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Impact of Farmers’ Involvement in Agricultural Value Chain on Livelihoods, A Case of Maize Seed Multiplication Programme in Baringo South Sub-County, Kenya

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Last updated: 23 Dec 2024

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Agricultural Economic and Social Sciences

Abstract

Agricultural value chains must establish mutually beneficial and sustainable relationships with farmers and farmer groups to ensure commodity supply and farmers' livelihoods are more resilient. Small-scale farmers, comprising most of the world's farming population are important actors in the agricultural value chains. A study was done to determine whether farmer involvement in the maize seed multiplication programme impacted their livelihoods in Baringo South, Kenya. The study focused on whether farmers' ability to repay the credit, whether they make savings from maize seed multiplication programme, the sustainability of such savings and how the savings translate to consistency in meeting family basic needs.
Results indicated that, sustainability of farmer savings from the maize seed programme was statistically significant in relation to farmers' livelihoods; where, with a unit increase in sustainability of savings, the odds of a farmer inability to consistently provide for all his family basic needs decreased by 1.767. Only 61.8% of farmers reported to be making some income savings in the maize seed multiplication programme while 22.1% reported being unable to make any savings. Therefore, to enable farmers realize better productivity from maize seed multiplication programme and adequately sustain their family livelihoods, the study recommends; building farmer capacity on financial management and providing environment conducive for farmers so as to minimize losses and safeguard their hard-earned income.

DOI

10.21608/alexja.2024.301386.1079

Keywords

Livelihoods, Sustainability, Income savings

Authors

First Name

Mirasine

Last Name

Meiguran

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Affiliation

Agricultural Education and Extension, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resource Management, Kisii University Kenya

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mirasinemeiguran@gmail.com

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Kisii

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First Name

Washington

Last Name

Ochola

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-

Affiliation

Agricultural Education and Extension, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resource Management, Kisii University

Email

woadede@gmail.com

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First Name

Nyang'au

Last Name

Kemunto

MiddleName

Martha

Affiliation

Agricultural Education and Extension, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resource Management, Kisii University

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marthakemunto64@gmail.com

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Volume

69

Article Issue

3

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50254

Issue Date

2024-09-01

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2024-07-03

Publish Date

2024-09-07

Page Start

358

Page End

367

Online ISSN

2535-1931

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514

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Publication Title

Alexandria Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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https://alexja.journals.ekb.eg/

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Impact of Farmers’ Involvement in Agricultural Value Chain on Livelihoods, A Case of Maize Seed Multiplication Programme in Baringo South Sub-County, Kenya

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23 Dec 2024