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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Main Authors: Niemaijer, Rudo, Hoorweg, Jan
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 1994
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157007
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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
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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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