Small farm diversification strategies by coffee farmers around Mount Kenya in Kenya were studied. The study found that (1) farms decreasing or stable in coffee production had more trees, banana plants, and maize while farms increasing coffee production had larger dairy enterprises, (2) smaller land sizes accelerated farm intensification while larger land sizes enhanced crop diversification, and (3) inputs like fertilizer use increased with more coffee plants and crop values but decreased with greater distances to markets and higher farm diversity. The study concluded declining coffee production was leading to less intensive and productive farming systems so policies are needed to support attractive farm enterprises.
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