TABLE 1.

Summary of Ecological and Social Characteristics of the Two Communities

Attributes	Northern Village	Central Village
Annual rainfall (1950–2010)	400 mm	900 mm
Rainfall seasonality	Bimodal—short rain in fall, long rain in spring	Unimodal—one rainy season spans fall to spring
Agro-ecological zone	Semiarid tropics	Subhumid tropics
Topography	Flat valley	Mountainous
Irrigation	50% of farmland	None
Population (in 2011)	16,000	3,000
Distance from closest major city	60 miles (paved road)	100 miles (unpaved road)
Agricultural markets	Urban, regional, and local	Local
Seeds (maize)	Mostly commercial	Mostly saved
Tourism?	Yes	No
Farm income inequality	Higher	Lower
Any fully subsistence farmers?	Yes	No