Arbeitspapier
Welfare effects of vegetable commercializatino: Evidence from smallhoder producers in Kenya
We investigate the impact of smallholder vegetable commercialization through the export and domestic market channels on household income and assets in Kenya. We use a survey panel dataset, which allows us to control for unobserved heterogeneity across households, and show that the commercialization of vegetables through both market channels contributes positively to welfare, even when addressing the issue of selection into commercialization. While the production of vegetables for the export market is consistently associated with income in a positive way, the results for asset holdings as the measure of household welfare are weaker and supportive only for the domestic market channel, which weakens the notion of smallholder commercialization being a 'pro-poor' strategy.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: ZEF Discussion Papers on Development Policy ; No. 189
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness
Agriculture in International Trade
- Thema
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horticulture
commercialization
welfare
poverty
smallholders
Kenya
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Muriithi, Beatrice W.
Matz, Julia Anna
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF)
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Bonn
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2014
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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09.02.2025, 11:15 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Muriithi, Beatrice W.
- Matz, Julia Anna
- University of Bonn, Center for Development Research (ZEF)
Entstanden
- 2014