Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Author "Lagerkvist, Carl Johan"
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Choice of Fresh Vegetable Retail Outlets by Developing-Country Urban Consumers: The Case of Kale Consumers in Nairobi, Kenya
Okello, Julius Juma; Lagerkvist, Carl Johan; Hess, Sebastian; Ngigi, Marther; Karanja, Nancy (Department of Agricultural Economics, 2011)Fresh produce retailing in many developing-country urban centers is changing with the recent emergence and rapid growth of supermarkets and specialty stores. These retail outlets are competing with the traditional wet ... -
Consumers’ Evaluation Of Volition, Control, Anticipated Regret, And Perceived Food Health Risk. Evidence From A Field Experiment In A Traditional Vegetable Market In Kenya
Lagerkvist, Carl Johan; Okello, Julius; Karanja, Nancy (University of Nairobi, 2014-07)Food markets in developing countries encompass a wide spectrum of food health risk exposures for consumers, but little is known about how consumers make judgments and decisions in relation to these risks. This study examined ... -
Health in perspective: framing motivational factors for personal sanitation in urban slums in Nairobi, Kenya, using anchored best–worst scaling
Lagerkvist, Carl Johan; Kokko, Suvi; Karanja, Nancy (Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesDepartment of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi, 2013)Severe health, safety and environmental hazards are being created by the growing population of urban poor in low-income countries due to lack of access to sanitation and to inadequate existing sanitation systems. We developed ... -
Means-End Chain approach to understanding farmers’ motivations for pesticide use in leafy vegetables: The case of kale in peri-urban Nairobi, Kenya
Lagerkvist, Carl Johan; Ngigi, Marther; Okello, Julius, J.; Karanja, Nancy (ElsevierDepartment of Agricultural Economics, 2012)Peri-urban farmers play a significant role in the production of vegetables consumed in the urban centers in most African countries. The production of vegetables in the peri-urban areas in these countries is strategic ...