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dc.contributor.authorMogaka, Hezron
dc.contributor.authorMugwe, Jayne
dc.contributor.authorAyieko, David, M
dc.contributor.authorBett, Eric, k
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-07T15:36:19Z
dc.date.available2022-02-07T15:36:19Z
dc.date.issued2019-06-30
dc.identifier.citationAfrican Journal of Rural Development, Vol. 4 (2): Apri-June 2019: pp. :225-241en_US
dc.identifier.issnISSN 2415-2838
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.embuni.ac.ke/handle/embuni/3969
dc.descriptionArticleen_US
dc.description.abstractCollective marketing has been proposed as a solution to the problem of poor access to markets in developing nations. However, smallholders’ market participation is still limited. This study assessed farmers’ perception of the benefits and challenges in collective marketing, and identified the determinants of smallholder farmers’ participation in collective marketing of maize from 126 households in the central highlands of Kenya. Logistic regression model was used to analyze factors explaining farmers’ participation in collective marketing. The key benefits of collective marketing were better prices and low cost of inputs, while the main challenges were poor infrastructure, disagreement among members and lack of credit. Gender of household head, years of farming experience, training on market information search, keeping records, ability to search market information, marketing group size, extension contact frequency and group meeting frequency were significantly associated with farmers participation in collective marketing. Participation in collective marketing could be improved by targeting women already organized in groups, offering training to households on record keeping, enhanced extension contacts, improving marketing group operations and searching for markets.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAfrican Journal of Rural Developmenten_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.subjectLogistic regressionen_US
dc.subjectmarket informationen_US
dc.subjectmarket trendsen_US
dc.subjectpoor infrastructureen_US
dc.subjectrecord keepingen_US
dc.titleDeterminants of smallholders farmers' participation in collective marketing of maize in the central highlands of Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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