Extension-market linkages on banana commercialisation among smallholder farmers in Meru Region, Kenya

Kirimi, Florence Kaumi; Onyari, Charles N.; Njeru, Lucy K.; Mogaka, Hezron

doi:10.4314/jae.v26i1.3

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“…Trainings enable agripreneurs to access value-addition information, knowledge, and skills, and also empower them to choose the most profitable form of value-addition activities. This finding is similar to Kirimi et al (2021), who stated that smallholder banana farmers who received training were more likely to utilize banana value addition in Kenya. However, the study concluded that these trainings were inadequate; therefore, awareness creation on value addition could accelerate the adoption process.…”

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Determinants of utilization of banana value addition among small-scale agripreneurs in Kenya: A case of Kisii County

Agnes,

Dickson,

Elijah

2024

J. Dev. Agric. Econ.

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There is an increased demand for banana fruit and its processed products among both rural and urban populations. Value addition has the potential to reduce postharvest losses, increase crop productivity, and enhance crop income. Despite the promotion of banana value addition by government and nongovernmental organizations, its utilization remains low in Kisii county, Kenya. There is a lack of information on the determinants of the utilization of banana value addition. Previous studies on determinants of crop value addition have primarily focused on tomatoes, mangoes, tubers and root crops, with limited emphasis on banana fruit. This knowledge gap necessitated the current study. A multi-stage sampling procedure was employed to select 201 respondents. Data were collected using semi-structured questionnaires and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics, as well as Cragg's Double Hurdle model. The results revealed that banana value adders were involved in various activities such as flour milling (36%), slicing and drying (31%), cleaning, sorting and grading (26%), and crisps making (7%). In comparison to non-value adders, value adders were significantly younger, produced larger quantities of bananas, travelled longer distances to the market, received more training and extension visits, considered farming as their main occupation, owned smaller farm sizes, and the majority did not have access to credit. The decision to utilize banana value addition was significantly influenced by the total quantity of bananas produced, the type of roads, primary occupation, the number of training sessions and extension contacts, distance to the output market, group membership, and access to credit. The extent of value addition was influenced by extension contacts, type of roads, total quantity of bananas produced, and marital status (being married). The study recommends that socioeconomic and institutional factors influencing both the decision and extent of banana value addition should be considered when formulating and implementing policies aimed at promoting banana value addition.

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Section: Determinants Of Decision To Utilize Banana Value Additionsupporting

confidence: 86%

Determinants of utilization of banana value addition among small-scale agripreneurs in Kenya: A case of Kisii County

Agnes,

Dickson,

Elijah

2024

J. Dev. Agric. Econ.

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“…It can also enable smallholder farmers to have access to affordable production inputs; hence, this will ensure that farmers are not trapped in low productivity-low return farming activities that lead to food vulnerability. The use of better-quality inputs will improve the ability of smallholder farmers to produce enough marketable surplus and subsequently leads to a better market orientation of goods produced by farmers [14]. The need for developing smallholder market participation has been progressively recognized in efforts to achieve agricultural transformation in developing countries [15].…”

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A Typology of the Level of Market Participation among Smallholder Farmers in South Africa: Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces

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Smallholder farmers face several challenges that limit their access to markets and prevent them from taking advantage of market opportunities. This study sought to provide observed information on households’ involvement in the output market and to analyse the determinants of the level of market participation among smallholder farmers in South Africa. Data (secondary) for this study were collected from a total of 1520 respondents who were selected through stratified random sampling. Descriptive statistics, t-test and a double-hurdle model were used to analyse factors influencing smallholder farmers’ decisions regarding participation in the agricultural market. The first-hurdle equation of the double-hurdle model showed that gender of the household, family member working on the farm, wealth index, and agricultural assistance had a positive significant impact on the decision of smallholder farmers to participate in the market, while household age and family member with HIV had a negative significant impact. The results of the second-hurdle model showed marital status, educational level of household, wealth index, and access to agricultural assistance had a negative significant effect on the extent of market participation among smallholder farmers, while household size, household age, and family member with HIV had a positive significant impact. The suggestions emanating from the results as to what factors need to be addressed to encourage smallholder farmers to participate in the market indicate that there is a need for government to hire sufficient and skilled extension workers who understand the market related issues. With the help of extension workers and policymakers, government need to organize smallholder farmers into groups that are easy to manage, train, and support. Smallholder farmers’ groups should have their farmers registered, visible, and easily accessible for coordinated government support services. They also need to do more workshops in rural areas to encourage young people to be involved in agriculture. This will lead to sustainable production, alleviation of poverty, improvement of the economy, and food security.

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“…Having access to land brings economic power, which is usually the basis of social and political power (Muyanga and Jayne, 2014). Land is the mainstay of Kenya's economy since over 80% of the Kenyan population derive their livelihood from agriculture and agriculture contributes about 32.6% to the Gross Domestic Product (Kirimi et al, 2013;Muraoka et al, 2014;KNBS, 2017). Land access can be defined as the process by which people individually or collectively gain rights and opportunities to control and utilize land on a temporary or permanent basis (Khalid et al, 2015).…”

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“…Therefore, the country's food security is often attributed to the performance of the agricultural sector and thus, agricultural development is seen as the main pathway to contribute towards food and nutrition security (Verhart et al, 2015). However, the productivity of smallholder farmers is hampered by limited access to land, limited access to credit, low input use, insufficient and poorly maintained market infrastructures, limited/no access to extension services, use of obsolete technology and climate change (Kibet, 2011;Kirimi et al, 2013;Devaux, 2018). Smallscale agriculture tends to be labor-intensive and mostly uses family labor with women providing 43% of the total agricultural labor force (SIDA, 2015).…”

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Effect of women access to land on household nutritional outcomes in smallholder production system: application of heterogeneous treatment effects

kariuki

Ayuya

Nduko

2021

JADEE

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PurposeLand is an emotive issue for women in Kenya, majority of who still suffer the consequences of not having access to land, leading to economic insecurity. This paper aims at examining the effects of women access to land on household nutritional outcomes among smallholder farmers in Kenya.Design/methodology/approachThe study uses primary data collected from a sample of 384 small-scale women farmers selected using multi-stage sampling technique. For data analysis, household nutritional outcomes were measured using Households Dietary Diversity Scores (HDDS) and Household Hunger Scale Scores (HHS). Stratification multilevel and matching-smoothing approach that controls for pre-treatment heterogeneity bias and treatment effect heterogeneity bias was used in estimating heterogeneous effects of women access to land.FindingsThe analysis reveals that women access to land has a significant positive effect on household nutritional outcomes. All households across all propensity scores strata benefited significantly but differently from women access to land in terms of nutritional outcomes.Research limitations/implicationsEconometrically, propensity matching technique used in computing heterogeneity effects captures selection bias due to observable characteristics but it fails to capture selection bias due to unobservable factors. However, robust strategies were employed to ensure minimal estimation bias.Originality/valueThe paper provides insights on the determinants of women access to land and the influence women access to land has on household nutritional outcomes. In addition, by employing one of the conventional impact evaluation techniques, the paper contributes to knowledge by taking into accounts the heterogeneity in the effects of women access to land on household nutritional outcomes.

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Extension-market linkages on banana commercialisation among smallholder farmers in Meru Region, Kenya

Cited by 3 publications

References 5 publications

Determinants of utilization of banana value addition among small-scale agripreneurs in Kenya: A case of Kisii County

Determinants of utilization of banana value addition among small-scale agripreneurs in Kenya: A case of Kisii County

A Typology of the Level of Market Participation among Smallholder Farmers in South Africa: Limpopo and Mpumalanga Provinces

Effect of women access to land on household nutritional outcomes in smallholder production system: application of heterogeneous treatment effects

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