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Impacts and impact dynamics of smallholder participation in high-value markets in Kenya
Kiria, Christine Gacheri - 2015
Many developing countries are experiencing a food system transformation with a rapid growth of supermarkets. This supermarket growth can be attributed to demand-side factors such as rising incomes, urbanization, and changing lifestyles, as well as supply-side factors, such as market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309260
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Risky environments, hidden knowledge, and preferences for contract flexibility : an artefactual field experiment
Kunte, Sebastian; Wollni, Meike - 2015
and asymmetric information about the realized surplus (i.e., hidden knowledge). We examine if Nairobi slum dwellers choose …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010529510
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Agriculture-nutrition linkages in the Kenyan small farm sector : the role of commercialization, technology adoption, and extension
Ogutu, Sylvester Ochieng - 2018
Global hunger, malnutrition, and poverty have declined over the past decades, but a situation of food and nutrition security for all is yet to be achieved, and extreme poverty is still widespread. Around 800 million people globally are still chronically undernourished, about 2 billion people...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012169116
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How to make farming and agricultural extension more nutrition-sensitive : evidence from a randomized controlled trial in Kenya
Ogutu, Sylvester Ochieng; Fongar, Andrea; Gödecke, Theda; … - 2018
of pro-nutrition technologies, such as biofortified crops. In a randomized controlled trial with farmers in Western Kenya …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011771812
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Agriculture-nutrition linkages in farmers' communication networks
Jäckering, Lisa; Gödecke, Theda; Wollni, Meike - 2018
uses unique network data from 815 farm households in Kenya to investigate the structure and characteristics of agricultural … heterogeneities in network characteristics. In particular, nutrition information is less often exchanged between men and women, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011869672
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Improved production systems for traditional food crops : the case of finger millet in Western Kenya
Handschuch, Christina; Wollni, Meike - 2013
the factors that are influencing adoption decisions among finger millet farmers in Western Kenya. Based on cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010359674
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Contractual relationships in the absence of formal enforcement : experimental evidence from Germany and Kenya
Kunte, Sebastian - 2015
This dissertation consists of three experimental studies that aim at contributing to a better understanding of behavior within contractual relationships—in particular, if information asymmetries, incentive issues and a lack of formal institutions make exchange more difficult and risky....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343804
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Modern agri-food systems, horticultural employment and women's empowerment
Krumbiegel, Katharina; Maertens, Miet; Wollni, Meike - 2017
the delicate handling of fruits and vegetables and therefore provide employment opportunities for women in rural areas …. However, the social implications of these developments for women workers' roles in their households remain hardly understood …. We address this research gap by assessing a wide range of indicators reflecting women's empowerment. We use primary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011654231
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Traditional food crop marketing in Sub-Saharan Africa : does gender matter?
Handschuch, Christina; Wollni, Meike - 2013
Specialization and commercialization of agricultural production is seen as a key to lift small-scale farmers in developing countries out of poverty. While participation in high-value markets has been shown to be beneficial for farmers, especially the smallest and least endowed farmers are often...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010359667