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Do Farmers Really Benefit from High Food Prices? Balancing Rural Interest in Kenya's Maize Pricing and Marketing Policy

Jayne, Thomas S.; Yamano, Takashi; Nyoro, James K.; … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2001

This paper uses information from rural household surveys in 24 districts in Kenya to inform current debate on maize …

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Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Trade in Urban Kenya: Implications For Policy and Investment Priorities

Ayieko, Miltone W.; Tschirley, David L.; Mathenge, Mary K. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2005

This study looks at the urban consumption patterns of fresh fruits and vegetables and the major supply chain systems used in the distribution of fresh produce. The study integrates issues of supply chain organization and performance into the analysis of consumer demand for fresh produce. In...

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Effects of Government Maize Marketing and Trade Policies on Maize Market Prices in Kenya

Jayne, Thomas S.; Meyers, Robert J.; Nyoro, James K. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2005

The objectives of this paper are to determine the effects of NCPB maize trading activity and the maize import tariff on wholesale maize market price levels and volatility. The analysis uses monthly maize price and trade data covering the period January 1990 to September 2004. Results are based...

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Improving Kenya's Domestic Horticultural Production and Marketing System: Current Competitiveness, Forces of Change, and Challenges for the Future (Volume I: Horticultural Producti...

Muendo, Kavoi Mutuku; Tschirley, David L. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2004

domestic markets; determine the share of imports from Tanzania and Uganda in Kenya’s horticultural markets; investigate the … competitiveness of Kenya’s horticultural produce in local and regional markets; determine the current and likely future share of key … marketing channels in Kenya’s domestic FFV marketing system, especially “modern” channels such as supermarkets and more …

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Evolution of Kenya's Maize Marketing Systems in the Post-liberalization Era

Nyoro, James K.; Kiiru, M.W.; Jayne, Thomas S. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 1999

The objectives of this paper are to: (1) identify the pattern of private sector investment in the maize marketing system since the reforms were initiated and evaluate the extent of private sector response to the reforms; (2) assess how maize prices and marketing margins have changed in response...

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Trends in Kenyan Agricultural Productivity: 1997-2007

Kibaara, Betty; Ariga, Joshua; Olwande, John; Jayne, … - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2008

Egerton University Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development

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Developing Income Proxy Models for Use by Title II-funded NGOs in Kenya: A Technical Report for NGOs and USAID/Kenya

Tschirley, David L.; Mathenge, Mary K. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2003

This paper details the specific procedures utilized to develop the income proxy method for Kenya NGOs, reports on the …

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Developing Income Proxy Models for USAID Mission in Kenya: A Technical Report

Tschirley, David L.; Mathenge, Mary K. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2003

This paper details the specific procedures utilized to develop the income proxy method for the USIAD/Kenya mission …

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Rural Poverty Dynamics, Agricultural Productivity and Access to Resources

Gamba, Paul; Mghenyi, Elliot W. - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2005

The objectives of this paper are: measure the prevalence of rural poverty in 1997 and 2000, based on the nationwide Tegemeo survey; categorize households according to whether they were above the poverty line in both 1997 and 2000, entered into poverty or exited from poverty between 1997 and...

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Staple food prices in Kenya

Ariga, Joshua; Jayne, Thomas S.; Njukia, Stephen - Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010

Prepared for the COMESA policy seminar on “Variation in staple food prices: Causes, consequence, and policy options”, Maputo, Mozambique, 25-26 January 2010 under the Comesa-MSU-IFPRI African Agricultural Marketing Project (AAMP)

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