Toward sustainable agriculture: The impact of interest‐free credit on marketing decisions and technological progress in P akistan

A Sher, S Mazhar, Y Qiu - Sustainable Development, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Farm credit plays an essential role in fostering agricultural productivity. In smallholder
agriculture, it aims to provide financial cushion and improve market outcomes leading to …

Technical efficiency and technology gap in Kenya's tea industry: accounting for farm heterogeneity

V Ngeno - Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The study used a cross-county survey from Kenya to investigate smallholder tea farmers'
performance using a stochastic metafrontier framework. According to the results, farmers in …

Understanding the nexus between forest dependence and willingness to pay for forest conservation: case of forest dependent households in Kenya

E Waruingi, J Ateka, R Mbeche… - Forestry Economics …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose Forests support human livelihoods and mitigate against climate change, yet they
are at a risk of irreversible loss due to high degradation rates. The success of forest …

Does the inverse farm size productivity hypothesis hold for perennial monocrop systems in developing countries? Evidence from Kenya

J Ateka, PA Onono-Okelo… - African Journal of …, 2021 - ageconsearch.umn.edu
The inverse farm size and productivity relationship (IR) is a recurring theme in the literature.
However, most previous studies were undertaken within a setting of mixed cropping …

To sell or store? Assessing smallholder farmers' willingness to pay for potato cold storage in Kenya

JM Ateka, R Mbeche - Food and Energy Security, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Storage of food commodities for some time after harvest can play an important role in
alleviating the downside of price fluctuations in developing countries. While storage can …