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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Horticulture Farmers and Domestic Supermarkets in Kenya
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| Autores: |
Reardon, Thomas
Odera, Michael M.
Neven, David
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| Data: |
2006-03-16
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| Ano: |
2006
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| Palavras-chave: |
Marketing
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| Resumo: |
Are the rural poor excluded from the market opportunities created by the rise of supermarkets in developing countries? We analyzed the farm-level impact of supermarket growth in Kenya's produce sub-sector which is dominated by smallholder producers. Two main findings emerged. First, the existence of a threshold capital vector at the entrance of the supermarket channel does hinder the entry of small, rainfed farms. Instead, the main supply response has come from a new group of medium-sized, fast-growing farms managed by well-educated farmers. Second, the heavy reliance on and higher wages paid to hired farm workers on supermarket-channel farms help to alleviate poverty for rural households with little land.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
20343
http://purl.umn.edu/11534
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
Michigan State University>Department of Agricultural Economics>Staff Paper Series
Department of Agricultural Economics Staff Paper 2006-06
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| Formato: |
33
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