The Exclusion Dilemma: How Women and the Poor are excluded from Collective Action and Implications for Development Policy

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dc.contributor.authorMaindi, Catherine Nyambune
dc.contributor.authorNgare, Lucy Wangare
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-19T12:24:44Z
dc.date.available2023-07-19T12:24:44Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionarticleen_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper focuses on the drivers of participation of smallholder avocado farmers in collective action initiatives. Collective action holds a vast potential to deliver food security and poverty reduction objectives because it enables the farmers to access benefits they would not otherwise get if they were acting individually. The study utilized primary data collected from 130 households randomly selected from both members and non-members of avocado producer and marketing groups in Murang’a County, Kenya. The findings reveal that membership in collective action was highly influenced by the scale of production, farming experience, resource endowment, access to information and gender. On the other hand, market price, group attributes including size, age, membership homogeneity, trust, and decision making influenced the intensity of participation in groups. These results point to the dilemma that those who need the benefits of collectives more-the poor and the women-are excluded from their participation, a trend that works against poverty eradication and women empowerment goals. The pro-poor policies need to create an enabling environment for the survival of collectives as well as foster inclusion of disadvantaged groups, such as the poor, youth and women.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMaindi Catherine Nyambune, et. al. “The Exclusion Dilemma: How Women and the Poor are excluded from Collective Action and Implications for Development Policy.” IOSR Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Science (IOSR-JAVS), 14(5), 2021, pp. 22-35.en_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI: 10.9790/2380-1405012235
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/26323
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIOSR-JAVSen_US
dc.subjectCollective actionen_US
dc.subjectcollectivesen_US
dc.subjectproducer and marketing groupsen_US
dc.subjectexclusionen_US
dc.titleThe Exclusion Dilemma: How Women and the Poor are excluded from Collective Action and Implications for Development Policyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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