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PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 9, p e0185148 (2017)
PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 9, p e0185148 (2017)
Background While undernutrition and related infectious diseases are still pervasive in many developing countries, the prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCD), typically associated with high body mass index (BMI), is rapidly rising. The fast spr
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http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5608323
http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5608323
There is lack of consensus in the literature on the impact of contract farming on the welfare of smallholder farmers. Some authors argue that contact farming improves access to markets hence income, while others view contract farming as an avenue by
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Autor:
Okello, Julius J., Kirui, Oliver K., Gitonga, Zachary M., Njiraini, Georgina W., Nzuma, Jonathan M.
Access by smallholder farmers to markets has traditionally been constrained by lack of market information. Yet progress in smallholder agriculture is inconceivable without greater market participation. The desire to strengthen farmer access to market
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This paper evaluates the trends in staple food price volatility in Kenya for maize, wheat and Irish potatoes relative to three other Eastern Africa countries (Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda) using the unconditional and the conditional standard deviati
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Fruits and vegetables are an important source of nutrients for a large number of Kenyans, as well as major earners of foreign exchange, and are commonly grown crop among smallholder farmers, who often sell them for cash. Little is known, however, abo
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http://purl.umn.edu/161469
http://purl.umn.edu/161469
This paper assesses the feasibility of the maize storage structures used in Kenya. Maize is the most important staple crop, but produced seasonally, and consumed continuously at farm level, hence the need for on-farm storage. However, heavy post harv
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http://purl.umn.edu/161519
http://purl.umn.edu/161519
This paper evaluates the potential of Jatropha curcas Linnaeus (Jatropha) as an alternative source of energy for rural households. The plant is said to have potential to diversify rural incomes, reclaim unproductive lands, reduce importation of fossi
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http://purl.umn.edu/126427
http://purl.umn.edu/126427
This paper investigates the non-linear adjustments between maize and beans markets in the highlands of central Kenya. Results are based on bi-weekly retail price data collected from ten markets in Mbeere and Meru south districts. The error correction
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Contract farming is a form of vertical coordination largely aimed at correcting the market failure associated with spot markets that arise due to imperfect information. However the impact of contract farming on the welfare of smallholder farmers in K
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Autor:
Nzuma, Jonathan M., Sarker, Rakhal
In Kenya, trade policy reforms in the cereals sector were initiated as a key component of the economy-wide structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) during the mid 1980s. The SAPs were later strengthened and made irreversible by Kenya’s commitments a
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http://purl.umn.edu/95972
http://purl.umn.edu/95972