Factors Influencing the Choice of Marketing Outlets among Small-Scale Pineapple Farmers in Kericho County, Kenya

Sigei, Geoffrey Kiprotich; Hillary, Bett K.; Jonah, K.; Timothy, Odipo O.

doi:10.5296/ijrd.v2i2.6237

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“…This reveals that when these traders are encouraged to form their own organizations, they will be in position to promote formal trade, since they will have a uniform voice to bargain for fair taxes, and policies that favor them in general. This finding is in agreement with Sigei et al (2015) who indicated that farmers that were in a marketing group were influenced to market in urban markets whereas, those that were not in the group marketed in local market or at farm gate.…”

Section: Determinants Of Traders Choice Of Fish Marketing Channelssupporting

confidence: 82%

Determinants for Choice of Fish Market Channels: The Case of Busia (Uganda/Kenya) Border

Kawala¹,

Hyuha²,

Ekere³

et al. 2018

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The study investigated factors influencing the choice of fish traders' marketing channel by fish trader and the determinants of their gross margins. A multistage sampling technique of 115 fish traders was used. Four key informants and two focus groups participated in the study. A Probit model was used to determine factors that influenced the choice of fish traders' marketing channel. Findings from the study revealed that volumes of fish traded per month, distance to market, membership to a fish marketing organization, payment mode, household size, presence of other sources of income were statistically significant in determining traders' choice of marketing channel. In addition, it was found that a formal trader on average sold 6.882 tons of fish whereas 2.095 tons of fish were sold by the informal trader per month. The study therefore recommends that Informal traders be clustered into a marketing organisation; through which they can be trained on business diversification, collective marketing, and group savings to ease access to credit. It is important to eliminate the challenges encouraging informal cross border fish trade by harmonizing regional fish standards, facilitating exchange and use of fishery trade information. Further, there is need to strengthen the data collection systems in order to have accurate estimates on the contribution of fish to trade and food security.

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Section: Determinants Of Traders Choice Of Fish Marketing Channelssupporting

confidence: 82%

Determinants for Choice of Fish Market Channels: The Case of Busia (Uganda/Kenya) Border

Kawala¹,

Hyuha²,

Ekere³

et al. 2018

JAS

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“…In addition, women also spend much of their time doing house work and allocate less time to other matters like market transactions (Wang'ombe, 2008). This finding is similar to the finding of Cunningham et al (2008), Wang'ombe (2008), Sigei et al (2013) and Sebatta et al (2014). However, this finding is different from that of Onoja et al (2012) in which they found a higher probability of fish commercialization if the head of the household is female.…”

Section: Market Participation and Welfare: Heckman Two-step Modelcontrasting

confidence: 53%

Agricultural technology adoption, commercialization and smallholder rice farmers’ welfare in rural Nigeria

Karimov²,

2016

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This study assessed the determinants of intensity of adoption of Improved Rice Varieties (IRVs) and the effect of market participation on farmers' welfare in Nigeria using the Tobit and Heckman two-stage models, respectively. The sample consists of crosssectional data of 600 rice farmers selected randomly from three notable rice producing States in Nigeria. The variables that positively and significantly influenced the intensity of IRVs adoption include income from rice production, membership of a farmers' organization, and the distance to the nearest sources of seed, cost of seed, yield and level of training. Gender of household head, access to improved seed, years of formal education, and average rice yield were those variables that are positive and statistically significant in increasing the probability that a farmer would participate in the market. The result further suggests that any increase in the farmers' welfare is conditional on the probability of the farmer participating in the rice output markets. In addition, higher yield, income from rice production, gender of household head, and years of formal education are the variables that are positive and statistically significant in determining households' welfare. Therefore, it is recommended that formation of associations among the rural farmers should be encouraged. Access to seed and information about the IRVs are also essential to increase the intensity of its adoption. Programmes to improve contact with extension agents, increased access to credit, raising educational background and increasing the area devoted to cultivating IRVs are the factors to be promoted in order to increase market participation and hence improve the welfare of rural households.

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“…This position is also supported by other studies, for example [8], where the explanatory variables jointly influenced the extent of market commercialization. Other relevant studies where combinations of variables were identified as influencing market participation decisions, either positively or negatively, among surveyed smallholder farmers include [23,35] and also [67].…”

Section: Effect Of Identified Variables On Market Participationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Few studies have focused on how the use of ICT-based market information sources influence the market participation of smallholder livestock farmers, as most have reported mainly on crop farmers [20][21][22]. Also, many of the available studies that have focused on the factors influencing market participation among farmers have not emphasized the contribution of market information sources in determining participation [23][24][25]. Hence, Souter [26] articulated the importance of information sources while outlining the different values that farmers ascribe to various communication methods and channels.…”

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Adoption of ICT-Based Information Sources and Market Participation among Smallholder Livestock Farmers in South Africa

2020

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The study explored the contribution of information and communication technology (ICT)-based information sources to market participation among smallholder livestock farmers. Use of ICTs is considered paramount for providing smallholder farmers with required market information, and also to reduce market asymmetries. A double hurdle regression was utilized to analyze data collected from 150 smallholder livestock farmers in the study area. The results show that while use of ICT-based market information sources significantly influenced market participation, the effect of using ICT-based information sources on the intensity of market participation was not significant. Other variables shown to influence both market participation and the intensity of market participation were age, additional income and membership of farmer cooperatives. This suggests the need to consider other associated factors in the application and design of interventions that utilize ICT-based information sources to achieve market engagement among smallholders.

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Factors Influencing the Choice of Marketing Outlets among Small-Scale Pineapple Farmers in Kericho County, Kenya

Cited by 50 publications

References 3 publications

Determinants for Choice of Fish Market Channels: The Case of Busia (Uganda/Kenya) Border

Determinants for Choice of Fish Market Channels: The Case of Busia (Uganda/Kenya) Border

Agricultural technology adoption, commercialization and smallholder rice farmers’ welfare in rural Nigeria

Adoption of ICT-Based Information Sources and Market Participation among Smallholder Livestock Farmers in South Africa

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