Essays about: "Smallholder Farmers"

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  1. 41. Agricultural Agglomeration Infrastructure and Agricultural market integration for emergent farmers

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Nikolaj Tetzlaff; [2019]
    Keywords : Spatial Economics; Infrastructure; Economic Development; Agricultural Transformation; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis seeks to explain constraining effects of distance to markets on agricultural smallholder’s ability to commercialise, using Zambia as a case. Despite a growing consensus that inaccessible markets constrain the development of broad-based agricultural growth, creating socio-economic regional disparities, the exact nature by which distance and market access interact with agricultural producers remains under-examined. READ MORE

  3. 42. Microfinance in Ugandan coffee farming : a case study of coffee farmers in the Ugandan savings & credit cooperative “Buikwe Riis Coffee Farmers”

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Christian Pålsson; [2019]
    Keywords : agriculture; coffee farming; financial constraining; grounded theory; inductive; microfinance; qualitative; Uganda;

    Abstract : This thesis argues for utilizing microfinance when supporting Ugandan coffee farmers developing their coffee farming. To increase the effectiveness of microfinance in this context a modification of its repayment scheme is needed so it is to be more relatable to the special production properties that coffee farming inherently has. READ MORE

  4. 43. Attitudes to feed fermentation for aflatoxin management in maize in Kenya : investigating aflatoxin reduction by yeast-fermentation

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Everlyne Hayo; [2018]
    Keywords : feed safety; food safety; dairy production; aflatoxin; contamination; maize; fermentation; yeast; Kasarani; Kisumu;

    Abstract : Aflatoxins are toxins produced by certain strains of fungi belonging to the species Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus during infection in the field, post-har-vest, storage and processing. Aflatoxins are found especially in maize and also carry over into milk when contaminated feeds are fed to dairy cows. READ MORE

  5. 44. Insuring Kenyan Smallholder Farmers Against Drought: Does Livestock Index-Based Insurance Increase Climate Resilience?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Lea Kauffmann - de Vries; [2018]
    Keywords : index insurance; microinsurance; livestock insurance; climate risk management; NDVI; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : While index insurance has received increased attention as an instrument for adaptation to climate change, evidence supporting its effectiveness remains limited. This thesis explores the potential of normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) based livestock index insurance in Northern Kenya to help small-scale farmers to manage climate change risks in the event of livestock-reducing drought. READ MORE

  6. 45. Whole farm technical efficiency : the case of Ethiopian smallholders: time-variant stochastic frontier model

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Astewale Bimr Melaku; [2018]
    Keywords : smallholder farmers; technical efficiency; time-variant; Ethiopia;

    Abstract : This study uses a time-varying random-effects stochastic frontier model to estimate level of whole farm technical efficiency using 3,465 observations of sample smallholder farmers located in Tigray, Amhara, Oromia, and Southern Nation and Nationalities (SNNP) regions of Ethiopia. A baseline econometric analysis has been done by employing Corrected Ordinary Least Square (COLS) and cross-section data models prior to the panel data model analysis as a robustness check. READ MORE