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An Ex-Ante Economic Impact Assessment for Adoption of Transgenic Cassava Varieties in East Africa
(2018-03-29)
Cassava has been a major staple in Sub-Sahara Africa for generations, securing several households
against food poverty and hunger. However like other tropical crops, cassava has been susceptible
to various pests and ...
Stakeholders’ perceptions of agronomic iodine biofortification: a SWOT-AHP analysis in northern Uganda
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2018-04)
Agronomic biofortification (i.e., the application of fertilizer to elevate micronutrient concentrations in staple crops) is a recent strategy recommended for controlling Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDDs). However, its ...
Are Base of Pyramid (BoP) Consumers Willing to Pay for Nutritious Foods? Evidence from Kenya and Uganda
(2018)
The Base of the Pyramid (BoP) consumers living in the urban informal settlement of developing countries spend over 60% of their income on food, yet malnutrition and micronutrient deficiency remains widespread among this ...
Value chain and marketing margins of cassava: An assessment of cassava marketing in northern Uganda
(African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2018-04-20)
Cassava is one of the emerging market oriented agricultural commodities with potential to contribute to improved livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Uganda. Besides being a food crop, cassava is attracting more attention ...
Determinants of m-pesa paybill adoption among safaricom m-pesa customers in migori town, Kenya
(International Journal of Social Sciences and Information Technology, 2018)
The study sought to investigate the determinants of M-Pesa pay bill adoption in Migori Town. The research objectives were to investigate the effect of literacy level on M-Pesa pay bill adoption, the effect of customer ...
An Analysis of Causality between Tea Exports and its Determinants in Rwanda
(East Africa Research Papers in Economics and Finance, 2018)
East Africa Research Papers in Economics and Finance is a series linked to the collaborative PhD program in Economics and Management among East Africa national universities. The program was initiated and is coordinated by ...
An Ex-Ante Economic Impact Assessment for Adoption of Varieties in Uganda and Kenya
(Adv in Nutr Fd Sci: ANAFS-101, 2018)
Cassava is a major staple in Sub-Sahara Africa, securing several households against food poverty and hunger. However
like other tropical crops, cassava is susceptible to diseases, thus threatening millions with food ...
The mix of good nutritional attitude and poor nutritional knowledge is associated with adequate intake of vitamin A and iron from wild fruits and vegetables among rural …
(Food Science & Nutrition, 2018-11)
Nutritional knowledge and attitude of a population greatly affect intake of essential micronutrients. Much of the understanding on the impact of nutritional knowledge and attitude on nutrient intake has been derived from ...
Small farmers’ preferences for weather index insurance: insights from Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2018-12-01)
Background
Smallholder farmers in developing countries are particularly vulnerable to climate shocks but often lack access to agricultural insurance. Weather index insurance (WII) could reduce some of the problems associated ...
Farmers’ Attitude towards Risk on Indigenous Chicken in Nyanza Region
(AJAERD, 2018)
Kenya has an estimate of 25.9 million indigenous chicken that support livelihood of over 21 million
people in rural areas. Indigenous chicken production in Kenya is mainly under extensive and semi
intensive systems ...