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The economics and gender factor in soya bean production and profitability in Kenya: a case of smallholder farms in Western Kenya

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  • Dave Nyongesa
  • Robert B. Mabele
  • Anthony O. Esilaba
  • Christine K. Mutoni

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Soya-bean is among world's major crops, cultivated for its high oil, proteins content and its ability in soil-fertility amendments. The study assessed the determinants, constraints and profitability/gross-margins of soya-bean production in Western Kenya. Multistage sampling technique and field surveys were used in data-collection process covering 370 households. Regression, gender, profitability and gross-margins were the analyses done. Results indicated gross-margins of soya-bean production within the study sites differed significantly from zero (KES 13,401-20,545); it was profitable because net profits ranged from KES 9243-13,548 for 2010. All gender-cadres shared in soya-bean production activities (5.0-18.0%). The mean technical-, allocative- and economic-efficiencies obtained were 0.78, 65 and 0.59 respectively. Smallholders/farmers' economic-inefficiencies arose from many negatively-signed and statistically significant factors/coefficients with p-values of 0.0000-0.0240. Increased use of these factors and county governments and other stakeholders' interventions would positively impact smallholders' efficiency resulting into higher output and profitability.

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  • Dave Nyongesa & Robert B. Mabele & Anthony O. Esilaba & Christine K. Mutoni, 2017. "The economics and gender factor in soya bean production and profitability in Kenya: a case of smallholder farms in Western Kenya," International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 13(3), pages 211-240.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijarge:v:13:y:2017:i:3:p:211-240
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    1. GACHUHI, Martha Wanjiru & OWUOR, George & GATHUNGU, Edith, 2021. "Determinants Of Intensity Of Soybean Commercialization Among Smallholder Farmers In Butere, Kenya," Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics (RAAE), Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra, vol. 24(2), October.

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