Paswel Marenya

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
71 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Paswel Marenya is a scholar working on General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Soil Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Paswel Marenya has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 34 papers in Soil Science and 20 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Paswel Marenya's work include Agricultural Innovations and Practices (54 papers), Agricultural risk and resilience (26 papers) and Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (13 papers). Paswel Marenya is often cited by papers focused on Agricultural Innovations and Practices (54 papers), Agricultural risk and resilience (26 papers) and Microfinance and Financial Inclusion (13 papers). Paswel Marenya collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, Ethiopia and Mexico. Paswel Marenya's co-authors include Christopher B. Barrett, Menale Kassie, Olaf Erenstein, Moti Jaleta, Dil Bahadur Rahut, Hailemariam Teklewold, Chalmers Mulwa, Willis Oluoch‐Kosura, Jeetendra Prakash Aryal and Frank Place and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Paswel Marenya

64 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Understanding the adoption of a portfolio of sustainable intensification practices in eastern and southern Africa

2014 399 citations Menale Kassie, Moti Jaleta et al. profile →
Response to climate risks among smallholder farmers in Malawi: A multivariate probit assessment of the role of information, household demographics, and farm characteristics

2017 225 citations Paswel Marenya, Dil Bahadur Rahut et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paswel Marenya Kenya	25	1.9k	1.3k	691	641	440	71	3.0k
Solomon Asfaw Italy	25	1.7k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	605 0.9×	635 1.0×	444 1.0×	53	2.8k
Jordan Chamberlin United States	30	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	382 0.6×	619 1.0×	448 1.0×	102	3.1k
Arega D. Alene Tanzania	32	2.8k 1.5×	1.2k 1.0×	557 0.8×	1.3k 2.0×	736 1.7×	110	4.1k
Leslie Lipper Italy	32	1.9k 1.0×	1.0k 0.8×	1.0k 1.5×	859 1.3×	666 1.5×	86	4.0k
Tahirou Abdoulaye Nigeria	32	2.0k 1.1×	1.0k 0.8×	786 1.1×	897 1.4×	1.1k 2.5×	190	4.0k
Moti Jaleta Ethiopia	25	2.3k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	717 1.0×	730 1.1×	934 2.1×	77	3.8k
Frank Place Kenya	33	2.3k 1.2×	2.4k 1.9×	727 1.1×	628 1.0×	390 0.9×	106	4.5k
Mahmud Yesuf United States	13	1.8k 0.9×	1.7k 1.3×	1.6k 2.4×	635 1.0×	349 0.8×	22	3.4k
T. S. Jayne United States	26	1.5k 0.8×	955 0.7×	345 0.5×	615 1.0×	213 0.5×	74	2.5k
Hailemariam Teklewold Ethiopia	15	1.5k 0.8×	914 0.7×	587 0.8×	398 0.6×	278 0.6×	32	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Paswel Marenya

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20 of 20 papers shown

Marenya, Paswel, et al.. (2025). Enhancing farmers' agency is a more effective extension paradigm: The case of soil health management in Africa. Agricultural Systems. 225. 104267–104267. 1 indexed citations

Cairns, Jill E., Mainassara Zaman‐Allah, Frédéric Baudron, et al.. (2025). Know your men and women farmers: Ensuring host farmers in participatory trials represent heterogeneity within the target environment. Plants People Planet. 8(1). 259–276.

Marenya, Paswel, et al.. (2025). A one government approach for agroecology policy coordination in Zimbabwe. Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems. 50(4). 881–909.

Ngoma, Hambulo, Brian P. Mulenga, P.S. Setimela, et al.. (2025). The dawn of a legume revolution in Southern Africa: trends, drivers, and implications. Food Security. 17(6). 1493–1515.

Thierfelder, Christian, Blessing Mhlanga, Hambulo Ngoma, et al.. (2024). Unanswered questions and unquestioned answers: the challenges of crop residue retention and weed control in Conservation Agriculture systems of southern Africa. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. 39. 8 indexed citations

Ngoma, Hambulo, Paswel Marenya, Adane Tufa, et al.. (2024). Too fast or too slow: The speed and persistence of adoption of conservation agriculture in southern Africa. Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 208. 123689–123689. 4 indexed citations

Snapp, Sieglinde S., Jordan Chamberlin, Leigh Winowiecki, et al.. (2024). Realizing soil health for food security in Africa. Nature Sustainability. 8(1). 3–5. 5 indexed citations

Sileshi, Gudeta W., Laurie E. Drinkwater, Paswel Marenya, & Sieglinde S. Snapp. (2024). Localized application of manure and fertilizers increases productivity of cereals, resource use efficiency and profitability in sub-Saharan Africa. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 379. 109347–109347. 1 indexed citations

Snapp, Sieglinde S., Tek B. Sapkota, Jordan Chamberlin, et al.. (2023). Spatially differentiated nitrogen supply is key in a global food–fertilizer price crisis. Nature Sustainability. 6(10). 1268–1278. 44 indexed citations

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Ngoma, Hambulo, Paswel Marenya, Adane Tufa, et al.. (2023). Smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for two‐wheel tractor‐based mechanisation services in Zambia and Zimbabwe. Journal of International Development. 35(7). 2107–2128. 10 indexed citations

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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

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Aryal, Jeetendra Prakash, Dil Bahadur Rahut, & Paswel Marenya. (2023). Do ex-ante and ex-post strategies to manage drought differ at the farm household level? A case of sub-Saharan Africa. Environment Development and Sustainability. 27(12). 28821–28845. 4 indexed citations

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Tufa, Adane, Arega D. Alene, Hambulo Ngoma, et al.. (2023). Analysis of adoption of conservation agriculture practices in southern Africa: mixed-methods approach. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 7. 25 indexed citations

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Marenya, Paswel, et al.. (2023). Pathways from information to the adoption of conservation agriculture practices in Malawi and Tanzania. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems. 38. 2 indexed citations

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Marenya, Paswel, et al.. (2023). Reducing susceptibility to drought under growing conditions as set by farmers: The impact of new generation drought tolerant maize varieties in Uganda. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 6. 7 indexed citations

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Jaleta, Moti, et al.. (2020). Does crop diversification reduce downside risk of external maize yield-enhancing technology? Evidence from Ethiopia. African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 15(2). 95–110. 7 indexed citations

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Abate, Tsedeke, Monica Fisher, Tahirou Abdoulaye, et al.. (2017). Characteristics of maize cultivars in Africa: How modern are they and how many do smallholder farmers grow?. Agriculture & Food Security. 6(1). 30–30. 104 indexed citations

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Jaleta, Moti, Menale Kassie, Kindie Tesfaye, et al.. (2016). Resource saving and productivity enhancing impacts of crop management innovation packages in Ethiopia. Agricultural Economics. 47(5). 513–522. 58 indexed citations

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Marenya, Paswel & Christopher B. Barrett. (2009). Soil Quality and Fertilizer Use Rates Among Smallholder Farmers in Western Kenya. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Marenya, Paswel & Christopher B. Barrett. (2006). Household-Level Determinants of Adoption of Improved Natural Resources Management Practices Among Smallholder Farmers in Western Kenya. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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