Vihiga, one of the poorest and densely populated districts in Kenya is perpetually food deficit (GOK, 2005). While food … of labor through training. Key Words: Food security, Translog cost function, Vihiga, Kenya …

Province of Kenya. Data were collected from a total of 161 women farmers, 32 women groups as well as 254 individual males … farmers engaged in small-scale production of various food crops in Western Province in Kenya for a period of 1 year. Data were … yardsticks to unlocking agricultural production in Kenya, which is currently erroneously left to the domains of men. The study …

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

Striga hermonthica (del) Benth is threatening rural livelihoods in western Kenya where maize is the major food and cash …-scale farmers in the Striga-affected areas of western Kenya. Key words: livelihoods, maize, Striga, Kenya, Logit …

Kenya region. A random sample of 476 households in Suba and Vihiga districts were interviewed and 15 information pathways … control of striga and stem borer in Vihiga and Suba, Kenya. Methods of individual interaction are important to striga control. …

surplus and input use in Kenya. A selectivity model was used that accounts not only for the effects of fixed and variable …

hoarding practice in Western region of Kenya. Data from Egerton University’s Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and …

Smallholder Agriculture is key to livelihoods of many rural households in developing and transition economies. In Kenya …

microfinance on household incomes. We use a pooled data set collected from the south western part of Makueni district in Kenya to …

Financing smallholder farming has been one of the major concerns of Kenya’s development efforts. Many credit programs …