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investigate the gender implications of recently established farmer groups. Traditionally, banana has been a women’s crop in Kenya …With the commercialization of agriculture, women are increasingly disadvantaged because of persistent gender … technology could potentially accelerate this trend. Here, we use survey data of small-scale banana producers in Kenya to …
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Using survey data from Central Kenya, I find that the difference in prices received by female compared to male … in the price gap drives a gender difference in the value added by traders. If women had the same characteristics as men … price as men in the top quartile. Amongst suppliers, the price difference between men and women is significantly more …
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and asymmetric information about the realized surplus (i.e., hidden knowledge). We examine if Nairobi slum dwellers choose …
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. Here, we analyze impacts on farm household nutrition. Building on data from vegetable farmers in Kenya, we show that … impacts on dietary quality. The total nutrition effects of supermarket participation could be even more positive if women were …
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using cross-sectional household survey data collected in Kenya in 2012. In order to establish causality, our sample was …
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heterogeneity for contracts in Kenya. In the study region, supermarkets use contracts to source for fresh vegetables directly from …
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understanding. Reviewing recent evidence from Kenya, we show that buying food in supermarkets instead of traditional outlets …
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analysis focuses on vegetable producers in Kenya. Participation in supermarket channels is associated with large income gains …
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using panel data from smallholder farmers in Kenya. Mobile money use has a large positive net impact on household income …
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farmers in Kenya. Participation in supermarket channels increases farm productivity in terms of meta-technology ratios by 45 …
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