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| Kirui, Oliver K.; Okello, Julius Juma; Nyikal, Rose Adhiambo. |
| Smallholder farmer access to agricultural finance has been a major constraint to agricultural commercialization in developing countries. The ICT revolution in Africa has however brought an opportunity to ease this constraint. The mobile phone-based banking services that started in Kenya urban centers have spread to rural areas and even other countries. Using these services farmers could receive funds invest in agriculture finance transactions. This study examines the awareness and use of m-banking services among rural farmers in Kenya. It also assesses the factors conditioning the use of such services. The study finds high awareness of m-banking services among the smallholder farmers. It also finds that education, distance to a commercial bank, membership... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Mobile phones; M-banking services; Awareness and use; Smallholder farmers; Kenya; Financial Economics. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96188 |
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| Ouma, Emily Awuor; Jagwe, John. |
| Smallholder farmers in developing countries need to improve their position in food value chains in order to improve their margins and as a strategy for coping with agricultural food price volatility through innovations within the chains. Value chain mappings and gross margin analysis were employed to assess constraints and opportunities for existing value chains for bananas in Central Africa using market survey data. The results showed weak linkages within the banana value chains with poor integration of value chain actors and minimal involvement with regional markets and high-value domestic chains such as supermarkets. Value addition in terms of agroprocessing was carried out at small scale levels using rudimentary techniques limiting the final product to... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Banana value chains; Smallholder farmers; Central Africa; Collective action; Crop Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96169 |
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| Omiti, John M.; Otieno, David Jakinda; Nyanamba, Timothy O.; McCullough, Ellen B.. |
| Participation in commercial agriculture holds considerable potential for unlocking suitable opportunity sets necessary for providing better incomes and sustainable livelihoods for small-scale farmers. This study examined factors that influence the intensity of market participation among smallholder farmers in Kenya. Data was obtained through a rapid rural appraisal and a household survey. A truncated regression model was applied in the analysis. Results showed that farmers in peri-urban areas sold higher proportions of their output than those in rural areas. Distance from farm to point of sale is a major constraint to the intensity of market participation. Better output price and market information are key incentives for increased sales. These findings... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Smallholder farmers; Intensity; Market participation; Kenya; Marketing. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56958 |
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| Mesquita,Mário Luiz Ribeiro; Andrade,Leonaldo Alves de; Pereira,Walter Esfrain. |
| The objective of this study was to compare the ex situ and in situ floristic diversity of the soil weed seed bank of a rice field in northeastern Brazil. In a rice field in the county of Bacabal, located in the state of Maranhão, thirty 25-m² plots were laid out. From 15 plots, soil samples (6/plot; n = 90) were taken with a soil probe (25 × 16 × 3 cm) and placed in aluminum trays in the greenhouse. From the remaining 15 plots, weed samples (6/plot; n = 90) were taken with the same soil probe. The number of seeds was estimated by germination. We evaluated the numbers of species and individuals, as well as the density, frequency, abundance and importance value (IV) for each species. Diversity was computed by the Shannon index (H'). We recorded 13,892... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Cyperaceae; Competition; Biological invasion; Phytosociology; Smallholder farmers. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062013000300001 |
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| Okello, Julius Juma; Narrod, Clare A.; Roy, Devesh. |
| Many African countries have moved into the production of non-traditional agricultural products to diversify their exports and increase foreign currency earnings. Accessing developed country markets requires meeting food safety standards brought about by several demand and supply side factors. Food retailers in the EU, the major destination market, have developed protocols relating to pesticide residue limits, field and packinghouse hygiene, and traceability. In this changing scenario where food safety requirements are getting increasingly stringent, there are worries that companies that establish production centers in LDCs might exclude smallholder farmers. In this paper, we study the cases of green beans production in Ethiopia, Kenya and Zambia for export... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: International food safety standards; Compliance; Smallholder farmers; Institutional arrangements; Collective action; Producer organizations; Public-private partnerships; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Labor and Human Capital; Marketing; Production Economics; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52183 |
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| Mabaya, Edward T.; Cramer, Laura K.; Mahiga, Veronica K.; Pham, Huong Q.; Simpson, Tara M.; Tang, Xiaowei C.. |
| Freshco, a small producer and distributor of hybrid maize seed and macadamia seedlings, was one of the first private companies to enter the Kenya seed market after its liberalization. Currently, the company produces and markets six high yielding maize varieties that are suited for diverse agro-ecological conditions. Despite the company’s encouraging growth in the local maize seed market, Freshco’s executives recognize the need to scale up operations to stay competitive. The company’s challenge is to recognize business opportunities and customer needs in an environment susceptible to ecological, political, and socioeconomic change. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Kenya; Seed industry; Smallholder farmers; Scenario planning; Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; Q10; Q12. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53743 |
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| Njuki, Jemimah M; International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT); J.Njuki@cgiar.org; Mapila, Mariam T; Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Pretoria; maleytata@yahoo.com; Zingore, Shamie; Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute of CIAT; S.Zingore@cgiar.org; Delve, Robert; Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute of CIAT; R.Delve@cgiar.org. |
| Social capital has become a critical issue in agricultural development as it plays an important role in collective action, such as, management of common resources and collective marketing. Whilst literature exists on the role of social capital in the use and adoption of improved agricultural technology, such literature is fraught with issues of the measurement of social capital beyond membership of farmers in groups. We hypothesized that different types of social capital influence the adoption of soil management options differently. This study looked at the measurement of social capital, differentiating between the main types of social capital and employed factor analysis to aggregate indicators of social capital into bonding, bridging, and linking social... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Gender; Smallholder farmers; Social capital; Soil management. |
| Ano: 2008 |
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