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    C o r r e l a t e s o f g r o u p - m e m b e r s h i p b y s m a l l - s c a l e f a r m e n t r e p r e n e u r s i n K e n y a

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    2009
    Author
    N g u g i, IK
    K a r i u k i, DK
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    en
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    Org a n i z a t i o n s o f s m a l l - s c a l e f a r m e n t r e p r e n e u r s p l a y a k e y r o l e i n o r g a n i z i n g t h e p r o d u c t i o n , p r o c e s s i n g a n d m a r k e t i n g o f c r o p a n d l i v e s t o c k c o m m o d i t i e s i n K e n y a . M e m b e r s h i p t o s u c h o r g a n i z a t i o n s i s c o n s i d e r e d t o y i e l d e c o n o m i c b e n e f i t s t o f a r m e r s a s w e l l a s p r o m o t e t h e i r g e n e r a l w e l f a r e . T h i s s t u d y a s s e s s e s t h e a s s o c i a t i o n b e t w e e n m e m b e r s h i p t o g r o u p s a n d h o u s e h o l d a t t r i b u t e s o r w e l f a r e i n d i c a t o r s u s i n g 1 0 9 7 h o u s e h o l d s d r a w n f r o m p a n e l d a t a b a s e o f T e g e m e o I n s t i t u t e o f E g e r t o n U n i v e r s i t y . T h e h o u s e h o l d s t h a t h a d m e m b e r s j o i n i n g t h e g r o u p s w e r e c h a r a c t e r i s e d b y h i g h e r i n c o m e s , h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n l e v e l o f h e a d o f h o u s e h o l d , g r e a t e r a c c e s s t o c r e d i t , a s s e t s o f h i g h e r v a l u e , m o r e c u l t i v a t e d l a n d a n d h i g h e r a d o p t i o n o f m o d e r n a g r i c u l t u r a l t e c h n o l o g i e s . T h e r e w a s a p o s i t i v e c o r r e l a t i o n b e t w e e n m e m b e r s h i p t o a g r o u p a n d h o u s e h o l d w e l f a r e . T h i s u n d e r s c o r e s t h e n e e d t o p r o m o t e f o r m a t i o n o f s m a l l h o l d e r f a r m e r s ’ o r g a n i z a t i o n s a s w e l l a s s u p p o r t t h e i r s u s t a i n a b i l i t y
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    A f r i c a n J o u r n a l o f B u s i n e s s M a n a g e m e n t V o l . 3 ( 1 ) , p p . 0 0 1 - 0 0 8 , J a n u a r y , 2 0 0 9
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