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Potato ranks second staple food crop in Kenya. The Government seeks rapid yield growth in the potato subsector, however with only 2% of potato seed planted currently certified there is a persistent shortage of quality seed.
Many developing economies suffer from a lack of reliable rainfall measurements due to a lack of funds and a shortage of equipment – such as gauges and radars.
Supermarket contracts and smallholder farmers: Implications for income and multidimensional poverty
Evaluating the effects of supermarket contracts on income and multidimensional poverty using panel data collection.
Aflatoxin is a common fungal toxin that poses a significant threat to health and economic growth in many developing countries.
Kenya is the world’s third largest producer of avocados. It’s also Kenya’s leading fruit export, accounting for nearly one-fifth of its total horticultural exports. But Kenya only exports 10% of its total avocado production.
Smallholder farmers may suffer losses from ex-treme weather events, pests and disease. This is expected to worsen in the face of climate change.
The Financial and Health Diaries capture high-detail high-frequency data on how low-income households in developing countries manage money and make spending choices around healthcare.
Examines the determinants and impacts of smallholder-producer participation in avocado export markets on labor inputs, farm yields, sales prices, and incomes.
Can markets support smallholder adoption of a food safety technology? Aflasafe in Kenya
In this paper, we test the impact of a simulated market premium for food safety, and of bundling rainfall insurance with an aflatoxin-reducing technology (Aflasafe KE01), on smallholder farmers’ adoption of this technology.
Improving food safety on the farm: Experimental evidence from Kenya on agricultural incentives and subsidies as public health investments
Evidence continues to mount that foodborne illness imposes a staggering health burden in developing countries.
Women’s empowerment in agriculture and agricultural productivity: Evidence from rural maize farmer households in western Kenya
This paper documents a positive relationship between maize productivity in western Kenya and women’s empowerment in agriculture, measured using indicators derived from the abbreviated version of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index.
Liquid milk: Cash constraints and day-to-day intertemporal choice in financial diaries
This paper analyzes implications of cash constraints for collective marketing, using the case of the Kenyan dairy sector.
This note synthesizes one of the two study tour reports written by the participating African officials.
The informal market: Don't overlook it
Policies banning or ignoring informal milk markets are counterproductive.
Climate, change adaptation assets and group-based approaches: Gendered perceptions from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Mali, and Kenya
Using a participatory rural appraisal approach, a series of qualitative studies were conducted in four countries facing negative impacts of climate change—Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya and Mali—in order to determine men’s and women’s perceptions of