Beyond food safety: Socio-economic effects of training informal dairy vendors in Kenya

The informal dairy sector in Kenya contributes to nutrition security, health and livelihoods. Concerns over milk safety have seen the sector delegitimized. Strategies, such as training, that build capacity of those operating in the sector can deliver on multiple development outcomes. We conducted fo...

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Autores principales: Alonso, Silvia, Muunda, Emmanuel M., Ahlberg, Sara H., Blackmore, E., Grace, Delia
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/97086
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author Alonso, Silvia
Muunda, Emmanuel M.
Ahlberg, Sara H.
Blackmore, E.
Grace, Delia
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Alonso, Silvia
Blackmore, E.
Grace, Delia
Muunda, Emmanuel M.
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Ahlberg, Sara H.
Blackmore, E.
Grace, Delia
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description The informal dairy sector in Kenya contributes to nutrition security, health and livelihoods. Concerns over milk safety have seen the sector delegitimized. Strategies, such as training, that build capacity of those operating in the sector can deliver on multiple development outcomes. We conducted focus group discussions with trained and untrained dairy vendors in two locations in Kenya to understand the incentives and challenges to operating in the informal dairy sector and the perceived benefits and socio-economics effects of training. A survey and milk testing of informal dairy vendors was done to assess milk safety and handling practices and its relation to training. We provide recommendations on how to maximize the potential of capacity building activities in the informal sector to achieve improved health and livelihoods.
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spelling CGSpace970862024-05-01T08:18:11Z Beyond food safety: Socio-economic effects of training informal dairy vendors in Kenya Alonso, Silvia Muunda, Emmanuel M. Ahlberg, Sara H. Blackmore, E. Grace, Delia dairies food safety livestock The informal dairy sector in Kenya contributes to nutrition security, health and livelihoods. Concerns over milk safety have seen the sector delegitimized. Strategies, such as training, that build capacity of those operating in the sector can deliver on multiple development outcomes. We conducted focus group discussions with trained and untrained dairy vendors in two locations in Kenya to understand the incentives and challenges to operating in the informal dairy sector and the perceived benefits and socio-economics effects of training. A survey and milk testing of informal dairy vendors was done to assess milk safety and handling practices and its relation to training. We provide recommendations on how to maximize the potential of capacity building activities in the informal sector to achieve improved health and livelihoods. 2018-09 2018-09-07T06:37:37Z 2018-09-07T06:37:37Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/97086 en Open Access Elsevier Alonso, S., Muunda, E., Ahlberg, S., Blackmore, E. and Grace, D. 2018. Beyond food safety: Socio-economic effects of training informal dairy vendors in Kenya. Global Food Security 18: 86–92.
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Muunda, Emmanuel M.
Ahlberg, Sara H.
Blackmore, E.
Grace, Delia
Beyond food safety: Socio-economic effects of training informal dairy vendors in Kenya
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title_short Beyond food safety: Socio-economic effects of training informal dairy vendors in Kenya
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food safety
livestock
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