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Gender, agricultural commercialization, and collective action in Kenya
Fischer, Elisabeth; Qaim, Matin - 2012
investigate the gender implications of recently established farmer groups. Traditionally, banana has been a women’s crop in Kenya …With the commercialization of agriculture, women are increasingly disadvantaged because of persistent gender … technology could potentially accelerate this trend. Here, we use survey data of small-scale banana producers in Kenya to …
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Food Security and dietary patterns among the urban poor in Africa
Wanyama, Rosina Nanjala - 2019
Persistent poverty and rapid urbanization are important development challenges in most African countries. Although the proportion of people living in extreme poverty in Africa could be reduced over the last few decades, the absolute number of people living below the poverty line continues to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012062055
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Assessing the impact of banana biotechnology in Kenia
Qaim, Matin - 1999
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Farmers' preferences for supermarket contracts in Kenya
Ochieng, Dennis O.; Veettil, Prakashan Chellattan; … - 2016
heterogeneity for contracts in Kenya. In the study region, supermarkets use contracts to source for fresh vegetables directly from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526473
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Supermarket contracts and smallholder farmers : implications for income and multidimensional poverty
Ogutu, Sylvester O.; Ochieng, Dennis O.; Qaim, Matin - 2019
smallholder vegetable farmers in Kenya and econometric models with household fixed effects to estimate average and heterogeneous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012036795
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Supermarket shopping and nutritional outcomes : a panel data analysis for urban Kenya
Demmler, Kathrin M.; Ecker, Olivier; Qaim, Matin - 2017
cross-sectional survey data. We add to this literature by using panel data from households and individuals in urban Kenya …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011615651
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Essays on food security and the nutrition transition in developing countries
Rischke, Ramona - 2014
The nature of food insecurity has been changing in the world. While research on food insecurity in developing countries used to focus on undernourishment (i.e. lack of calorie consumption) and related outcomes, today, many developing countries face at least a “double burden of malnutrition”...
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Large–scale land acquisitions in sub–Saharan Africa
Nolte, Kerstin - 2014
This dissertation contributes to the literature by providing evidence on the rising global phenomenon of investments in land through in–depth insights obtained from a cross–country study as well as from three case–studies based in sub–Saharan Africa. Chapter 2 contributes to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011299761
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Impacts and impact dynamics of smallholder participation in high-value markets in Kenya
Kiria, Christine Gacheri - 2015
Many developing countries are experiencing a food system transformation with a rapid growth of supermarkets. This supermarket growth can be attributed to demand-side factors such as rising incomes, urbanization, and changing lifestyles, as well as supply-side factors, such as market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309260
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Tradeoffs and complementarities in the adoption of improved seeds, fertilizer, and natural resource management technologies in Kenya
Wainaina, Priscilla; Songporne Tongruksawattana; Qaim, Matin - 2014
technologies in the same context are not easily possible. We use representative data from maize-producing households in Kenya and a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010440838