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Mobile money, market transactions, and household income in rural Kenya

Kikulwe, Enoch M.; Fischer, Elisabeth; Qaim, Matin - 2013

using panel data from smallholder farmers in Kenya. Mobile money use has a large positive net impact on household income …

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Farmer participation in supermarket channels, production technology, and efficiency : the case of vegetables in Kenya

Rao, Elizaphan James Oburu; Brümmer, Bernhard; Qaim, Matin - 2011

farmers in Kenya. Participation in supermarket channels increases farm productivity in terms of meta-technology ratios by 45 …

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Smallholder farmers and collective action : what determines the intensity of participation?

Fischer, Elisabeth; Qaim, Matin - 2011

participation intensity and free-riding, using the example of banana groups in Kenya. The results suggest that family labor …

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The supermarket revolution and impacts on agricultural labor markets : empirical evidence from Kenya

Rao, Elizaphan James Oburu; Qaim, Matin - 2011

survey of vegetable farmers in Kenya, in this article a double-hurdle model of hired labor use is developed and estimated …

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Supermarkets, farm household income, and poverty : insights from Kenya

Rao, Elizaphan James Oburu; Qaim, Matin - 2010

Kenya. Participation in supermarket channels is associated with a 50% gain in average household income, leading to …

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Impact of tissue culture banana technology in Kenya : a difference-in-difference estimation approach

Kikulwe, Enoch M.; Kabunga, Nassul Ssentamu; Qaim, Matin - 2012

Most micro-level studies on the impact of agricultural technologies build on cross-section data, which can lead to unreliable impact estimates. Here, we use panel data covering two time periods to estimate the impact of tissue culture (TC) banana technology in the Kenyan small farm sector. TC...

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Information asymmetries and technology adoption : the case of tissue culture bananas in Kenya

Kabunga, Nassul S.; Dubois, Thomas; Qaim, Matin - 2011

was introduced in Kenya more than 10 years ago. Up till now, adoption rates have remained relatively low. We employ the …

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Yield effects of tissue culture bananas in Kenya : accounting for selection bias and the role of complementary inputs

Kabunga, Nassul S.; Dubois, Thomas; Qaim, Matin - 2011

We analyze yield effects of tissue culture (TC) banana technology in the Kenyan small farm sector, using recent survey data and an endogenous switching regression approach. TC banana plantlets, which are free from pests and diseases, have been introduced in East Africa since the late-1990s....

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Impact of tissue culture banana technology on farm household income and food security in Kenya

Kabunga, Nassul Ssentamu; Dubois, Thomas; Qaim, Matin - 2011

security in Kenya. To assess food security outcomes, we employ the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) - a tool that …

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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 …

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