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Gender Differentiation in the Analysis of Alternative Farm Mechanization Choices on Small Farms in Kenya

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  • Julliet Wanjiku
  • John Uhuru Manyengo
  • Willis Oluoch-Kosura
  • Joseph T. Karugia

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Using multinomial logit we analyze factors that influence the choice of mechanization technologies in Nyanza Province. The results show that farmers are aware of the attributes of the mechanization technologies, and that animal traction is the most commonly used. Gender, formal and informal training of the household head, and technology attributes influence the choice of mechanization technology. This study recommends increased formal and informal training, extension, credit, and tractor hire services to facilitate knowledge transfer, credit, and tractor availability.

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  • Julliet Wanjiku & John Uhuru Manyengo & Willis Oluoch-Kosura & Joseph T. Karugia, 2007. "Gender Differentiation in the Analysis of Alternative Farm Mechanization Choices on Small Farms in Kenya," WIDER Working Paper Series RP2007-15, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    • Handle: RePEc:unu:wpaper:rp2007-15
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    1. Mwangi wa Gĩthĩnji & Charalampos Konstantinidis & Andrew Barenberg, 2014. "Small and Productive: Kenyan Women and Crop Choice," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(1), pages 101-129, January.
    2. Mwangi wa Githinji & Charalampos Konstantinidis & Andrew Barenberg, 2011. "Small and as Productive : Female Headed Households and the Inverse Relationship between Land Size and Output in Kenya," UMASS Amherst Economics Working Papers 2011-31, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Economics.
    3. Idelphonse O. Saliou & Afio Zannou & Augustin K. N. Aoudji & Albert N. Honlonkou, 2020. "Drivers of Mechanization in Cotton Production in Benin, West Africa," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-13, November.

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