dc.contributor.author | Mburu, John | |
dc.contributor.author | Karanja - Lumumba, Tabby | |
dc.contributor.author | Mwai, Okeyo | |
dc.contributor.author | Irungu, Charity | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-03-09T06:42:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-03-09T06:42:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-08 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Mburu, J., Karanja-Lumumba, T., Mwai, O., & Irungu, C. Magnitudes and meterminants of transaction costs in a group-based livestock breeding approach: The case of dairy goats in Eastern Kenya. International journal of business and social science 4 (10); PP. 60-68 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ijbssnet.com/journals/Vol_4_No_10_Special_Issue_August_2013/8.pdf | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/81031 | |
dc.description.abstract | Exotic dairy goats have increasingly become important in alleviating poverty and combating hunger an
d mal
-
nutrition in Kenya. Such goats were introduced in the eastern Kenyan highlands through a group
-
based approach
about a decade ago by FARM
-
Africa. It is
only through this approach that interested households could access
imported Toggenburg bucks and other related services. However, the approach resulted in farmers incu
rring
different magnitudes of transaction costs. This study thus assesses the magnitudes
and determinants of
transactions costs in a group
-
based breeding approach. Data was generated using 165 randomly selected
farmers from the project area. Main findings were that wealth level of households and participation
in credit
schemes affected adopt
ion positively and negatively respectively. The study showed that the adoption of the dairy
goats was not a costless process, and those who could not afford to meet the transactions costs are
likely to be left
out. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.subject | Collective action, Dairy goa ts, Farmers’ participation, Group - based breeding, Livestock breeding, Transaction costs, Kenya | en_US |
dc.title | Magnitudes and determinants of transaction costs in a group-based livestock breeding approach: the case of dairy goats in Eastern Kenya | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.type.material | en_US | en_US |