Comparison of decent work status among smallholder pig farmers in Kenya: An empirical approach using Principal Components
| Autor: | Muthui, Jonah N., Matofari, Joseph Wafula, Kingori, Anthony, Hülsebusch, Christian |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, Vol 120, Iss 1, Pp 79-90 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2363-6033 1612-9830 |
| Popis: | Agricultural production in Kenya is dominated by smallholder enterprises which provide up to 60% of the country’s workforce. The agrarian transition to enhance smallholder participation in neoliberal capitalistic markets demands compliance to sanitary and phytosanitary standards and with codes for worker’s welfare and thus the concept of decent work. Evaluation of decent work deficits in the informal economy however remains a challenge associated with sector uniqueness and differences in socio-cultural attributes of labour. Nevertheless, there is need to build on analytical methods prescribed by the International Labour Organisation of the United Nations that make use of sector specific data and indicators. This study used 27 variables from a survey of 144 pig enterprises in three geographically and demographically distinct Counties in Kenya to develop five indices using Porter’s diamond methodology. The five indices were subjected to Principal Component Analysis using SPSS statistical software to extract two components which were latent variables for decent work. The two components were then subjected to Analysis of variance with Tukey’s test to separate the means. Results showed that decent work deficits were more pronounced (p |
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