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household income and assets in Kenya. We use a survey panel dataset, which allows us to control for unobserved heterogeneity … across households, and show that the commercialization of vegetables through both market channels contributes positively to … welfare, even when addressing the issue of selection into commercialization. While the production of vegetables for the export …
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This paper describes the participation of smallholders in commercial horticultural farming in Kenya and identifies … employs panel survey data on smallholder producers of both international (export) and domestic market vegetables and controls … for unobserved heterogeneity across farmers. We find that participation of smallholders in both the domestic and export …
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This paper describes the participation of smallholders in commercial horticultural farming in Kenya and identifies … employs panel survey data on smallholder producers of both international (export) and domestic market vegetables and controls … for unobserved heterogeneity across farmers. We find that participation of smallholders in both the domestic and export …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014147915
Supermarkets and high-value exports are currently gaining ground in the agri-food systems of many developing countries. While recent research has analyzed income effects in the small farm sector, impacts on farming efficiency have hardly been studied. Using a survey of Kenyan vegetable growers...
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in Kenya. The project targets to improve the livelihood and nutritional situation of the rural and urban poor. To achieve … this, it focuses on production and consumption of horticultural crops, especially of African indigenous vegetables (AIVs …). The HORTINLEA survey, conducted in rural, peri-urban and urban areas of Kenya focused on AIV actors along the value chain …
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household income and assets in Kenya. We use a survey panel dataset, which allows us to control for unobserved heterogeneity … across households, and show that the commercialization of vegetables through both market channels contributes positively to … welfare, even when addressing the issue of selection into commercialization. While the production of vegetables for the export …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369090
With the rise and consolidation of modern supply chains, literature has put emphasis on the welfare effects for participating small producers but has often considered these effects through the comparison of participating producers with those not participating at all. Using an endogenous...
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Potato is a basic food for the Romanian consumer, and not because of the special nutritional qualities, but rather the consistency it has. Given the low level of living, in Romania it is an extremely consumed food, both in the urban environment, but especially in the rural area. Exceptional...
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