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There has been a decline in crop productivity in Kenya, a situation that has contributed to the raising food insecurity … particularly vulnerable to food insecurity. Given the rising percentage of female headed households in Kenya (estimated at 37% in … at examining gender differentials in farm resource ownership and how it affects the technical efficiency in maize …
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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 …
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affluence levels within the maize agro-ecologies in Kenya, and a shift from large to smallholder intensification and multiple …-ecological zones in Kenya. …
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The form and content of decentralization has dominated development discourse and public sector reform agenda in Kenya … telephone significantly influenced access to extension services. Gender of the household-head was a key determinant for seeking …
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extra cost can be justified by the extra gain in accuracy. A survey of 100 farmers was carried out in Western Kenya to …
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inheritance of former orphans, who have lost at least one parent before reaching 15, by using a survey of 889 households in Kenya …
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district in Kenya was monitored, thereby focusing on income contributions and improvements in nutritional status. …
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the High Potential Maize Zone of Kenya. The study employed normalized restricted translog profit function to estimate …
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. Using survey data from Kenya and applying bivariate ordered Probit and bivariate Tobit models, this paper analyzes the …
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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 …
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