Mason, Nicole M.; Wineman, Ayala; Kirimi, Lilian; Mather, David(Tegemeo Institute, 2015)
Kenya joined the ranks of sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries implementing a targeted input subsidy program for inorganic fertilizer and improved seed in 2007 with the establishment of the National Accelerated Agricultural ...
The Value Added Tax (VAT) Act, 2013 changed the categorization of animal feeds from the zero-rated category to the taxable category. In this brief, we use the case study of poultry farmers to demonstrate the implications ...
Jayne, T.S.; Olwande, John; Mathenge, Mary(Tegemeo Institute, 2013)
A large proportion of small-scale farmers in Eastern and Southern Africa are
resource-constrained in terms of productive assets. Their agricultural productive capacity is low and they remain staple food buyers. As a result, ...
The proposed amendment of the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act to allow a charge of 16% VAT
on agricultural inputs and processed foods has generated much debate recently. Not only
does the Bill threaten to increase farm input ...
Kamau, Mercy; Mathenge, Mary; Kirimi, Lilian(Tegemeo Institute, 2012)
Government intervenes in the maize market in various ways either to increase domestic
production or to increase/reduce maize imports. While such actions have the potential to
influence maize prices positively or negatively, ...
Kenya confirmed its first case of COVID-19 on 12 March 2020. Like many governments across the world, the Kenyan government implemented various measures aimed at slowing down local spread of the virus and cushioning the ...
Seed systems in Africa south of the Sahara are a topic of much interest in the public discourse on
policy options for agriculture and rural development. The seed systems of countries in the region
have followed different ...
An analysis of the Agricultural Sector Expenditures (AgSER) at County level was carried for
the period between 2014/15 -2016/17. The analysis focusses on three broad areas (i) budget
allocation, and composition in the ...
Kimenju, Simon C.; Qaim, Matin(Egerton University, 2016-09)
We analyze how the nutrition transition, which involves a westernization of diets and increased consumption of calorie-dense, processed foods, affects child malnutrition in developing countries. It is often assumed that ...
Njeru, Timothy N.; Mano, Yukichi; Otsuka, Keijiro(Egerton University, 2014-08)
This study investigates the possibility of boosting rice production in Sub-Saharan Africa with a special focus on the role of access to credit in rice farming in the large-scale Mwea Irrigation Scheme in Kenya. Using ...
Mathenge, Mary K.; Smale, Melinda; Tschirley, David(Egerton University, 2014-09)
We derive input demand functions for fertiliser and hybrid seed, testing for the
combined and separate effects of income from non-farm sources and agricultural
wage labour among smallholder maize farmers in Kenya. More ...
This study measures how Kenyan farmers and farming systems have responded to changes in population density and associated land pressures. Kenya is a relatively densely populated area, with 40% of its rural people residing ...