Urban and Regional Planning

Volume 1, Issue 2, July 2016

  • The Influence of Market Access Factors on Commercialization of Smallholder Dairy Value Chain Development in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya

    Kembe Moses Ageya, Charles Ochola Omondi

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 2, July 2016
    Pages: 23-35
    Received: 11 April 2016
    Accepted: 22 April 2016
    Published: 18 July 2016
    DOI: 10.11648/j.urp.20160102.11
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    Abstract: Varied smallholder farming is central to livelihoods of many rural households in developing economies. Dairy farming in Kenya is the largest sub sector of agriculture growing at the rate of 4.1% per annum in comparison to 1.2% for agriculture sector as a whole. Commercializing smallholder dairy value chain development, therefore, is crucial in prov... Show More
  • Spatial Planning Competitiveness Integrants in Dairy Production and Commercialization of Smallholder Dairy Value Chain Development in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya

    Kembe Moses Ageya, Charles Ochola Omondi

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 2, July 2016
    Pages: 36-44
    Received: 12 April 2016
    Accepted: 22 April 2016
    Published: 28 July 2016
    DOI: 10.11648/j.urp.20160102.12
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    Abstract: Many rural households in developing economies majorly depend on smallholder farming activities. In Kenya, smallholder dairy farming grows at 4.1% in contrast to 1.2% for agriculture sector as a whole. Uasin Gishu County is the leading milk producer in Kenya with 70% subsistence, 20% semi-commercialized and 10% commercialized smallholder farming res... Show More