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	Provedor de dados AgEcon (7) Autor Oluoch-Kosura, Willis (7) Karugia, Joseph Thuo (5) Makokha, Stella Nabwile (3) Staal, Steven J. (3) Marenya, Paswel Phiri (2) Otieno, David Jakinda (2) Drucker, Adam G. (1) Kibiego, Michael B. (1) Nyikal, Rose Adhiambo (1) Odhiambo, Mark O. (1) Odumbe, Michael (1) Rege, Edward (1) Mais... Palavra-chave Livestock Production/Industries (4) Food Security and Poverty (2) Marketing (2) Adoption (1) Agricultural and Food Policy (1) Assets (1) Beans (1) Cattle (1) Co-integration and Efficiency. (1) Community/Rural/Urban Development (1) Competitive Structure (1) Conjoint (1) Conjoint analysis (1) Cow attributes (1) Crop Production/Industries (1) Dairy production (1) Demand and Price Analysis (1) Disease risks (1) Diversification (1) Environmental Economics and Policy (1) Mais... Tipo do documento Conference Paper or Presentation (6) Journal Article (1) Ano 2008 (1) 2007 (1) 2006 (4) 2004 (1) País United States (7) Idioma Inglês (7)		Ordenar por:  Relevância Autor Título Ano Registros recuperados: 7 Primeira ... 1 ... Última Access to Land, Income Diversification and Poverty Reduction in Rural Kenya AgEcon Karugia, Joseph Thuo; Oluoch-Kosura, Willis; Nyikal, Rose Adhiambo; Odumbe, Michael; Marenya, Paswel Phiri. The increasing land scarcity and the worsening trend of poverty in Kenya in recent years have raised concerns about the focus on land-based agriculture as the basis of growth in the rural areas. This paper combines two complementary data sets obtained from two locations in Kenya, drawn against distinctively different land availability patterns, to examine the diverse rural asset base and key sources of livelihood in the rural areas. The analysis reveals that while access to productive land is still an important determinant of livelihoods in the rural areas, even where land holdings are very small, growth in farm productivity alone may not guarantee households sufficient incomes to escape poverty. We find evidence to suggest that growth of non-farm sector... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Diversification; Livelihoods; Land holding; Assets; Kenya.; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Q12; Q15; Q18; O18; O13. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25488 Analysis of Factors Influencing Adoption of Dairy Technologies In Western Kenya AgEcon Makokha, Stella Nabwile; Karugia, Joseph Thuo; Staal, Steven J.; Oluoch-Kosura, Willis. Indicators of poverty in western Kenya show high poverty levels. The area has low dairy development yet the potential for dairy development is quite high. Dairy farming has the potential to reduce poverty by increasing incomes and reducing unemployment. This paper reports factor interrelationships in dairy adoption with a view to understanding factors that influence adoption. The binary probit model was used to analyse data from 1575 households. Contrary to findings from similar studies elsewhere, some factors had a negative association with adoption, thus unfolding a unique adoption process. The association between the factor interactive affects and technology adoption highlighted the importance of exploring factor interrelationships. The widely held... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Adoption; Factor interrelationship; Spatial factors; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies. Ano: 2008 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52094 Analysis of the Structure and Performance of the Beans Marketing System in Nairobi AgEcon Odhiambo, Mark O.; Oluoch-Kosura, Willis; Kibiego, Michael B.. Beans are widely grown as a major food crop in Eastern and Southern Africa. It is the most important staple food crop after maize in Kenya (ECABREN, 2000). The beans industry in Kenya is faced with problems of shortages, seasonal supply and price fluctuations and inadequate information on production, marketing and consumption. These problems are more acute in urban areas. This paper analyzes the structure and performance of the beans marketing system in Nairobi metropolitan area, the single most important beans market in Kenya. Data from a sample of 102 traders augmented by secondary data were used to analyze the marketing system by applying descriptive statistics, concentration ratios and co-integration models. The results showed that the beans marketing... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Beans; Competitive Structure; Co-integration and Efficiency.; Crop Production/Industries; Marketing. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25440 Risk Management in Smallholder Cattle Farming: A Hypothetical Insurance Approach in Western Kenya AgEcon Otieno, David Jakinda; Oluoch-Kosura, Willis; Karugia, Joseph Thuo; Drucker, Adam G.; Rege, Edward. Smallholder cattle farming is an important livelihood strategy in most developing countries like Kenya. However, tropical diseases in Africa often wipe out these valuable assets. This paper focuses on mitigation of cattle disease risks through a hypothetical insurance scheme. The study is based on data from a survey conducted on a purposive sample of 300 smallholder cattle farmers in Kakamega and Siaya districts of Western Kenya. Descriptive measures and a regression model were used in the analysis. Results of the study showed that most farmers (91.3%) were willing to participate in the cattle insurance scheme. Also, the farmers observed that the scheme would enable them to increase their herd sizes and change their breed composition. The farmer's mean... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Cattle; Smallholder livelihoods; Disease risks; Insurance; Livestock Production/Industries; Risk and Uncertainty. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25489 The Food Security Equation: What is the Role of Gender and Social Amenities in this Paradigm? A Focus on Rural Households in Yala division, Siaya district, Kenya. AgEcon Oluoch-Kosura, Willis; Otieno, David Jakinda; Marenya, Paswel Phiri. Food security remains a key challenge to the development efforts of most poor nations. This study investigated the significance of gender (denoted by number of male, female and children in a household) and social amenities in the food security equation. Frequency of food-related illnesses in a household was used as proxy for food security situation, while the entitlement/food utilization side of the equation was represented by the number of male and female children in the household, main source of domestic water, distance to nearest health center, means of transport accessible, household sanitation and level of awareness on basic food preparation and handling methods. Both descriptive and econometric models were used for analysis of primary data from a... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty. Ano: 2004 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/9517 Valuation of Cow Attributes by Conjoint Analysis: A Case Study in Western Kenya AgEcon Makokha, Stella Nabwile; Karugia, Joseph Thuo; Staal, Steven J.; Oluoch-Kosura, Willis. The objective of the study was to determine the value that different households attach to attributes of the dairy cow. The cow attributes were, milk yield, disease resistance, feed requirement. The valuation was done in order to quantify the economic trade-offs made during adoption of dairy technologies, assess resource availability, households perceptions on dairy technologies and their farming priorities. This was necessary to understand the adoption patterns of dairy technologies observed and suggest intervention. The Marginal Rate of Substitution (MRS), Marginal Willingness to Pay (mWTP), and Marginal Willingness to Accept (mWTA) that were used were determined from conjoint (CJ) analysis using data from a survey of 630 households in Western Kenya. The... Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation Palavras-chave: Cow attributes; Conjoint; Marginal willingness to accept; Marginal willingness to pay; Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 2006 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25752 Valuation of cow attributes by conjoint analysis: A case study of Western Kenya AgEcon Makokha, Stella Nabwile; Karugia, Joseph Thuo; Staal, Steven J.; Oluoch-Kosura, Willis. Better dairy production could reduce poverty and improve nutrition in western Kenya, but the requisite technologies have not been widely adopted. This study collected dairy cow attributes from 630 households to evaluate what factors influence smallholder farmers to adopt technologies. Conjoint analysis was used to compute the marginal rate of substitution between attributes, marginal willingness to pay, and marginal willingness to accept. Two ethnic groups had the highest willingness to pay for cattle with a high milk yield and low feed requirement. The highest marginal rate of substitution for cattle with a high disease resistance and a low feed requirement was from households with off-farm income, from areas with a good agro-climate, and from areas where... Tipo: Journal Article Palavras-chave: Conjoint analysis; Valuation of cow attributes; Dairy production; Kenya; Livestock Production/Industries. Ano: 2007 URL: http://purl.umn.edu/57012 Registros recuperados: 7 Primeira ... 1 ... Última

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