This study assesses income and poverty effects of vegetable commercialization in Kenya with a special focus on gender issues and evaluates the performance of institutional arrangements that link small producers to the high-value vegetable supply chains. Using econometrics analysis of two rounds of rural...
The use of pesticides is therefore critical in this county, where various types of pesticides are applied in large scale and small scale farming ventures. Meru County is part of the Mount Kenya region that consumes more than 50% of all pesticides sold for agriculture in Kenya (PCPB, 2018)....
"New Theory" proposed by His Majesty the King of Thailand in 1993, brought about an excellent concept in land use and management of crop production for sustainable development of small scale farming in rural areas of Thailand. The principles of this "New Theory" have been followed by many ...
The threat of change of climate resulted touse of better technology and farming methods in the farming operations. Geodiversification and use of better plant breeds were also considered.The study recommended that the companies carry out continuous monitoring andevaluation of the strategies used to ...
I am a keen entrepreneur with major interests in horticulture. I'm also the founder and CEO of Hort Zone, a popular Agribusiness consulting firm in Kenya dedicated to helping farming start-ups and large Agribusiness corporations to explode their revenues. Winner of Agripreneur of the Year 2020 ...
to educational and limited access to health coverage are the variables that contributed most to the risk, confirming that access to drinking water and sewage systems are not the only limiting factors for parasitic infections. Consequently, non-farming families living in the region in conditions of ...
Natural Enemy Fight Increased Against Papaya Mealybug in Kenya CABI in collaboration with the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) are busy stepping up the fight against the devastating papaya... OOPM Group - 《Outlooks on Pest Management》 被引量: 0发表: 2023年 加载更...
Contractual Farming Arrangements, Quality Control, Incentives, and Distribution Failure in Kenya's Smallholder Horticulture: A Multivariate Probit Analysis With the rapid growth of horticultural value chains, the use of contractual farming arrangements, strategies of quality control (farm audits/crop rejectio...
The horticultural sector has undergone tremendous growth in Kenya and is now the second largest foreign income earning sector in the country. Lake Naivasha is the hub of large scale horticultural farming in Kenya. This growth coupled with increased use of pesticides, may increase the possibility of...
The horticultural sector has undergone tremendous growth in Kenya and is now the second largest foreign income earning sector in the country. Lake Naivasha is the hub of large scale horticultural farming in Kenya. This growth coupled with increased use of pesticides, may increase the possibility of...