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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 ...
An analysis of economic efficiency in bean production: evidence from Eastern Uganda
(2013)
Bean has emerged to be an important cash crop as well as a staple food in Uganda; however, the country’s bean
productivity per unit area cultivated has been on the decline for the past ten years. This study estimated ...
Entrepreneurial Behaviour of Dairy Groups in Nyamira County, Kenya: A Sustainable Livelihood Strategy for Rural Development
(Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 2016-10-06)
Aim: Farmers’ groups were introduced in Kenya as cooperatives during the colonial period for the purpose of promoting commercial agricultural production by peasant farmers. However, there is still poor rural milk trade and ...
Effects of Integrated Use of Calliandra calothyrsus and Maize Stover with Urea on Maize Yield Components under Striga Infestation in Western Kenya
(Research Gate, 2020)
The effect of integrated use of Calliandra or maize stover with urea on Striga infestation and maize yield components was assessed in a field experiment carried out for five consecutive seasons on a clay loam Ferralsol in ...
A Gendered Analysis of Perceived Risks of Commercial Oriented Smallholder Vegetable Farmers in Kilifi County, Kenya
(Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 2019)
This paper examines the relationship between gender and perceived risks of commercial oriented smallholder
farmers in Kilifi County. A sample of 332 smallholder vegetable farmers was selected from the study area. A 5-
point ...
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 ...