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Some smallholders are able to generate reliable and substantial income flows through small-scale dairy production for the local market; for others, a set of unique transactions costs hinders participation. Co-operative selling institutions are potential catalysts for mitigating these costs, stimu...


Holloway, G.J.Nicholson, C.Delgado, Christopher L.Staal, Steven J.Ehui, Simeon K.[How to make a milk market: A case study from the Ethiopian highlands]How to make a milk market: A case study from the Ethiopian highlands

Some small-holders are able to generate reliable and substantial income flows through small-scale dairy production for the local market; for others, a set of unique transaction costs hinders participation. Cooperative selling institutions are potential catalysts for mitigating these costs, stimul...


Holloway, G.J.Nicholson, C.Delgado, Christopher L.Staal, Steven J.Ehui, Simeon K.[Agroindustrialization through institutional innovation. Transaction costs, cooperatives and milk-market development in the East-African highlands]Agroindustrialization through institutional innovation. Transaction costs, cooperatives and milk-market development in the East-African highlands

Dairy production is a key small farm strategy for generating income in the Nairobi milk shed. The high perishability of milk under Kenyan conditions appears to be associated with a high frequency of small individual transactions, the terms of which are subject to forced “fire” sales, delayed paym...


Ngigi, M.Delgado, Christopher L.Staal, Steven J.Mbogoh, S.[The role of market outlet in determining terms for milk sales by smallholders in Kenya]The role of market outlet in determining terms for milk sales by smallholders in Kenya

Fixed transactions costs that prohibit exchange engender bias in supply analysis due to censoring of the sample observations. The associated bias in conventional regression procedures applied to censored data and the construction of robust methods for mitigating bias have been preoccupations of a...


Holloway, G.J.Nicholson, C.Delgado, Christopher L.Staal, Steven J.Ehui, Simeon K.[A revised Tobit procedure for mitigating bias in the presence of non-zero censoring with an application to milk-market participation in the Ethiopian highlands.]A revised Tobit procedure for mitigating bias in the presence of non-zero censoring with an application to milk-market participation in the Ethiopian highlands.
Delgado, Christopher L.Wada, N.Rosegrant, Mark W.Meijer, S.Ahmed, M.[Fish to 2020: supply and demand in changing global markets]Fish to 2020: supply and demand in changing global markets

It is argued that dairying is vital to future viability of many small farms in East Africa and that high transactions costs for dairy production and marketing limit participation by asset- and information-poor smalholders. Case studies from Kenya and Ethiopia illustrate the role of dairy cooperat...


Staal, Steven J.Delgado, Christopher L.Nicholson, C.[Smallholder dairying under transactions costs in East Africa]Smallholder dairying under transactions costs in East Africa

Smallholder dairy production is a widespread and growing activity in the Kenyan highlands, and a potentially important source of livelihood for many poor farmers with road access to urban areas of East and Southern Africa. Yet both market participation and net prices received vary widely across ...


Staal, Steven J.Delgado, Christopher L.Baltenweck, IsabelleKruska, R.L.[Spatial aspects of producer milk price formation in Kenya: a joint household-GIS approach]Spatial aspects of producer milk price formation in Kenya: a joint household-GIS approach

Jabbar, M.A.Islam, S.M.F.Delgado, Christopher L.Ehui, Simeon K.Akanda, M.A.I.Khan, M.I.Kamruzzaman, M.[Policy and scale factors influencing efficiency in dairy and poultry production in Bangladesh]Policy and scale factors influencing efficiency in dairy and poultry production in Bangladesh

In peri-urban areas of the world where cattle are present, dairy farming has typically been part of the adjustment in production patterns of smallholders faced with shrinking arable land, higher population density and rising wage rates. In sub-Saharan Africa, where the economic viability of small...


Staal, Steven J.Delgado, Christopher L.Nicholson, C.[Smallholder dairying under transactions costs in East Africa]Smallholder dairying under transactions costs in East Africa

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