Following up on small holder farmers and supermarkets in Kenya

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1247-1266

  Andersson, Camilla I M ^a   Chege, Christine G K ^b   Rao, Elizaphan J O ^c   Qaim, Matin ^b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Contract farming; Household income; Panel data; Participation dynamics; Small farms; Supermarkets

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTRACT FARMING; DEVELOPING WORLD; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PANEL DATA; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; RETAILING; SMALLHOLDER;

KENYA;

EID: 84928345885     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aav006     Document Type: Article

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