Non-credit services of group-based financial institutions: Implications for smallholder women's honey income in arid and semi arid lands of Kenya
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2010Author
Otieno, Peter S
Nyikal, Rose A
Mugivane, Fred I
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This paper analyses the effect of non-credit services of joint liability credit institutions on smallholder
women beekeepers’ honey income. The non-credit services offered to the beekeepers were mainly
enterprise development services (including trainings on marketing, business, production and subsector
analysis). The study uses cross-sectional data from a survey of women beekeepers participating in
group-based credit programmes. The survey was conducted in September 2005 in Makueni district of
Kenya. The findings indicated that the number of enterprise development related trainings attended by
women beekeepers that are offered by the group-based financial institutions positively and significantly
influence honey income. The results confirmed that non-credit services contribute positively to the
enhancement of honey income. These results imply that extension and strengthening of group-based
financial institutions’ non-credit services in the marginal areas will enhance development of
smallholder agriculture for improved income generation.
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Peter Shimon Otieno*, Rose Adhiambo Nyikal and Fred Invani Mugivane (). Non-credit services of group-based financial institutions: Implications for smallholder women's honey income in arid and semi arid lands of Kenya. African Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 5(5), pp. 344-347, 4 March, 2010Publisher
Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya