Opportunities in adoption of commercial fish farming as a new enterprise for small scale farmers in Kisii county, Kenya

dc.contributor.author	Njehia, Bernard K.
dc.contributor.author	Gachucha, Margaret
dc.contributor.author	Mshenga, Patience
dc.date.accessioned	2015-05-12T11:20:55Z
dc.date.available	2015-05-12T11:20:55Z
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.description	Article	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The paper focuses on the opportunities which are present in the livestock sector in terms of new enterprises and which are not exploited by the farmers in the study area. It analyses the socioeconomics behind adoption of fish farming as an enterprise- describing the adopters’ characteristics and explaining the factors that influence the adoption process. Most of the analyzed factors are important and significantly influence the decision to adopt fish farming enterprise, with land size only having a negative relationship. The enterprise is also found to be a profitable venture when the financial analysis is done	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	J. of Advanced Botany and Zoology Volume 1/ Issue 1	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2348 – 7313
dc.identifier.uri	http://scienceq.org/Uploaded/Editorial/1427506622.pdf
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/12606
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	ScienceQ	en_US
dc.subject	adoption	en_US
dc.subject	fish farming	en_US
dc.subject	household	en_US
dc.subject	small scale farmer	en_US
dc.subject	socioeconomic factors	en_US
dc.title	Opportunities in adoption of commercial fish farming as a new enterprise for small scale farmers in Kisii county, Kenya	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US

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