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标题：Impact of Export Horticulture Farming on Per Capita Calorie Intake of Smallholder Farmers in Eastern and Central Provinces in Kenya
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作者：Jane Wambui Chege ; Rose Athiambo Nyikal ; John Mburu 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics
印刷版ISSN：2147-8988
出版年度：2015
卷号：3
期号：4
页码：65-81
出版社：International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics
摘要：In attempting to achieve household food security for smallholder farmers, synergies and tradeoffs exist between cash cropping, food cropping and food security. Available evidence on the impact of cash cropping on food security shows mixed results. The objective of this paper was to assess the impact of export horticulture farming on food security of smallholder farmers in Kenya in two provinces in different agro-ecological zones with different resou rce and infrastructural endowments, crop growing and marketing conditions. This was done using propensity score matching. The results indicate a positive impact on food security in high potential area and a negative impact in the arid area that is already food deficit. Encouraging export horticulture or cash cropping, aiming at achieving household food security, may not be a one size fit all. Regional differences and particular growing and marketing conditions as well as intra household income distribution patterns play a role and should be considered.
关键词：Export horticulture; food security; per capita calorie intake; smallholder ; farmers; impact; propensity score matching