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- Emerging high-value food chains and implications for rural households: The case of vegetable production in Kenya
Emerging high-value food chains and implications for rural households: The case of vegetable production in Kenya
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Elizaphan James Oburu Rao was born in Kisumu,
Kenya in 1974. He holds a PhD in Agricultural
Economics from University of Goettingen where
he worked as a research associate at the Chair
of International Food Economics and Rural
Development. The author holds a Masters degree
in Agricultural Economics from University of
Hohenheim, Germany, a Masters degree in
International Cooperation Policy from Ritsu-
meikan ¿ Asia Pacifi c University, Japan and a
Bachelors degree in Agricultural
Economics from Egerton University, Kenya.
This book presents an analysis of the rural
development implications of emerging high-value
chains in developing countries. The study uses data
from a household survey of vegetable producers in Kenya and applies
innovative analytical methods to evaluate impacts of farmer participation
in high-value food chains on farm productivity and technical effi ciency.
Impacts of supply chain modernization on household income and poverty as
well as impacts on agricultural labor markets are also analyzed.
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