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A Gendered Analysis of the Effect of Peanut Value Addition on Household Income in Rongo and Ndhiwa Districts of Kenya

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Title A Gendered Analysis of the Effect of Peanut Value Addition on
Household Income in Rongo and Ndhiwa Districts of Kenya
 
Creator Wanyama, R N
Mshenga, P M
Orr, A
Christie, M E
Simtowe, F P
 
Subject Groundnut
 
Description Agriculture constitutes a significant amount of the Kenya’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
However, a major characteristic of Kenyan agriculture is the predominance of primary
production with a high concentration of women in the sector. Peanut production for instance
is widespread in western Kenya under rural crop production system; serving as a cover,
subsistence and commercial crop. As a commercial crop, peanut has the potential of
generating income for rural households and thus help in reducing poverty and improving
livelihoods. Moreover, higher incomes can be obtained through value addition activities.
Despite the known benefits from value addition, farmers produce and market peanuts with
little or no processing. Using survey data from 310 randomly selected peanut producers from
two divisions; Ndhiwa and Rongo; a Propensity Score Method (PSM) was used to determine
the gendered effect of peanut value addition on household income. From the results, farmers
were found to undertake only one form of value addition, shelling. Although they appreciated
the higher profitability associated with other forms of value addition like processing,
inadequate capital to purchase processing equipment was a major constraint. The PSM results
suggest that value addition raises household per capita income by Kshs.88 per day. Male
headed households recorded higher levels of income compared to female headed households.
This indicates that potential exists in peanut value addition as a possibility to raise farmers’
household incomes. However, a diversity of value adding options should be promoted for
adoption by farmers to sustainably improve peanut farmers’ livelihoods.
 
Date 2013
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/7296/1/A%20Gendered_CP_Wanyama_2013.pdf
Wanyama, R N and Mshenga, P M and Orr, A and Christie, M E and Simtowe, F P (2013) A Gendered Analysis of the Effect of Peanut Value Addition on Household Income in Rongo and Ndhiwa Districts of Kenya. In: 4th International Conference of the African Association of Agricultural Economists, 22-25 September 2013, Hammamet Tunisia.