Changes in Agri-Business Outcomes among the Dairy Beneficiaries of Contracted Extension Service Delivery Model in Kenya
This study compared changes in uptake of agri-business practices, productivity and wealth creation between dairy beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of Contracted Extension Service Delivery Model (CESDM) implemented by Kenya Agricultural Productivity and Agribusiness Project (KAPAP) in selected cou...
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This study compared changes in uptake of agri-business practices, productivity and wealth creation between dairy beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of Contracted Extension Service Delivery Model (CESDM) implemented by Kenya Agricultural Productivity and Agribusiness Project (KAPAP) in selected counties of Kenya since 2010. Results showed a large increase in the proportion of beneficiaries accessing extension services from private service providers and expressing satisfaction with CESDM, attaining higher dairy productivity in milk and in gross margins per animal per year. However, there was only a marginal increase in willingness to pay or paying for the services and majority of beneficiaries continued to sell milk through informal market outlets. On aggregate, CESDM posted positive net benefits and multiplicative economic power with the best performing dairy chains multiplying every shilling invested 4 to 46 times. On average, beneficiaries earned KES 4993 per farmer at a cost of KES 353 for services, inputs and equipment. We conclude that CESDM can be a viable and rewarding approach for delivering extension services to smallholder farmers but it is necessary to strengthen farmer cooperative societies because those paying for private services are still too few to sustain remunerative private sector investment in extension service delivery.Â
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| spelling | doaj.art-c40fd743112b4b33a9a6a2d5f56f73652022-12-22T03:00:44ZengAgricultural Extension Society of NigeriaJournal of Agricultural Extension1119-944X2408-68512016-06-01201Changes in Agri-Business Outcomes among the Dairy Beneficiaries of Contracted Extension Service Delivery Model in KenyaBockline Omedo Bebe0John Gowland Mwangi1Nicholas Ozor2Egerton University, KenyaEgerton University, KenyaAfrican Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS) This study compared changes in uptake of agri-business practices, productivity and wealth creation between dairy beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries of Contracted Extension Service Delivery Model (CESDM) implemented by Kenya Agricultural Productivity and Agribusiness Project (KAPAP) in selected counties of Kenya since 2010. Results showed a large increase in the proportion of beneficiaries accessing extension services from private service providers and expressing satisfaction with CESDM, attaining higher dairy productivity in milk and in gross margins per animal per year. However, there was only a marginal increase in willingness to pay or paying for the services and majority of beneficiaries continued to sell milk through informal market outlets. On aggregate, CESDM posted positive net benefits and multiplicative economic power with the best performing dairy chains multiplying every shilling invested 4 to 46 times. On average, beneficiaries earned KES 4993 per farmer at a cost of KES 353 for services, inputs and equipment. We conclude that CESDM can be a viable and rewarding approach for delivering extension services to smallholder farmers but it is necessary to strengthen farmer cooperative societies because those paying for private services are still too few to sustain remunerative private sector investment in extension service delivery. https://www.aesonnigeria.org/ajm/index.php/jae/article/view/613Dairy value chainprivate extension service provisionbenefit-cost ratioQuasi-experimental designKenya |
| spellingShingle | Bockline Omedo Bebe John Gowland Mwangi Nicholas Ozor Changes in Agri-Business Outcomes among the Dairy Beneficiaries of Contracted Extension Service Delivery Model in Kenya Journal of Agricultural Extension Dairy value chain private extension service provision benefit-cost ratio Quasi-experimental design Kenya |
| title | Changes in Agri-Business Outcomes among the Dairy Beneficiaries of Contracted Extension Service Delivery Model in Kenya |
| title_full | Changes in Agri-Business Outcomes among the Dairy Beneficiaries of Contracted Extension Service Delivery Model in Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Changes in Agri-Business Outcomes among the Dairy Beneficiaries of Contracted Extension Service Delivery Model in Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Changes in Agri-Business Outcomes among the Dairy Beneficiaries of Contracted Extension Service Delivery Model in Kenya |
| title_short | Changes in Agri-Business Outcomes among the Dairy Beneficiaries of Contracted Extension Service Delivery Model in Kenya |
| title_sort | changes in agri business outcomes among the dairy beneficiaries of contracted extension service delivery model in kenya |
| topic | Dairy value chain private extension service provision benefit-cost ratio Quasi-experimental design Kenya |
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