The true costs of food production in Kenya
Key takeaways • True cost accounting allows for the measurement of hidden impacts of food production on the environment, human health, and society. • Our findings show that at the national level for all crop sectors: o Social costs account for 90% and environmental for 10% of external cost structu...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Benfica, Rui Davis, Kristin E. Oulu, Martin Termote, Céline Fadda, Carlo |
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| description | Key takeaways
• True cost accounting allows for the measurement of hidden impacts of food production on the environment, human health, and society.
• Our findings show that at the national level for all crop sectors:
o Social costs account for 90% and environmental for 10% of external cost structure.
o Major social cost sources are underpayment, child labor, and occupational health risks.
o Major environmental cost sources are land-use expansion and climate change.
• Findings at farm level in NATURE+ Initiative sites in Kajiado, Kisumu, and Vihiga, for the crop sector show that:
o Direct costs (70% of true costs) are predominantly hired labor and seed costs
o External costs represent about 30% of the true costs
o Social externalities costs (84%) are greater than environmental costs (16%)
o Forced labor is the most important impact, followed by child labor, underpayment, and gender wage gaps
o Environmental externalities include land occupation (land use) and soil degradation |
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| spelling | CGSpace1633832025-11-20T14:46:54Z The true costs of food production in Kenya Benfica, Rui Davis, Kristin E. Oulu, Martin Termote, Céline Fadda, Carlo true cost accounting food production crops climate change labour Key takeaways • True cost accounting allows for the measurement of hidden impacts of food production on the environment, human health, and society. • Our findings show that at the national level for all crop sectors: o Social costs account for 90% and environmental for 10% of external cost structure. o Major social cost sources are underpayment, child labor, and occupational health risks. o Major environmental cost sources are land-use expansion and climate change. • Findings at farm level in NATURE+ Initiative sites in Kajiado, Kisumu, and Vihiga, for the crop sector show that: o Direct costs (70% of true costs) are predominantly hired labor and seed costs o External costs represent about 30% of the true costs o Social externalities costs (84%) are greater than environmental costs (16%) o Forced labor is the most important impact, followed by child labor, underpayment, and gender wage gaps o Environmental externalities include land occupation (land use) and soil degradation 2024-12-11 2024-12-11T18:47:38Z 2024-12-11T18:47:38Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/163383 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/148762 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152074 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Benfica, Rui; Davis, Kristin; Oulu, Martin; Termote, Céline; and Fadda, Carlo. 2024. The true costs of food production in Kenya. Nature-Positive Solutions Initiative Policy Brief. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/163383 |
| spellingShingle | true cost accounting food production crops climate change labour Benfica, Rui Davis, Kristin E. Oulu, Martin Termote, Céline Fadda, Carlo The true costs of food production in Kenya |
| title | The true costs of food production in Kenya |
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| title_short | The true costs of food production in Kenya |
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