Impacts of policy reforms on the livestock industry in Kenya: The case of the dairy sector

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dc.contributor.author Nyariki, Dickson M.
dc.date.accessioned 2014-12-04T06:51:14Z
dc.date.available 2014-12-04T06:51:14Z
dc.date.issued 2009
dc.identifier.citation Livestock Research for Rural Development 21 (10) 2009 en_US
dc.identifier.issn 0121-3784
dc.identifier.issn http://www.lrrd.org/lrrd21/10/nyar21165.htm
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/332
dc.description.abstract This article analyses the impact of liberalization on the dairy industry in Kenya. Much debate rages over the effects of this policy. This debate is, however, not well informed; it lacks recent studies to show events and processes taking place from the farmer to the consumer, that inform whether the policy changes have had the intended effects. The results indicate that milk production and dairy herd productivity have reduced or remained low, on average. Food security with respect to milk has reduced from a position of sufficiency to that of insufficiency. Prices have improved slightly because of increased competition, leading to a stabilization of milk supply from year to year. Dairy capital stock in the form of processing plants has increased but is underutilized because of reduced milk deliveries as a result of an upsurge of small traders that offer more competitive prices. The negative impacts of liberalization policies are mainly attributed to the unsynchronized manner in which they were introduced. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Centro para la Investigación en Sistemas Sostenibles de Producción Agropecuaria en_US
dc.subject Dairy sector liberalization en_US
dc.subject Food security en_US
dc.subject herd productivity en_US
dc.subject milk value chain en_US
dc.title Impacts of policy reforms on the livestock industry in Kenya: The case of the dairy sector en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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