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Figure 6-3: Average area (ha) per household occupied by improved common bean varieties in four zones of
Ethiopia
Kenya
In Kenya, more than 60% of the farmers who planted any improved variety continued growing the
variety after the first trial (Figure 6-4). Specifically, 74.5% continued growing KATB1, 66% of the farmers
continued growing KatB9, 77% of the farmers continued growing Katx56 and 88% p of the farmers
continued growing Katx69 (Figure 6-4). The expansion of the area under the improved varieties in
Kenya seems to have been slower compared to Ethiopia, perhaps because of the severity of drought in
Kenya, high diversity of varieties and subsistence nature of production that made some farmers eat all
their harvest after first trial (Figure 6-4).
Figure 6-4: Percentages of farmers in eastern Kenya who continued to grow the variety after first trial and those
who expanded area under the variety after trial
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