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Title: | Fertilizer Market Liberalization and Private Retail Trade in Kenya |
Authors: | Freeman, H. Ade Kaguongo, Wachira |
Year: | 2003 |
Periodical: | Food Policy |
Volume: | 28 |
Issue: | 5-6 |
Period: | October-December |
Pages: | 505-518 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Kenya |
Subjects: | trade policy trade fertilizers retail trade Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Development and Technology Economics and Trade History and Exploration Women's Issues |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2003.10.002 |
Abstract: | This paper examines the effect of fertilizer liberalization policies on the entry and sales decision of private retail traders in Kenya. Data for the study were collected in a cross-section survey of private input traders in Machakos district, eastern Kenya, in 1997. The sample comprised 131 traders. A two-stage econometric model is used to examine traders' entry and sales decision. The results show substantial entry into fertilizer retail trade following market liberalization. Relatively limited investments in trading assets and equipment are predicted to hold back firm expansion. Implications drawn from the study provide insights into likely research and policy interventions. Bibliogr., notes, sum. [Journal abstract] |