexed citations

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Mponela, Powell, et al.. (2022). Participatory Action Research, Social Networks, and Gender Influence Soil Fertility Management in Tanzania. Systemic Practice and Action Research. 36(1). 141–163. 7 indexed citations

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Oyinbo, Oyakhilomen, et al.. (2022). Adoption of improved soybean and gender differential productivity and revenue impacts: Evidence from Nigeria. Food and Energy Security. 11(3). e385–e385. 14 indexed citations

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Sseguya, Haroon, et al.. (2021). The impact of demonstration plots on improved agricultural input purchase in Tanzania: Implications for policy and practice. PLoS ONE. 16(1). e0243896–e0243896. 28 indexed citations

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Manda, Julius, Carlo Azzarri, Shiferaw Feleke, et al.. (2021). Welfare impacts of smallholder farmers’ participation in multiple output markets: Empirical evidence from Tanzania. PLoS ONE. 16(5). e0250848–e0250848. 41 indexed citations

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Manda, Julius, et al.. (2021). Access to Finance and Rural Youth Entrepreneurship in Benin: Is There a Gender Gap?. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 1 indexed citations

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Tufa, Adane, Arega D. Alene, Julius Manda, et al.. (2020). The effects of foreign direct investment on youth unemployment in the Southern African Development Community. Development Southern Africa. 38(6). 863–878. 32 indexed citations

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Manda, Julius, Arega D. Alene, Adane Tufa, et al.. (2019). The poverty impacts of improved cowpea varieties in Nigeria: A counterfactual analysis. World Development. 122. 261–271. 69 indexed citations

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Manda, Julius, Arega D. Alene, Adane Tufa, et al.. (2019). Adoption and Ex‐post Impacts of Improved Cowpea Varieties on Productivity and Net Returns in Nigeria. Journal of Agricultural Economics. 71(1). 165–183. 29 indexed citations

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Alamu, Emmanuel Oladeji, et al.. (2017). Correlates and consequences of women’s participation in the cowpea value chain in eastern Zambia. Agrekon. 56(3). 263–273. 4 indexed citations

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