Loading...
Please wait, while we are loading the content...
Similar Documents
Transaction Costs Ani) Other Determinants of Choice of Compliance Arrangements with Globalgap Standards among Smallholder French Bean Farmers: the Case of Kirinyaga South District, Kenya
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Nduta, Hannah Mburu, John Mburu, Sam Muange, Elijah N. |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | Compliance with various food safety standards has continued to gain significance in the international agri-food trade arena. Although considered voluntary, farmers involved in agri-trade have to comply with safety standards to access international markets. One of the private food safety standards that Kenyan horticultural farmers have to adopt to remain in production is the GLOBALGAP (formerly EUREPGAP). Smallholder farmers in Kenya can comply with the GLOBALGAP either through exporter-individual farmer (private) partnerships or group-based institutional arrangements. Currently, there is no evidence of factors driving farmers to choose any of these arrangements or any other compliance mechanism. Moreover it is not known whether transaction costs have an influence on the choice of compliance arrangements adopted by farmers. So far there is no study that has quantified both visible and hidden transaction costs incurred due to compliance with the food safety standards. This study is an attempt to: describe the different compliance arrangements prevalent among smallholder farmers; compare transaction costs across the different arrangements and identify factors influencing the choice of compliance arrangement selected by smallholder French bean producers in Kirinyaga South District. The District was selected because not only does it have large numbers of smallholder farmers growing French beans but also all the compliance arrangements are prevalent making it a good case study area. The factors hypothesized to influence the choice of compliance arrangement with the standards were age, gender, household size, education, social capital, income, farm size, transaction costs, market access and availability of credit and extension as well as inputs. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/bitstream/handle/11295/13952/Nduta_Transaction%20Costs%20Ani)%20Other%20Determinants%20Of%20Choice%20Of%20Compliance%20Arrangements%20With%20Global%20Gap%20Standards%20Among%20Smallholder%20French%20Bean%20Farmers.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=3 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
