Commercialization of rice and nutrition: A case from West Kenya
The Kenyan government has actively encouraged cultivation of cash crops as part of its past and present development policies. Cash crop production of industrial and food crops has grown steadily, although the share of agricultural production that is marketed is still less than 50 percent (Kenya, Cen...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
1994
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| author | Niemaijer, Rudo Hoorweg, Jan |
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| description | The Kenyan government has actively encouraged cultivation of cash crops as part of its past and present development policies. Cash crop production of industrial and food crops has grown steadily, although the share of agricultural production that is marketed is still less than 50 percent (Kenya, Central Bureau of Statistics 1988). This chapter studies the cultivation of commercial rice at large irrigation schemes in Nyanza Province, western Kenya. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1570072025-01-10T06:42:43Z Commercialization of rice and nutrition: A case from West Kenya Niemaijer, Rudo Hoorweg, Jan agricultural trade developing countries case studies food supply cash crops food crops nutrition economic situation poverty The Kenyan government has actively encouraged cultivation of cash crops as part of its past and present development policies. Cash crop production of industrial and food crops has grown steadily, although the share of agricultural production that is marketed is still less than 50 percent (Kenya, Central Bureau of Statistics 1988). This chapter studies the cultivation of commercial rice at large irrigation schemes in Nyanza Province, western Kenya. 1994 2024-10-24T12:46:42Z 2024-10-24T12:46:42Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157007 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Niemaijer, Rudo; Hoorweg, Jan. 1994. Commercialization of rice and nutrition: A case from West Kenya. Baltimore, MD: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157007 |
| spellingShingle | agricultural trade developing countries case studies food supply cash crops food crops nutrition economic situation poverty Niemaijer, Rudo Hoorweg, Jan Commercialization of rice and nutrition: A case from West Kenya |
| title | Commercialization of rice and nutrition: A case from West Kenya |
| title_full | Commercialization of rice and nutrition: A case from West Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Commercialization of rice and nutrition: A case from West Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Commercialization of rice and nutrition: A case from West Kenya |
| title_short | Commercialization of rice and nutrition: A case from West Kenya |
| title_sort | commercialization of rice and nutrition a case from west kenya |
| topic | agricultural trade developing countries case studies food supply cash crops food crops nutrition economic situation poverty |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157007 |
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