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Kenya
2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
57
Citations
15501
World Ranking
1748
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1

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  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Kenya Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Kenya Leader Award

Overview

Menale Kassie is affiliated with the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology in Kenya. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions to subfields including General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Insect Science, Plant Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Soil Science.

The scientist's work spans multiple topics related to agriculture and environmental health. Key themes in their research include:

  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices
  • Insect Utilization and Effects
  • Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
  • Agricultural Risk and Resilience
  • Mosquito-borne Diseases and Control
  • Malaria Research and Control
  • Insect Pest Control Strategies

Menale Kassie has published extensively in several academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • PLoS ONE
  • AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA)
  • Scientific Reports
  • Sustainability

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on agricultural technology, pest management, and food systems. Notable publications include:

  • "Spread and impact of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith) in maize production areas of Kenya," 2020, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • "Prediction of breeding regions for the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria in East Africa," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Women's empowerment boosts the gains in dietary diversity from agricultural technology adoption in rural Kenya," 2020, Food Policy
  • "The global atlas of edible insects: analysis of diversity and commonality contributing to food systems and sustainability," 2024, Scientific Reports
  • "Smallholder farmers' knowledge and willingness to pay for insect-based feeds in Kenya," 2020, PLoS ONE

Menale Kassie has collaborated frequently with other researchers. The most common coauthors include:

  • Zewdu Abro
  • Beatrice Muriithi
  • Kelvin Mulungu
  • Erwin Bulte
  • Sevgan Subramanian

Best Publications

  • Adoption of interrelated sustainable agricultural practices in smallholder systems: Evidence from rural Tanzania

    Menale Kassie;Moti Jaleta;Bekele Shiferaw;Frank Mmbando

  • Adoption of multiple sustainable agricultural practices in rural Ethiopia

    Hailemariam Teklewold;Menale Kassie;Bekele Shiferaw

  • Agricultural technology, crop income, and poverty alleviation in Uganda

    Menale Kassie;Bekele Shiferaw;Geoffrey Muricho

  • Managing vulnerability to drought and enhancing livelihood resilience in sub-Saharan Africa: Technological, institutional and policy options

    Bekele Shiferaw;Kindie Tesfaye;Menale Kassie;Tsedeke Abate

  • Adoption of improved wheat varieties and impacts on household food security in Ethiopia

    Bekele Shiferaw;Menale Kassie;Moti Jaleta;Chilot Yirga

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

    Menale Kassie;Hailemariam Teklewold;Moti Jaleta;Paswel Marenya

  • Factors that transformed maize productivity in Ethiopia

    Tsedeke Abate;Bekele Shiferaw;Abebe Menkir;Dagne Wegary

  • Analysis of adoption and impacts of improved maize varieties in Eastern Zambia

    Makaiko Khonje;Julius Manda;Arega D. Alene;Menale Kassie

  • Farm production, market access and dietary diversity in Malawi.

    Stefan Koppmair;Menale Kassie;Matin Qaim

  • Cropping system diversification, conservation tillage and modern seed adoption in Ethiopia: Impacts on household income, agrochemical use and demand for labor

    Hailemariam Teklewold;Menale Kassie;Bekele Shiferaw;Gunnar Köhlin

  • Drivers of household food availability in sub-Saharan Africa based on big data from small farms

    Romain Frelat;Romain Frelat;Santiago Lopez-Ridaura;Ken E. Giller;Mario Herrero

  • Adoption and Impacts of Sustainable Agricultural Practices on Maize Yields and Incomes: Evidence from Rural Zambia

    Julius Manda;Arega D. Alene;Cornelis Gardebroek;Menale Kassie

  • What determines gender inequality in household food security in Kenya? Application of exogenous switching treatment regression

    Menale Kassie;Simon Wagura Ndiritu;Jesper Stage

  • Are there systematic gender differences in the adoption of sustainable agricultural intensification practices? Evidence from Kenya

    S. Wagura Ndiritu;Menale Kassie;Bekele Shiferaw

  • Response to climate risks among smallholder farmers in Malawi: A multivariate probit assessment of the role of information, household demographics, and farm characteristics

    Chalmers Mulwa;Paswel Marenya;Dil Bahadur Rahut;Menale Kassie

  • Production Risks and Food Security under Alternative Technology Choices in Malawi: Application of a Multinomial Endogenous Switching Regression

    Menale Kassie;Hailemariam Teklewold;Paswel Marenya;Moti Jaleta

  • Spread and impact of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith) in maize production areas of Kenya.

    Hugo De Groote;Simon C. Kimenju;Bernard Munyua;Sebastian Palmas

  • Adoption of sustainable agriculture practices: Evidence from a semi‐arid region of Ethiopia

    Menale Kassie;Precious Zikhali;Kebede Manjur;Sue Edwards

  • Estimating Returns to Soil Conservation Adoption in the Northern Ethiopian Highlands

    Menale Kassie;John Pender;Mahmud Yesuf;Gunnar Kohlin

  • Impact of metal silos on households’ maize storage, storage losses and food security: An application of a propensity score matching

    Zachary M. Gitonga;Hugo De Groote;Menale Kassie;Tadele Tefera

  • Cropping system diversification, conservation tillage and modern seed adoption in Ethiopia: Impacts on household income, agrochemical use

    Hailemariam Teklewold;Menale Kassie;Bekele Shiferaw;Gunnar Köhlin

Frequent Co-Authors

Olaf Erenstein
Olaf Erenstein International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Clare M. Stirling
Clare M. Stirling International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Sunday Ekesi
Sunday Ekesi International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
Walter Leal Filho
Walter Leal Filho Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
Matthias Huss
Matthias Huss University of Fribourg
Boddupalli M. Prasanna
Boddupalli M. Prasanna International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Jill E. Cairns
Jill E. Cairns International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Abebe Menkir
Abebe Menkir International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Daniel Rodriguez
Daniel Rodriguez University of Queensland
Bruno Gérard
Bruno Gérard Mohammed VI Polytechnic University

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