Gender roles and constraints in enhancing hybrid chicken production for food security in lower Eastern Kenya DOI Creative Commons

John Kennedy Musyoka,

Wilckyster Nyateko Nyarindo, Robyn Alders

и другие.

PLoS ONE, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 20(3), С. e0318594 - e0318594

Опубликована: Март 3, 2025

The adoption of hybrid chicken production as a source income and food security among smallholder farmers has recently taken significant global attention. However, the effect across different genders on household expenditure remains unknown. This study employed propensity score matching (PSM) endogenous switching regression (ESR) models to analyze households' consumption in Machakos County. PSM ESR were estimated sample 582 households selected using multistage stratified random sampling method. descriptive results indicated that adopters spent average KES 1296 compared non-adopters who 1400 per month. Furthermore, more secure non-adopters. About 74% female also likely experience chronic insecurity their male counterparts. econometric farm location, access credit, market, feeds, group membership cost feeds significantly influenced for both decision makers. treatment showed higher costs consumption. Moreover, half effects adopting positive suggesting benefited To boost security, this recommends National County governments develop facilitating policy environment which supports systems are socially, environmentally economically sustainable while enhancing appropriate technical extension support enable effective production, marketing, disease control.

Язык: Английский

Investigating the Constraints and Mitigation Strategies for the Adoption of Sustainable Land Management Practices in Erosion-prone Areas of Southeast Nigeria DOI Creative Commons
Cynthia Nneka Olumba, Guy Garrod, Francisco Areal

и другие.

Environmental Management, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 15, 2025

The adoption of sustainable land management practices (SLMPs) is crucial to improve soil health, and farm yield, potentially limit the degradation agricultural ecological systems. However, farmers still encounter diverse challenges when trying implement SLMPs. Research on potential mitigation strategies address complex SLMPs in developing countries context limited. Accordingly, this study investigates constraints adopting using household survey data collected from 480 sampled erosion-prone areas southeast Nigeria. Also, through focus groups interviews with key stakeholders sector, constraints. Descriptive statistics were used explore characteristics farmers, while Principal component analysis (PCA) was analyse qualitative analysed inductive thematic analysis. PCA result identified economic/financial factors as principal constraint Other barriers area include related SLMPs, institutional property rights. Based stakeholders' perspectives, financial economic support, improved R&D, knowledge exchange advisory system, policy regulatory solutions, multi-stakeholder engagement are important tackle Insights could help practitioners, conservation planners policymakers design more targeted effective interventions promote widespread

Язык: Английский

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Gender roles and constraints in enhancing hybrid chicken production for food security in lower Eastern Kenya DOI Creative Commons

John Kennedy Musyoka,

Wilckyster Nyateko Nyarindo, Robyn Alders

и другие.

PLoS ONE, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 20(3), С. e0318594 - e0318594

Опубликована: Март 3, 2025

The adoption of hybrid chicken production as a source income and food security among smallholder farmers has recently taken significant global attention. However, the effect across different genders on household expenditure remains unknown. This study employed propensity score matching (PSM) endogenous switching regression (ESR) models to analyze households' consumption in Machakos County. PSM ESR were estimated sample 582 households selected using multistage stratified random sampling method. descriptive results indicated that adopters spent average KES 1296 compared non-adopters who 1400 per month. Furthermore, more secure non-adopters. About 74% female also likely experience chronic insecurity their male counterparts. econometric farm location, access credit, market, feeds, group membership cost feeds significantly influenced for both decision makers. treatment showed higher costs consumption. Moreover, half effects adopting positive suggesting benefited To boost security, this recommends National County governments develop facilitating policy environment which supports systems are socially, environmentally economically sustainable while enhancing appropriate technical extension support enable effective production, marketing, disease control.

Язык: Английский

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