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	Provedor de dados AgEcon (2) Autor Kiriti, Tabitha (2) Tisdell, Clement A. (2) Palavra-chave Agricultural and Food Policy (2) And non-cash food crops. (2) Commercialisation (2) Food availability (2) Food cash crops (2) Non-food cash crops (2) Community/Rural/Urban Development (1) Land Economics/Use (1) Mais... Tipo do documento Working or Discussion Paper (2) Ano 2003 (1) 2002 (1) País United States (2) Idioma Inglês (2)		Ordenar por:  Relevância Autor Título Ano Registros recuperados: 2 Primeira ... 1 ... Última Commercialisation of Agriculture in Kenya: Case Study of Urban Bias on Food Availability in Farm Households AgEcon Kiriti, Tabitha; Tisdell, Clement A.. This study investigates the effect of cash cropping on food availability and examines the determinants of the proportion of income allocated for food expenditures in the Nyeri district in Kenya. Using a Tobit model, the results suggest that in general food expenditure allocations suffer due to cash cropping in Kenya as the lump-sum income flows from this may be used for purchases other than food. Food expenditure also suffers when remittances are irregular. On the other hand, earnings from outside employment for married women living with husbands are positively associated with food expenditure allocations. Amounts of non-cash food output as well as ownership of livestock are negatively associated with food expenditure allocations. These findings indicate... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Commercialisation; Non-food cash crops; Food cash crops; Food availability; And non-cash food crops.; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Land Economics/Use. Ano: 2002 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/102262 Commercialisation of Agriculture in Kenya: Case Study of Policy Bias and Food Purchases by Farm Households AgEcon Kiriti, Tabitha; Tisdell, Clement A.. This study considers the effect of cash cropping on food availability and investigates the determinants of household food expenditure as a proportion of gross income relying on a sample of rural households in the Nyeri district of Kenya. Results from an application of a Tobit model suggest that household food purchases and food availability may suffer as a consequence of increasing cash cropping in Kenya. Husbands favour commercial crops and, it seems, favour non-food purchases. Married women living with their husbands use proportionately less of their gross income to purchase food compared to unmarried women and to those women not living with their husbands. Male bias in food purchased is present, and is exacerbated when payment for cash crops is lumpy.... Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper Palavras-chave: Commercialisation; Non-food cash crops; Food cash crops; Food availability; And non-cash food crops.; Agricultural and Food Policy. Ano: 2003 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/105584 Registros recuperados: 2 Primeira ... 1 ... Última

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