Agricultural commercialisation in Meru County, Kenya: What are the policy implications?

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2016

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Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)

Abstract

Our study aimed to engage these debates. The study was carried out in Kenya’s Meru County and examined three agricultural farming models: outgrowers, medium-scale commercial farms and a plantation. This was part of the ‘Land and Agricultural Commercialisation in Africa’ research project conducted in Ghana, Kenya and Zambia. The study provides a comparative perspective across the models on land, labour, employment, livelihoods and economic linkages. It used a mixed methods approach, including qualitative and quantitative methods and detailed life histories.

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Meru County, Kenya, Agricultural commercialization, Policy

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Hakizimana, C., 2016. Agricultural commercialisation in Meru County, Kenya: What are the policy implications?, Cape Town: Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS).

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