Emerging markets in the post-liberalisation period: evidence from the raw milk market in rural Kenya

Have recent reforms improved market functioning in African economies? This article examines how the raw milk market in western and central Kenya has developed after the dairy sector liberalisation in 1992 by using panel data of 862 rural households. From the late 1990s to 2004, the proportion of rur...

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Main Authors: Kijima, Y., Yamano, T., Baltenweck, Isabelle
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford University Press 2010
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/1575
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Baltenweck, Isabelle
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description Have recent reforms improved market functioning in African economies? This article examines how the raw milk market in western and central Kenya has developed after the dairy sector liberalisation in 1992 by using panel data of 862 rural households. From the late 1990s to 2004, the proportion of rural households who sold milk increased from 37 to 51%. During the same period, the proportion of households who sold milk to traders more than doubled, while it declined from 29 to 12% for those who sold milk to dairy cooperatives. On the basis of the price differentials between the farm gate and retail prices, we find that the functioning of the market improved between the late 1990s and 2004; in turn, the development of the milk market has increased the adoption of improved cows, resulting in higher milk sales.
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spelling CGSpace15752023-12-08T19:36:04Z Emerging markets in the post-liberalisation period: evidence from the raw milk market in rural Kenya Kijima, Y. Yamano, T. Baltenweck, Isabelle markets dairy farms Have recent reforms improved market functioning in African economies? This article examines how the raw milk market in western and central Kenya has developed after the dairy sector liberalisation in 1992 by using panel data of 862 rural households. From the late 1990s to 2004, the proportion of rural households who sold milk increased from 37 to 51%. During the same period, the proportion of households who sold milk to traders more than doubled, while it declined from 29 to 12% for those who sold milk to dairy cooperatives. On the basis of the price differentials between the farm gate and retail prices, we find that the functioning of the market improved between the late 1990s and 2004; in turn, the development of the milk market has increased the adoption of improved cows, resulting in higher milk sales. 2010-01-01 2010-05-19T19:51:33Z 2010-05-19T19:51:33Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/1575 en Limited Access Oxford University Press Kijima, Y.; Yamano, T.; Baltenweck, I. 2010. Emerging markets in the post-liberalisation period: evidence from the raw milk market in rural Kenya. Journal of African Economies. 19(1): 88-110
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Emerging markets in the post-liberalisation period: evidence from the raw milk market in rural Kenya
title Emerging markets in the post-liberalisation period: evidence from the raw milk market in rural Kenya
title_full Emerging markets in the post-liberalisation period: evidence from the raw milk market in rural Kenya
title_fullStr Emerging markets in the post-liberalisation period: evidence from the raw milk market in rural Kenya
title_full_unstemmed Emerging markets in the post-liberalisation period: evidence from the raw milk market in rural Kenya
title_short Emerging markets in the post-liberalisation period: evidence from the raw milk market in rural Kenya
title_sort emerging markets in the post liberalisation period evidence from the raw milk market in rural kenya
topic markets
dairy farms
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