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Economic Analysis of Crossbreeding Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Conceptual Framework and Kenyan Case Study
(2001-12)
Conventional economic evaluations of crossbreeding programmes have overestimated their benefits by ignoring subsidies, the increased costs of management such as veterinary support services, and the higher levels of risk ...
Impact of Agricultural Trade and Related Policy Reforms on Food Security in Kenya
(2004)
Kenya’s agricultural sector has undergone various changes emanating from
policy reforms over the years. These reforms, which occurred from the late
1980s to the early 1990s, were aimed at reducing government involvement ...
Determinants of farmers’ preference for alternative animal health service providers in Kenya: a proportional hazard application
(2005)
One hundred and eighty farmers in the semiarid Makueni district, Kenya, were surveyed using a structured questionnaire. The objective was to assess factors that influence farmers' preference for alternative veterinary ...
Technology-Mediated Open and Distance Education (Tech-MODE) in Agricultural Education and Training in Kenya: Opportunities and Challenges
(2008)
Open and distance learning (ODL) in Kenya,
like in many other developing countries,
is characterized by, and offered through,
dual mode institutions. Most of these
programmes are in humanities and social
sciences. ...
Innovation and Policy Process: Case of Transgenic Sweet Potato in Kenya
(2002)
Biotechnology is being integrated into the existing science and technology policy process in
Kenya. This process is embedded in the country's history of agricultural development,
characterised by conventional technology, ...
Social Protection and Agricultural Development in Kenya
(2009)
This paper focuses on social protection programs
in Kenya’s agriculture. A case study approach was
used where three cases were examined: (a) emergency
seed distribution in the arid and semi-arid lands
and remote areas ...
Provision and Use of Family Planning in the Context of HIV/AIDS in Kenya
(2004-02)
This report from the POLICY Project documents a study which explored how family planning is being implemented in Kenya in the context of high HIV prevalence. The study involved discussions with providers, family planning ...
Poverty dynamics in rural Kenya and Madagascar
(2004-10)
DESPITE TWO DECADES OF MARKET-ORIENTED REFORMS
throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, poverty rates
increased, and the sense has spread that the “Washington
Consensus” approach of getting macroeconomic policy
and prices ...
The Dynamics of Returns to Education in Kenyan and Tanzanian Manufacturing
(EconWPA, 2009-09)
The returns to education remain a central concern for development policy. In developed countries there is evidence that the returns to education have been rising.Evidence for changes over this period for developing countries ...
African Copyright and Access 2 Knowledge Country Report: Kenya
(Shuttleworth Foundation, Cape Town, 2009)
The two main hypotheses tested by this research were: that the copyright environment in Kenya is not at present
maximising access to learning materials; and that the copyright environment can be changed in order to ...