Mechanization of agricultural production in Kenya: Current state and future outlook
Agricultural mechanization is the use of machinery, equipment, and implements—rather than human or animal power—to carry out agricultural practices. When the use of mechanization is sufficiently high, it can help improve the overall efficiency of food systems, reduce the costs of producing outputs a...
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| author | Kaumbutho, Pascal Takeshima, Hiroyuki |
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| description | Agricultural mechanization is the use of machinery, equipment, and implements—rather than human or animal power—to carry out agricultural practices. When the use of mechanization is sufficiently high, it can help improve the overall efficiency of food systems, reduce the costs of producing outputs and providing services, enhance economies of scale, and raise labor productivity and incomes (FAO and AUC 2018; Diao, Takeshima, and Zhang 2020). While mechanized practices are traditionally thought of in terms of tilling, seed drilling, and spraying, in recent years mechanization has been considered to include broader applications along the food system, such as irrigation, postharvest cleaning of harvests, cold storage, value addition, and processing. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1389872025-11-06T03:57:25Z Mechanization of agricultural production in Kenya: Current state and future outlook Kaumbutho, Pascal Takeshima, Hiroyuki agricultural mechanization food systems costs development policies agricultural production Agricultural mechanization is the use of machinery, equipment, and implements—rather than human or animal power—to carry out agricultural practices. When the use of mechanization is sufficiently high, it can help improve the overall efficiency of food systems, reduce the costs of producing outputs and providing services, enhance economies of scale, and raise labor productivity and incomes (FAO and AUC 2018; Diao, Takeshima, and Zhang 2020). While mechanized practices are traditionally thought of in terms of tilling, seed drilling, and spraying, in recent years mechanization has been considered to include broader applications along the food system, such as irrigation, postharvest cleaning of harvests, cold storage, value addition, and processing. 2023-12-20 2024-02-06T20:43:48Z 2024-02-06T20:43:48Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138987 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294561 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Kaumbutho, Pascal; and Takeshima, Hiroyuki. 2023. Mechanization of agricultural production in Kenya: Current state and future outlook. In Food Systems Transformation in Kenya: Lessons from the Past and Policy Options for the Future, eds. Clemens Breisinger, Michael Keenan, Juneweenex Mbuthia, and Jemimah Njuki. Part 3: Toward more productive food systems, Chapter 9, Pp. 231-260. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294561_09. |
| spellingShingle | agricultural mechanization food systems costs development policies agricultural production Kaumbutho, Pascal Takeshima, Hiroyuki Mechanization of agricultural production in Kenya: Current state and future outlook |
| title | Mechanization of agricultural production in Kenya: Current state and future outlook |
| title_full | Mechanization of agricultural production in Kenya: Current state and future outlook |
| title_fullStr | Mechanization of agricultural production in Kenya: Current state and future outlook |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mechanization of agricultural production in Kenya: Current state and future outlook |
| title_short | Mechanization of agricultural production in Kenya: Current state and future outlook |
| title_sort | mechanization of agricultural production in kenya current state and future outlook |
| topic | agricultural mechanization food systems costs development policies agricultural production |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138987 |
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