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SUPPLY RESPONSIVENESS OF MAIZE FARMERS IN KENYA: A FARM-LEVEL ANALYSIS
Olwande, John; Ngigi, Margaret; Nguyo, Wilson - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
the High Potential Maize Zone of Kenya. The study employed normalized restricted translog profit function to estimate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880110
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Tradeoffs in Crop Residue Utilization in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems and Implications for Conservation Agriculture and Sustainable Land Management
Jaleta, Moti; Kassie, Menale; Shiferaw, Bekele A. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
. Using survey data from Kenya and applying bivariate ordered Probit and bivariate Tobit models, this paper analyzes the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880251
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Informal Credit and Factor Productivity in Africa: Does Informal Credit Matter?
Owuor, George; Shem, A.O. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
type of lending, very little is known on their contribution among farm related productive activities in Kenya. This paper … Kenya. Results show significant effects of group based lending on production via improved factors such as fertilizer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880331
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Determinants of Use and Intensity of Use of Mobile Phone-based Money Transfer Services in Smallholder Agriculture: Case of Kenya
Kirui, Oliver K.; Okello, Julius Juma; Nyikal, Rose Adhiambo - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
Information Communication Technology (ICT)
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880342
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Forest Management Decentralization in Kenya: Effects on Household Farm Forestry Decisions in Kakamega
Ogada, Maurice Juma - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
Kakamega forest communities in Kenya in 2010. Generally, our findings reveal that participation in CFA by households is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880348
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Food-safety Standards and Farmers Health: Evidence from Kenyan’s Export Vegetable Growers
Asfaw, Solomon; Mithofer, Dagmar; Waibel, Hermann - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
-section sample of 439 small-scale export farmers in Kenya to evaluate the impact of EU retailer food-safety standards on producers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913445
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Application of Chow test to improve analysis of farmer participation in markets in Kenya
Otieno, David Jakinda; Omiti, John M.; Nyanamba, Timothy O. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
the level of market participation in rural and peri-urban areas of Kenya. Results show that more output is sold by peri …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913464
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Economic Efficiency of Smallholder Irish Potato Producers in Kenya: A Case of Nyandarua North District
Nyagaka, Daniel; Obare, Gideon A.; Nguyo, Wilson - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
With declining Irish potato production trends in Kenya this paper identifies and analyses factors that influence the … economic efficiency of smallholder Irish potato producers in Kenya by drawing on data from random sample of 130 smallholder …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913503
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Prevalence and drivers of seed and pollen-mediated geneflow in sorghum: implications for biosafety regulations and policy in Kenya
Mgonja, Mary A.; Okello, Julius Juma; Mwangi, Stephen G.; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
This paper uses a random sample of 881 farmers drawn from eastern and western Kenya to examine the prevalence and … and farmers’ success in doing so. These findings have implication for biosafety and policy in Kenya due to the clamour to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913531
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Effect of Social Capital on Performance of Smallholder Producer Organizations: The Case of Groundnut Growers in Western Kenya
Wambugu, Stella N.; Okello, Julius Juma; Nyikal, Rose … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
Development literature has recently promoted the use of producer organization in linking farmers to better-paying commodity markets. However, empirical studies find mixed performance of such organizations. This study examines the producer organization’s internal factors that may explain the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010913581