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Efficiency Effects Zimbabwe’s Agricultural Mechanization and Fast Track Land Reform Programme: A Stochastic Frontier Approach

Chisango, Future Fortune T.; Obi, Ajuruchukwu - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE; … - 2010

A development goal pursued by the Zimbabwean government even before the much-maligned fast track land reform programme (FTLRP) was expansion of agricultural production through agricultural mechanization. This goal has been pursued through the acquisition and use of tractors by arable crop...

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Organic Rural Innovation Systems and Networks: Findings From a Study of Ethiopian Smallholders

Spielman, David J.; Davis, Kristin E.; Negash, Martha; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

Agriculture in Ethiopia is changing. New players, relationships, and policies are influencing the ways in which information and knowledge are used by smallholders. While this growing complexity suggests opportunities for Ethiopian smallholders, too little is known about how these opportunities...

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How does food supply respond to high and volatile international food prices? An empirical evaluation of inter- and intra- seasonal global crop acreage response

Haile, Mekbib G.; Kalkuhl, Matthias; Braun, Joachim von - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013

Understanding how producers make decisions to allot acreage among crops and how decisions about land use are affected by changes in prices and their volatility is fundamental for predicting the supply of staple crops and, hence, assessing the global food supply situation. The innovations of the...

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Does the environment in which ICT-based market information services (MIS) projects operate affect their performance? Experiences from Kenya

Okello, Julius Juma; Ndirangu, Lydia K. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE; … - 2010

The need to provide agricultural information to farmers has led to emergence of numerous ICTbased MIS projects in developing country. These projects aim at promoting commercialization of smallholder agriculture and subsequently their welfare. This study examines the how the environment in which...

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PASTORALISTS NON‐RESPONSIVENESS TO LIVESTOCK MARKETS IN EAST POKOT, KENYA

Vincent, Ng’eno; Korir, M.K.; Nyangweso, P.M.; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE; … - 2010

One of the major challenges facing the state‐owned Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) in Kenya has been the inadequate supply …‐take rates for cattle and shoats in the pastoral areas of East Pokot District, Kenya. The multinomial logit model was used for … econometric analyses using both primary and secondary data obtained from different sources covering the pastoral areas of Kenya …

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Resource Use Efficiency in Poultry Production in Bureti District, Kenya

Vincent, Ng’eno; Lagat, B.K.; Korir, M.K.; Ngeno, E.K.; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE; … - 2010

Poultry production is one of the most important economic activities to the smallholder farmers of Kenya. However …, optimal production levels, production systems of small-scale poultry farmers in Bureti district, Kenya. Primary data were …

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Supermarkets, farm household income and poverty: Insights from Kenya

Rao, Elizaphan J.O.; Qaim, Matin - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE; … - 2010

from a survey of vegetable growers in Kenya, we account for systematic differences and show that participation in …

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Using Double-Log Imperfect Import Substitutes Model to Estimate Compensated Elasticities and Welfare Impacts

Musyoka, M.P. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE; … - 2010

. Elasticities from three estimators OLS, SURE and IV indicate that imported wheat, maize and rice are normal commodities in Kenya …

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Economic Analysis of Alternative Maize Storage Technologies in Kenya

Kimenju, Simon Chege; De Groote, Hugo - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE; … - 2010

Upcoming technologies for maize storage have sometimes been promoted without being subjected to trials and economic analysis. In the recent past, new storage technologies, actellic super, super grain bag and the metal silo have been developed. In this paper, the results of crop loss trials are...

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Assessment of developing-country urban consumers’ willingness to pay for quality of leafy vegetables: The case of middle and high income consumers in Nairobi, Kenya

Ngigi, Marther W.; Okello, Julius Juma; Lagerkvist, … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE; … - 2010

The improvement in income in developing countries has led to emergence of middle and high income consumers in urban centers. Improvement in income usually causes the shift to consumption of non-staples including leafy vegetables. Thus in major developing country urban centers there has been...

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