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Commercialization Of Smallholder Horticultural Farming In Kenya
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Book Synopsis Commercialization of Smallholder Horticultural Farming in Kenya by : Beatrice Wambui Muriithi
Download or read book Commercialization of Smallholder Horticultural Farming in Kenya written by Beatrice Wambui Muriithi and published by Development Economics and Policy. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study assesses income and poverty effects of vegetable commercialization in Kenya with a special focus on gender issues and evaluates the performance of institutional arrangements that link small producers to the high-value vegetable supply chains. Using econometrics analysis of two rounds of rural household survey, the study reveals that the participation of smallholders in the domestic and export vegetable markets is declining. Weather risks, high costs of inputs and unskilled labour as well as erratic vegetable prices contribute to the declining trend. The impact evaluation of market participation reveals that households supplying the export market have a higher per capita income. The examination of gender roles indicates that the improvement of land productivity and the promotion of women's access to agricultural training and extension services might enhance their market participation. The analysis of vegetable contractual arrangements indicates that the governance structure is important to the profitability and hence the sustainability of farmer-trader relationships.
Author :Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Publisher :Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN 13 :9251350442 Total Pages :72 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (513 download)
Book Synopsis Motivating farmers' market-oriented production by : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Download or read book Motivating farmers' market-oriented production written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2021-10-04 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investing in farmers – or agriculture human capital – is crucial to addressing challenges in our agri-food systems. A global study carried out by the FAO Investment Centre and the International Food Policy Research Institute, with support from the CGIAR Research Programme on Policies, Institutions and Markets and the FAO Research and Extension Unit, looks at agriculture human capital investments, from trends to promising initiatives. One of the nine featured case studies is Kenya’s Smallholder Horticulture Empowerment and Promotion Approach, which provides technical and soft skills based on the theory of self-determination. The training has influenced farmers to change their mindsets and behaviour towards market-oriented horticulture. In addition, most farmers gained confidence in applying the skills acquired, which resulted in improved production and marketing and increased incomes. The approach was found to be effective in developing human capital and is therefore recommended for use in smallholder horticulture production systems or enterprises. This publication is part of the Country Investment Highlights series under the FAO Investment Centre's Knowledge for Investment (K4I) programme.
Book Synopsis Smallholder Participation in the Commercialisation of Vegetables by : Beatrice Muriithi
Download or read book Smallholder Participation in the Commercialisation of Vegetables written by Beatrice Muriithi and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper describes the participation of smallholders in commercial horticultural farming in Kenya and identifies constraints and critical factors that influence their decision to participate in this industry by selling their produce. The study 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 vegetable markets declined and that this trend is associated with weather risks, high costs of inputs and unskilled labour, and erratic vegetable prices, especially in the international market. Different factors are at play in determining a household's market choice for the commercialisation of vegetables: credit is important only when vegetables are (also) exported, livestock ownership is negatively related to production for the domestic market, and distance to the nearest market town positively related to all pathways of commercialisation, for example.
Book Synopsis Horticultural Diversification and Marketing by : Mark Stephen Condon
Download or read book Horticultural Diversification and Marketing written by Mark Stephen Condon and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Kenya's Domestic Horticulture Subsector by : Julius Kirimi Sindi
Download or read book Kenya's Domestic Horticulture Subsector written by Julius Kirimi Sindi and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Horticultural Production and Marketing in Kenya by : Tjalling Dijkstra
Download or read book Horticultural Production and Marketing in Kenya written by Tjalling Dijkstra and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Participatory Prioritization of Issues in Smallholder Agricultural Commercialization in Kenya by :
Download or read book Participatory Prioritization of Issues in Smallholder Agricultural Commercialization in Kenya written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Trading the Fruits of the Land by : Tjalling Dijkstra
Download or read book Trading the Fruits of the Land written by Tjalling Dijkstra and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1997, this volume contributes to the knowledge for the trade of vegetables, fruits and tubers (so-called horticultural commodities). As African policy makers try to keep pace with new developments in private food trade, they require knowledge of the structures of private trade systems and the factors that govern their long-term development. The study analyses the structure and development of horticultural marketing channels in Kenya. It is based primarily on surveys of some 500 farmers in four districts and 750 horticultural traders in 18 market places. Commercial horticultural farmers, domestic traders, export traders, agents, facilitators, marketing cooperatives and processors are all reviewed. The study devotes special attention to the efficiency of collecting wholesalers, and to the development of rural assembly markets. It develops a model which can elucidate vertical differentiation processes in the Kenyan horticultural channels. The analyses show that marketing channel theory can be of great relevance to the developing world. The proposed vertical differentiation model can aid in predicting future changes in horticultural marketing systems, in Kenya as well as in other African countries.
Book Synopsis Are Horticultural Exports a Replicable Success Story? by : Nicholas Minot
Download or read book Are Horticultural Exports a Replicable Success Story? written by Nicholas Minot and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2004 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Policy Constraints in Vegetable Marketing in Kenya by : John Omiti
Download or read book Policy Constraints in Vegetable Marketing in Kenya written by John Omiti and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Market in their palms? Exploring smallholder farmers’ use of existing mobile phone farming applications by : Odhiambo, F.
Download or read book Market in their palms? Exploring smallholder farmers’ use of existing mobile phone farming applications written by Odhiambo, F. and published by CTA. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this research is to explore smallholder farmers’ use of the existing mobile phone farming applications and to assess the effect of these applications on the farmers farming and marketing experience in Kenya. Two key conclusions can be deduced from the study. First, the study title had asked the question: market in their palms? The second finding was that these mobile phone farming were not effective in providing extension and production information to the smallholder farmers.
Book Synopsis Case Studies of Contract Farming in the Horticultural Sector of Kenya by : Steven Jaffee
Download or read book Case Studies of Contract Farming in the Horticultural Sector of Kenya written by Steven Jaffee and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Liberalisation and Smallholder Agricultural Development by : Andrew Mwihia Karanja
Download or read book Liberalisation and Smallholder Agricultural Development written by Andrew Mwihia Karanja and published by . This book was released on 2002* with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Key words, Market reforms, smallholder agricultural development, prices, institutional framework, resource allocation and productivity, efficiency, policy interventions.
Book Synopsis Finding Missing Markets (and a Disturbing Epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya by : Xavier Gine, Dean Karlan, Nava Ashraf
Download or read book Finding Missing Markets (and a Disturbing Epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya written by Xavier Gine, Dean Karlan, Nava Ashraf and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: In much of the developing world, many farmers grow crops for local or personal consumption despite export options that appear to be more profitable. Thus many conjecture that one or several markets are missing. This paper reports on a randomized controlled trial conducted by DrumNet in Kenya that attempts to help farmers adopt and market export crops. DrumNet provides smallholder farmers with information about how to switch to export crops, makes in-kind loans for the purchase of the agricultural inputs, and provides marketing services by facilitating the transaction with exporters. The experimental evaluation design randomly assigns pre-existing farmer self-help groups to one of three groups: (1) a treatment group that receives all DrumNet services, (2) a treatment group that receives all DrumNet services except credit, or (3) a control group. After one year, DrumNet services led to an increase in production of export oriented crops and lower marketing costs; this translated into household income gains for new adopters. However, one year after the study ended, the exporter refused to continue buying the cash crops from the farmers because the conditions of the farms did not satisfy European export requirements. DrumNet collapsed in this region as farmers were forced to sell to middlemen and defaulted on their loans. The risk of such events may explain, at least partly, why many seemingly more profitable export crops are not adopted.
Book Synopsis Emerging Development of Agriculture in East Africa by : Takashi Yamano
Download or read book Emerging Development of Agriculture in East Africa written by Takashi Yamano and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-04-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging Development of Agriculture in East Africa offers case studies that find promise in many new innovations. Farmers in Uganda have quickly learned the management of NERICA rice (a new upland rice variety), which is being disseminated in a limited way in the region. Also in Uganda, farmers living in more remote areas have improved access to markets due to the expansion of mobile phones. In Kenya, improved milk marketing systems have increased efficiency and led to tangible increases in the adoption of dairy production technologies. And the adoption of intensive dairy production systems in Kenya and Uganda are providing significant amounts of manure and positively impacting yields of maize and banana.
Book Synopsis Welfare Effects of Vegetable Commercialization by : Beatrice Muriithi
Download or read book Welfare Effects of Vegetable Commercialization written by Beatrice Muriithi and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We investigate the impact of smallholder vegetable commercialization through the export and domestic market channels on 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 market is consistently associated with income in a positive way, the results for asset holdings as the measure of household welfare are weaker and supportive only for the domestic market channel, which weakens the notion of smallholder commercialization being a “pro-poor” strategy.
Book Synopsis Marketing Strategies of the Horticultural Production Chain by : Marco A. Palma
Download or read book Marketing Strategies of the Horticultural Production Chain written by Marco A. Palma and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2021-03-19 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book consists of a series of articles that present novel trends in horticulture marketing and some of the key supply chain management issues for the horticulture industry across a wide range of geographical regions.
