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	Provedor de dados AgEcon (6) Autor Mburu, John G. (6) Okello, Julius Juma (2) Bernard, Munyua (1) Estrella, Jaime (1) Grum, Mikkel (1) Hellin, Jonathan (1) Hoeschle-Zeledon, I. (1) Irungu, C. (1) Karanja, Nancy (1) Kiiru, Joy M. (1) Klaus, Flohberg (1) Lagerkvist, Carl Johan (1) Maundu, P. (1) Ngigi, Marther W. (1) Nyikal, Rose Adhiambo (1) Wale, Edilegnaw (1) Mais... Palavra-chave Crop Production/Industries (4) Kenya (4) Consumer/Household Economics (2) Demand and Price Analysis (2) Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety (2) Agricultural Finance (1) Agricultural and Food Policy (1) Biodiversity (1) Child (1) Crop genetic resources (1) Ethiopia (1) Financial Economics (1) Food Security and Poverty (1) Food safety (1) Health Economics and Policy (1) Household (1) Incentive design (1) Incomes (1) Labor and Human Capital (1) Leafy vegetables (1) Mais... Tipo do documento Conference Paper or Presentation (4) Journal Article (2) Ano 2010 (2) 2008 (3) 2006 (1) País United States (6) Idioma Inglês (6)		Ordenar por:  Relevância Autor Título Ano Registros recuperados: 6 Primeira ... 1 ... Última Assessment of developing-country urban consumers’ willingness to pay for quality of leafy vegetables: The case of middle and high income consumers in Nairobi, Kenya AgEcon Ngigi, Marther W.; Okello, Julius Juma; Lagerkvist, Carl Johan; Karanja, Nancy; Mburu, John G.. The improvement in income in developing countries has led to emergence of middle and high income consumers in urban centers. Improvement in income usually causes the shift to consumption of non-staples including leafy vegetables. Thus in major developing country urban centers there has been rapid expansion of the grocery sections featuring leafy vegetables in leading retail stores. Specialty stores have also emerged featuring broad range vegetables. Many middle and high income consumers shop these stores. This study examines the willing of the middle and high income consumers who shop specialized stores to pay for quality of leafy vegetables and drivers of willingness to pay for quality. The study uses contingent valuation and the payment card method in... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Willingness to pay; Food safety; Urban consumers; Leafy vegetables; Kenya; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96191 Computing Opportunity Costs of Growing Local Varieties for On-farm Conservation: Illustrations Using Sorghum Data from Ethiopia AgEcon Wale, Edilegnaw; Mburu, John G.; Estrella, Jaime. The recent shift of emphasis to on-farm conservation is driven by its diverse attractive features - participatory nature, dynamic nature, capacity to maintain not only crop diversity but the knowledge that evolves with it, the chance it offers and the challenge it brings to link conservation with farmers' livelihood. To make it operational, placing incentives and removal of perverse incentives are of critical importance. However, before placing sound incentives compatible to farmers' circumstances, the opportunity costs farmers face when using local varieties of public interest should be understood. This paper empirically examines farmers' opportunity costs of maintaining local varieties of sorghum using a household survey data collected from 198 sorghum... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Opportunity costs; Incentive design; On-farm conservation; Crop genetic resources; Ethiopia; Crop Production/Industries. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25675 Determinants for Use of Certified Maize Seed and the Relative Importance of Transaction Costs AgEcon Bernard, Munyua; Hellin, Jonathan; Nyikal, Rose Adhiambo; Mburu, John G.. The rising world prices for major tradable staples such as maize have been a concern for sub- Saharan countries such as Kenya which are maize deficit countries. Maize is a major staple food for over 80 percent of Kenya’s population. Kenya relies on maize for up to 40 percent of its dietary energy supply and is accordingly searching for ways to increase maize productivity. Maize productivity has been rising in the last decade manly as a result of the use of improved germplasm and fertilizer. However, the proportion of farmers using these technologies is low and the aggregate productivity in maize is low compared to other countries and its potential. Previous studies on input adoption have often assumed the existence of perfect supply and product markets,... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries. Ano: 2010 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96423 Does Participation in Microfinance Programs Improve Household Incomes: Empirical Evidence From Makueni District, Kenya AgEcon Kiiru, Joy M.; Mburu, John G.; Klaus, Flohberg. Although microfinance has elicited different reactions from different stakeholders, there seems to be a general agreement that it is useful in reducing poverty. This study is an attempt to contribute in to the debate on the impact of microfinance on household incomes. We use a pooled data set collected from the south western part of Makueni district in Kenya to study the households’ access to microfinance credit and how the credit affects their incomes. We control for household selection bias as well as endogenity problems in the sample. Cross sectional analysis fails to show any significant positive impact of microfinance on poverty reduction. Only after the inclusion of time dynamics in the study are we able to find a weak positive significance of... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Household; Incomes; Kenya; Makueni; Agricultural Finance; Consumer/Household Economics; Demand and Price Analysis; Financial Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Labor and Human Capital; Marketing; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52154 The Effect of Market Development On-farm Conservation of Diversity of African Leafy Vegetables around Nairobi AgEcon Irungu, C.; Mburu, John G.; Maundu, P.; Grum, Mikkel; Hoeschle-Zeledon, I.. Production and marketing of African Leafy Vegetables (ALVs) has increasingly become important in areas surrounding Nairobi. This is mainly due to Nairobians' realization of their nutritional value. ALVs are particularly rich in mineral nutrients and vitamins that are useful in the management of ailments including HIV/AIDS. In addition, these vegetables remain extremely important for overcoming food insecurity and alleviating poverty among the rural and urban populations as they are relatively affordable. Alongside these private uses, ALVs also have a public value which includes maintenance of traditions and culture, and contribution to sustainable development, specifically in the conservation of biodiversity alongside other ecosystem benefits. Despite this... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Underutilized species; Biodiversity; Kenya; Crop Production/Industries; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44452 The Prevalence of Under-Nourished Child Obese Mother Phenomenon in Rural Areas: Evidence from Central Province of Kenya AgEcon Mburu, John G.; Okello, Julius Juma. Attainment of nutritional security is a major focus of the Millennium Development Goals. Despite efforts, Sub-Saharan Africa countries are yet to make significant progress in becoming nutritionally secure. Over the years, maternal obesity and child under-nutrition have concurrently been on the increase. The rise in obesity and child under-nutrition is attributed to, among others, urbanization-driven shifts in eating habits and lifestyle, changes in purchasing power, food assistance and stress-related medical conditions. Studies in Asia and Latin America have associated co-existence of adult obesity and child under-nutrition with urban areas. In this paper we examine the prevalence of child under-nutrition and mother obesity in rural Kenya. We find that 22... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Child; Kenya; Mother; Nutrition; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52160 Registros recuperados: 6 Primeira ... 1 ... Última

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