Investment in compliance with GlobalGAP standards: Does it pay off for small-scale producers in Kenya?

Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 337-362

  Asfaw, Solomon ^a   Mithöfer, Dagmar ^b   Waibel, Hermann ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Adoption; Export producers; GlobalGAP standards; Impact; Kenya

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPORT; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; FOOD SAFETY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INVESTMENT; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY; SMALLHOLDER;

KENYA;

EID: 73449135793     PISSN: 00498599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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