dc.contributor.author | Mbembe, Edna A | |
dc.contributor.author | Otieno, David J | |
dc.contributor.author | Nyikal, Rose | |
dc.contributor.author | Odendo, Martins | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-10T06:20:16Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-08-10T06:20:16Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Mbembe EA, Otieno DJ, Nyikal R, Odendo M. "Determinants of market participation by smallholder soybean farmers in Kakamega County, Kenya”.". In: 6th African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE) . Abuja, Nigeria; 2019. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | file:///C:/Users/USER_S~1/AppData/Local/Temp/327.%20Market%20participation%20in%20Kenya.pdf | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/155109 | |
dc.description.abstract | Production of soybean in Kenya has remained low despite the crop’s importance in
nutrition, feed manufacturing and soil fertility management. Inefficiencies in marketing have
been established as the major challenge to increasing soybean production in Kenya. In order to
understand the determinants of market participation by smallholder soybean farmers, a double
hurdle model was applied to analyze primary survey data from 148 farmers in Kakamega
County, Kenya. Use of inoculants, quantity of seed planted, fertilizer, and access to credit
positively affected probability of selling soybean. Extent of soybean market participation was
positively influenced by use of fertilizer, quantity of seed planted, quantity of soybean harvested,
access to extension, and output price. These findings demonstrate the need for institutional
support in access to extension services and productivity-enhancing technologies such as use of
inoculants, improved seed, and fertilizer and establishing market guarantee between soybean
farmers and processors to encourage market participation. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | * |
dc.subject | Soybean, smallholder farmers, market participation, double hurdle | en_US |
dc.title | Determinants of Market Participation by Smallholder Soybean Farmers in Kakamega County, Kenya” | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |