Commercialization of Smallholder Horticultural Farming in Kenya: Poverty, Gender, and Institutional Arrangements, 1st Edition eBook

Delivery: Can be download immediately after purchasing. For new customer, we need process for verification from 30 mins to 12 hours.
Version: PDF/EPUB. If you need EPUB and MOBI Version, please contact us.
Compatible Devices: Can be read on any devices.

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.

This is a digital product.

Commercialization of Smallholder Horticultural Farming in Kenya: Poverty, Gender, and Institutional Arrangements 1st Edition is written by Beatrice Wambui Muriithi and published by Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Commercialization of Smallholder Horticultural Farming in Kenya are 9783653983289, 3653983282 and the print ISBNs are 9783631653371, 3631653379. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include 9783653045185, 9783653983272.