| dc.creator | Hopcraft, Peter | |
| dc.date | 2011-04-14T12:01:34Z | |
| dc.date | 2011-04-14T12:01:34Z | |
| dc.date | 1978 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-11-10T12:58:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-11-10T12:58:59Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 10-11-12 | |
| dc.identifier | Hopcraft, Peter. (1978) Milk pricing in Kenya. The case of a bulky, perishable commodity with seasonally varying production costs. Discussion Paper 266, Nairobi: Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.identifier | http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/695 | |
| dc.identifier | 317274 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/handle/123456789/1960 | |
| dc.description | As with a number of other bulky and perishable agricultural
commodities, milk has production costs that vary markedly with the season.
Following the rains these costs are low, in the dry reason they are far
higher. With a price that is uniform between seasons,these cost differences
result in enormous fluctuations in milk deliveries depending on the season.
Transport and storage costs for milk are high with the implication that
location is also an extremely important consideration in pricing. A uniform
price between surplus and deficit areas implies large differences in the
economic costs of delivered milk, a substantial transport subsidy, and an
inappropriate stimulation of production in areas that are far from the market.
This paper analyses the issue of milk pricing given the above
phenomena including the issue of the local demand for milk within the rural
areas. The reasons for the chronic financial crisis of the KCC (Kenya
Cooperative Creamery) are evident from the analysis. The use of politicized
prices that ignore the economic and technical characteristics of commodity
production and consumption is questioned. | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.relation | Discussion Papers;266 | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | |
| dc.rights | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.subject | Agriculture | |
| dc.subject | Economic Development | |
| dc.title | Milk pricing in Kenya. The case of a bulky, perishable commodity with seasonally varying production costs | |
| dc.type | Series paper (non-IDS) | |
