dc.contributor.author | Nyikal, Rose A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Okello, Julius J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kirui, Oliver Kiptoo | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-19T07:20:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-07-19T07:20:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-09 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Optimimization of Agricultural Value Chains for sustainable Development | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/73173 | |
dc.description | aGRO 2011 Binnial Conference Presentation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The recent introduction of mobile phone-based money transfer services is seen
to resolves one idiosyncratic market failure farmers face, namely access to
financial services. It facilitates transfer of money to beneficiaries in a quick and
cost effective way and offers an easy platform for the small savings and
transactions. This study employs propensity score matching technique to
examine the impact of mobile phone-based money transfer services on level of
agricultural commercialization, input use and farm incomes among rural
farmers in Kenya. It uses cross-sectional data collected from 379 randomly
selected households in Central, Western and Nyanza provinces in Kenya. One
hundred and eighty eight of these households use mobile money transfer
(treatment group) while one hundred and ninety one do not use the services
(control group). Use of mobile phone-based money transfer services
significantly increases level of household agricultural commercialization by 37
percent, household per capita income by $224 and household per capita input
use by $42. We discuss the implications of these findings for policy and
practice. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Council of Science and Technology, The Kenya Seed Company | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.subject | Kenya | en_US |
dc.subject | m-banking, | en_US |
dc.subject | farmers, | en_US |
dc.subject | impact, | en_US |
dc.subject | money transfer, | en_US |
dc.subject | mobile phones | en_US |
dc.title | Impact of mobile phone-based money transfer services on smallholder agriculture in Kenya | en_US |
dc.type | Presentation | en_US |
dc.type.material | en | en_US |