Acceptability of cereal banks as a marketing intervention among smallholders in western kenya

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-40

  Mwaura, Francis M ^a   Tungani, Johnstone O ^b   Sikuku, Dominic ^b   Woomer, Paul L ^c  

^a Economic Policy Research Centre   (Uganda)

^b Sustainable Agriculture Centre for Research   (Kenya)

^c Forum for Organic Resources Management and Agricultural Technology (FORMAT)   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cereal banking; Food security; Kenya; Marketing; Smallholders

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84864002824     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/oa.2012.0078     Document Type: Article

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