Price transmission and integration of African indigenous vegetables markets: The case of Narok and Kajiado counties, Kenya
| dc.contributor.committeeChair | Lawver, David | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Baker, Matt | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Boren-Alpizar, Amy E. | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | McKenney, Cynthia B. | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Nkurumwa, Agnes | |
| dc.creator | Magogo, Juma Riziki | |
| dc.creator.orcid | 0000-0002-6968-440X | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-14T17:04:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-02-14T17:04:16Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2018-12 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-12 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2018-12 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2019-02-14T17:04:17Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The vegetable commodity area has been documented to hold the future of the Kenyan horticulture industry due to the ever-increasing demand. Thus, the study on price transmission and market integration was conducted with the main purpose of providing an understanding on price transmission and market integration of indigenous vegetable markets to enhance capacity in making rational decision for both subsistence production and income generation. Specifically, the study described the demographic attributes; analyzed the spatial pattern of African indigenous vegetables (AIVs) actors, described the association between demographic attributes and AIVs marketing; examined the relationship of AIVs prices; compared the AIVs prices by county and commonly used marketing outlets; and assessed the perception of AIVs value chain actors on agricultural marketing information. The study locations were selected through a systematic sampling technique and the households were selected through a simple random sampling technique. Data were collected from 217 respondents and analysis was accomplished using descriptive statistics, nearest neighbor ratio, Ripley’s K function; correlation, independent sample t-test, and analysis of variance (ANOVA). The key findings of the study were female dominance, clustering of value chain actors; practical significance between education level and gender; and education level and information sharing; inter-and intra-pricing variations among urban and rural markets; practical significance of nightshade prices at the commonly used marketing outlets; disintegrated markets between the counties; and impractical significance on the perceptions of agricultural information. The study concluded that improving the operations and efficiency of the value chain would stand to benefit women most, and it is important to recognize the basis behind gender; value chain actors were clustering on proximity and commodity basis; there is urgency to emphasize the importance of education level, quality of agricultural information, price differentials between and among spatial markets; and recognition of vegetable production and marketing, and agriculture/farming as an occupation. Further research is recommended into replication of the study with greater power particularly on the results that have been found to be practically significant, and an extension to include the other AIVs and value chain actors in the value chain. A causality study is also recommended to provide a better understanding of the cause and effect to allow for specific interventions to be undertaken to achieve desired results with targeted group(s). Clustering of value chain actors suggested the need for further studies on cluster farming on its suitability for improving farmers’ livelihoods. In addition, a co-integration analysis with enriched data of AIVs price time series should follow this study because correlation analysis approach has been criticized due to spurious correlation. Lastly, information generated by this study would positively contribute towards the development of AIVs value chain strategies in Kenya. | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2346/82707 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.rights.availability | Access is not restricted. | |
| dc.subject | Spatial Markets | |
| dc.subject | Co-Integration | |
| dc.title | Price transmission and integration of African indigenous vegetables markets: The case of Narok and Kajiado counties, Kenya | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dc.type.material | text | |
| thesis.degree.department | Agricultural Education Communications | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Agricultural Education | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Texas Tech University | |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy |