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Economic Analysis of Crossbreeding Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Conceptual Framework and Kenyan Case Study
(2001-12)
Conventional economic evaluations of crossbreeding programmes have overestimated their benefits by ignoring subsidies, the increased costs of management such as veterinary support services, and the higher levels of risk ...
Impact of Agricultural Trade and Related Policy Reforms on Food Security in Kenya
(2004)
Kenya’s agricultural sector has undergone various changes emanating from
policy reforms over the years. These reforms, which occurred from the late
1980s to the early 1990s, were aimed at reducing government involvement ...
Determinants of farmers’ preference for alternative animal health service providers in Kenya: a proportional hazard application
(2005)
One hundred and eighty farmers in the semiarid Makueni district, Kenya, were surveyed using a structured questionnaire. The objective was to assess factors that influence farmers' preference for alternative veterinary ...
Farmers’ Perceptions of Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Yield Response in Kenya
(01-08-08)
To develop soil fertility techniques that respond to farmers’ actual concerns, researchers and agricultural development practitioners in developing countries need to identify how farmers in those regions form perceptions ...
Technology-Mediated Open and Distance Education (Tech-MODE) in Agricultural Education and Training in Kenya: Opportunities and Challenges
(2008)
Open and distance learning (ODL) in Kenya,
like in many other developing countries,
is characterized by, and offered through,
dual mode institutions. Most of these
programmes are in humanities and social
sciences. ...
We work together: land rehabilitation and household dynamics in Chepareria Division, West Pokot District, Kenya
(Regional Land Management Unit (RELMA, 1999)
Unrecorded Cross-Border Trade Between Kenya and Uganda Implications for Food Security
(1997-07)
Regional trade initiatives in Eastern and Southern Africa have in the past encountered various kinds of difficulties but the countries have not been deterred from exploring new ways of fostering economic development through ...
Social Protection and Agricultural Development in Kenya
(2009)
This paper focuses on social protection programs
in Kenya’s agriculture. A case study approach was
used where three cases were examined: (a) emergency
seed distribution in the arid and semi-arid lands
and remote areas ...
Farmers’ Perceptions of Soil Fertility and Fertilizer Yield Response in Kenya
(2008)
To develop soil fertility techniques that respond to farmers’ actual concerns, researchers and agricultural development practitioners in developing countries need to identify how farmers in those regions form perceptions ...