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Efficiency of agrifood marketing systems in Kenya: the case study of macadamia nuts in the central Kenya highlands
(2016-07)
The objective of this study was to analyse the marketing barriers in the efficiency macadamia marketing systems that affect the market efficiency of agrifood industry, the case study of macadamia nuts in the central highlands ...
Competitiveness of Smallholder Legume Production in South Kivu Region, Democratic Republic of Congo
(African Journal of Agricultural Research, 2015-06)
This study investigated the returns to legumes (common bean and soybean) and other principal crops (cassava, sweet potato and maize) in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Data were collected using a structured ...
Pesticide Handling Practices by Vegetable Farmer in Kenya
(Springer Science, 2012-11)
Pesticide handling practices have a strong bearing on the exposure of toxic effects to target and nontarget organism. A clear understanding of determinants of pesticide handling practices is a precondition in the design ...
Investigating effect of corporate social responsibility on consumer buying behaviour
(IJECM Pub UK, 2015)
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is one of the marketing strategies that are widely used in
the industrial field for the purposes of creating customer awareness, enhancing product
penetration into the market and ...
Livestock Marketing Decisions Among Pastoral Communities: The Influence of Cattle Rustling in Baringo District, Kenya
(Islamic Azad University, 2011)
The study sought to determine whether pastoralists haveresorted to sale of livestock as a form of insurance againstcommercialization of cattle rustling in which well structuredand managed cartels have organised more intense ...
Formal Conditions that Affect Agricultural Credit Supply to Small-scale Farmers in Rural Kenya: Case Study for Kiambu County
(Global Society of Scientific Research and Researchers, 2015)
Credit is an important factor in agricultural production especially to small holder agriculture. This
study was to establish the effect of formal lending conditions that affect the supply of agricultural
credit to farmers ...
Factors influencing the choice of supermarket channel by smallholder vegetable farmer suppliers in Nairobi and Kiambu Counties, Kenya
(Academe Research Journals., 2013)
The increasing demand for high-value food products in developing countries is creating incentives for expansion of supermarket chains as an alternative marketing system to the traditional marketing channels. However, ...
Effects of Business Training Needs Analysis on Competencies of Trainees: The Kenyan Experienc
(IOSR, 2015)
Human resource development practitioners have employed systematic training cycle approach to build competencies of the business trainees over the years. In this approach training needs analysis forms the principle components ...
Sustainable Agriculture Models and Willingness to Pay (WTP): A Matching Approach among Consumers in Kenya
(Tropentag, 2017)
The markets for organic products are emerging as an alternative to health conscious consumers in the world. On the other hand, different scholars and organisations have promoted models of sustainable agriculture to improve ...