Abstract:
The factors affecting farm-level output of mangoes among small-scale farmers in
Mwala Sub-County, Kenya were examined. The first stage of regression analysis resulted
that family and hired labour, amount of pesticides and manure had positively significant
affected on mango farm-level output. The results on the second stage of the factor affecting
mango output was household size, farming income, area allocated to mango farming (farm
size), amount of credit, and extension contacts which exhibited positively affected on
mango output, while cost of pesticides and manure precipitated had negatively affected.
The study recommended that relevant authorities should strengthen the extension contact
for encouraging farmers to practice the best and recommended management practices on
mango farming to improve production. Furthermore, small-scale mango farmers accessed
to functional input markets would enhance farm-level mango output.
