Constraints to Profitable Participation in Agri-food Value Chains: A Case of Small-scale Banana Farmers in Meru County, Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorMbuthia, Susan W.
dc.contributor.authorKayi, Calvine
dc.contributor.authorWambugu, Stephen K.
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-17T08:25:52Z
dc.date.available2022-06-17T08:25:52Z
dc.date.issued2018-07
dc.descriptionA Research Article in the International Journal of Scientific and Research Publicationsen_US
dc.description.abstractConstraints in agri-food value chains tend to heighten the vulnerability of small-scale farmers in Sub-Sahara Africa. This study evaluates the constraints limiting small-scale banana farmers in Meru County, Kenya, from profitably participation in the crop’s value chain, producers’ efforts in- and suggestions toovercoming them. Results of this study reveal that banana farmers face several interdependent constraints such as inadequate know-how on banana management, high cost plantlets, and pests and diseases that amplify one another but efforts to overcome them have been partial. It is therefore, necessary to have several measures implemented concurrently to address the constraints. Thus, future interventions should have concerted efforts from governments and non-government organizations.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKayi, C., & Wambugu, S. K. (2018). Constraints to profitable Participation in Agri-Food Value Chains: A Case of Small-Scale Banana Farmers in Meru County, Kenya.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2250-3153
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/23829
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Scientific and Research Publicationsen_US
dc.subjectAgri-fooden_US
dc.subjectBananasen_US
dc.subjectConstraintsen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.subjectSmallscale farmersen_US
dc.subjectValue chain.en_US
dc.titleConstraints to Profitable Participation in Agri-food Value Chains: A Case of Small-scale Banana Farmers in Meru County, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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