Entrepreneurial Innovation and Performance of Small-Scale Agribusiness Grain Farmers in North Rift, Kenya

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Purpose: In North Rift Kenya, small-scale farmers are struggling to make ends meet despite contributing the largest percentage of maize production in the country. Therefore, this study the study sought to determine the influence of entrepreneurial innovation on performance of small-scale agribusiness grain farmers in North Rift, Kenya. Methodology: The study adopted the positivist research philosophy and descriptive survey research design was utilized. Target population included 497,737 small-scale agribusiness grain farmers in North Rift, Kenya. Yamane’s Formula of sample size determination was applied to derive a sample size of 400 respondents. Questionnaire was used for data collection. SPSS version 25 was applied in analyzing the data collected. The quantitative data comprised of the descriptive and inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics were summarized into percentages, mean and the standard deviation which was presented using figures, frequency tables and pie-charts. Inferential statistics were applied to test the hypothesis for the study. Findings: The findings showed that Innovation and performance of small-scale agribusiness grain farmers has a positive and significant relationship. The relationship between Entrepreneurial Innovation and the performance of small-scale agribusiness grain farmers in North Rift, Kenya was significant (F=539.106, p-value=0.000<0.05), with R2 =0.576. Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The study recommended individual farmers to embrace and use new techniques and technologies on their farms so as boost production while cutting costs.