Improving Kenya’s crop yield

A new paper from University of Delaware researchers Kevin Ong’are Oluoch (right), a doctoral student in the College of Earth, Ocean and Environment, and assistant professor Kyle Davis (left) used statistical approaches to examine rain-fed corn in Kenya, a country with widespread corn cultivation and consumption and where the crop is central to individual livelihoods and national food security. Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson

A new paper from UD researchers used statistical approaches to examine rainfed corn in Kenya, a country with widespread corn cultivation and consumption and where the crop is central to individual’s livelihoods and national food security. The paper was authored by Kevin Ong’are Oluoch, a doctoral student in the College of Earth, Ocean and Environment with his adviser, Kyle Davis, a DSI resident faculty member.