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Gender, agricultural commercialization, and collective action in Kenya
Fischer, Elisabeth; Qaim, Matin - 2012
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010235149
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Does voluntary risk taking affect solidarity? : experimental evidence from Kenya
Strobl, Renate; Wunsch, Conny - 2017
dwellers of Nairobi our design measures subjects' willingness to share income with a worse-off partner both in a setting where …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011687995
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Does voluntary risk taking affect solidarity? : experimental evidence from Kenya
Strobl, Renate; Wunsch, Conny - 2017
dwellers of Nairobi our design measures subjects' willingness to share income with a worse-o ff partner both in a setting where …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011689557
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Does voluntary risk taking affect solidarity? : experimental evidence from Kenya
Strobl, Renate; Wunsch, Conny - 2017
dwellers of Nairobi our design measures subjects' willingness to share income with a worse-off partner both in a setting where …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011709599
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Food Security and dietary patterns among the urban poor in Africa
Wanyama, Rosina Nanjala - 2019
Persistent poverty and rapid urbanization are important development challenges in most African countries. Although the proportion of people living in extreme poverty in Africa could be reduced over the last few decades, the absolute number of people living below the poverty line continues to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012062055
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Essays on food security and the nutrition transition in developing countries
Rischke, Ramona - 2014
The nature of food insecurity has been changing in the world. While research on food insecurity in developing countries used to focus on undernourishment (i.e. lack of calorie consumption) and related outcomes, today, many developing countries face at least a “double burden of malnutrition”...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010519765
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Large–scale land acquisitions in sub–Saharan Africa
Nolte, Kerstin - 2014
This dissertation contributes to the literature by providing evidence on the rising global phenomenon of investments in land through in–depth insights obtained from a cross–country study as well as from three case–studies based in sub–Saharan Africa. Chapter 2 contributes to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011299761
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Impacts and impact dynamics of smallholder participation in high-value markets in Kenya
Kiria, Christine Gacheri - 2015
Many developing countries are experiencing a food system transformation with a rapid growth of supermarkets. This supermarket growth can be attributed to demand-side factors such as rising incomes, urbanization, and changing lifestyles, as well as supply-side factors, such as market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309260
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Contractual relationships in the absence of formal enforcement : experimental evidence from Germany and Kenya
Kunte, Sebastian - 2015
This dissertation consists of three experimental studies that aim at contributing to a better understanding of behavior within contractual relationships—in particular, if information asymmetries, incentive issues and a lack of formal institutions make exchange more difficult and risky....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343804
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Impacts of supermarkets on farm household nutrition in Kenya
Chege, Christine G. K.; Andersson, Camilla I. M.; Qaim, … - 2014
. 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010353359