Evaluation of artisan training in metal silo construction for grain storage in Africa: Impact on uptake, entrepreneurship and income

Ndegwa, Michael; Gitonga, Zachary M.

doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2015.04.012

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“…Kimenju and De Groote (2010) study the economics of the “super” GrainPro bag in Kenya and find that these bags were not economically attractive because the loss abatement was not substantial enough to make the necessary annual purchase profitable. Ndegwa et al, 2015a , Ndegwa et al, 2015b use randomized control trial (RCT) methods to study the profitability of hermetic bag technology in Kenya, bags that do not need to be replaced repeatedly, estimating a benefit-cost ratio of 1.6 for one season and 4.8 for three seasons, signaling a sound investment for farmers. Kimenju and De Groote (2010) find that the returns to metal silos are high and increase with silo size, but only in the long run after benefits accrue.…”

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“…In this section, we consider some (of many) alternate approaches to achieving the four noble and important objectives enumerated in Section 2 . Rosegrant et al (2015) and Barrett (2015) both argue that while PHL reduction investments might pass the most basic benefit/cost > 1 test, and in some cases significantly greater than one (e.g., Ndegwa et al, 2015a , Ndegwa et al, 2015b ), multiple other candidate interventions seem to dominate PHL investments in terms of delivering on one or more of the objectives used to motivate PHL remediation strategies. We do not concern ourselves with ranking the benefit/cost ratios but rather suggest these other and likely more effective means of achieving the same objectives.…”

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“… 4 Another complementary goal of promoting hermetic bag and silo use is the opportunity to simultaneously develop a local supply chain for the production and distribution of these products. We refer interested readers to Gitonga et al, 2013 , Ndegwa et al, 2015a , Brennan and Gooding, 2015 for more on this topic. …”

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Review: Food loss and waste in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sheahan¹,

2017

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The research, development practitioner, and donor community has begun to focus on food loss and waste – often referred to as post-harvest losses (PHL) – in Sub-Saharan Africa. This article reviews the current state of the literature on PHL mitigation. First, we identify explicitly the varied objectives underlying efforts to reduce PHL levels. Second, we summarize the estimated magnitudes of losses, evaluate the methodologies used to generate those estimates, and explore the dearth of thoughtful assessment around “optimal” PHL levels. Third, we synthesize and critique the impact evaluation literature around on-farm and off-farm interventions expected to deliver PHL reduction. Fourth, we suggest a suite of other approaches to advancing these same objectives, some of which may prove more cost-effective. Finally, we conclude with a summary of main points.

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Review: Food loss and waste in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sheahan¹,

2017

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“…According to Ndegwa et al (2015), different artisanal entrepreneurship projects have already prepared many artisans in the acquisition of entrepreneurial competences as well as providing technical skills and capacities, especially within the scope of developing countries above all focussing on the usage of new technologies.…”

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Entrepreneurial artisan products as regional tourism competitiveness

Teixeira

Ferreira

2019

Int Jrnl of Ent Behav & Res

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore and analyse the role of entrepreneurial artisan products in regional tourism competitiveness. Design/methodology/approach This study applies secondary data from different sources (Regional Directorate of Statistics of Madeira, the Madeira Institute of Wine, Embroideries and Handicrafts) covering a temporal period spanning the last 15 years (2001-2015). This deployed quantitative data analysis through an econometric approach with recourse to regression models and the Pearson’s correlation technique. Findings According to the results, it is suggested that in terms of external support and funding, there should be a greater role and a boost in the number of projects carried out not only under the auspices of the European Union but also under the Autonomous Region of Madeira. Thus, participant companies may invest in greater business efficiency and entrepreneurship, in innovation, promotion and the internationalisation of their products, and thereby obtain greater overall regional competitiveness. Research limitations/implications The generalisation of results remains to a certain extent limited, given the findings stem from only one particular region. The exclusive utilisation of secondary data may also undermine the robustness of the results obtained. Originality/value The study provides empirical evidence that helps in identifying the role of artisan products within the capacity for regional tourism sector entrepreneurship and competitiveness. Furthermore, this also contributes to the knowledge of the scientific community particularly interested in artisan and cultural entrepreneurship and regional competitiveness in the tourism sector.

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“…The dual system was considered the best. Wages for employees who came out of the dual training systems were the highest by 15-20% in Germany and Austria and wider returns to the economy were great [6]. Yan and Liu proposed the 2+1 model also known as the "Dinggang" internship.…”

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Factors That Affect the Quality Status of Vocational High Schools

Mukhidin¹,

Mupita²

2019

Proceedings of the 5th UPI International Conference on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ICTVET 2018)

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In Indonesia a huge number of students prefer enrolling in general high school (SMA) over vocational high school (SMK), yet the government want more students (70%) enrolled in vocational high school. This article was aimed at investigating the effects of student gross retention rate, quality of teachers, student self-efficacy and condition of infrastructure on schools' quality status. Factor analysis was used to determine the influence of each factor on the quality of the school. Data was extracted from Indonesia Center for Education Data and Statistics (MoEC). The research population was made up of 13236 vocational schools. A purposive sample of 34 provincial clusters was deliberately selected. It was found that, there was an association between the quality of a school and state of the school infrastructure. Students self-efficacy had a strong influence on students' high school enrollment decisions. The government should increase the infrastructure budget for the vocational schools (SMKs), help schools to mobilize capital development funds as well as help fight negative publicity affecting vocational schools. Keywords-quality vocational school; TVET; quality infrastructure5th UPI

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Evaluation of artisan training in metal silo construction for grain storage in Africa: Impact on uptake, entrepreneurship and income

Cited by 9 publications

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Review: Food loss and waste in Sub-Saharan Africa

Review: Food loss and waste in Sub-Saharan Africa

Entrepreneurial artisan products as regional tourism competitiveness

Factors That Affect the Quality Status of Vocational High Schools

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