Fertilizer market liberalization and private retail trade in Kenya

Freeman, H A and Kaguongo, W (2003) Fertilizer market liberalization and private retail trade in Kenya. Food Policy, 28 (5-6). pp. 505-518.

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Abstract

This paper examined the factors influencing the entry and sales decision of private traders in fertilizer retail trade in a liberalized market using survey data from Kenya. A two-stage econometric model is used to examine traders’ entry and sales decision. The results provide insights into factors that are associated with private retail traders’ entry and sales decisions in an era of liberalized fertilizer markets. It shows 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.

Item Type:	Article
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Subjects:	Others > Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
Depositing User:	Library ICRISAT
Date Deposited:	13 Sep 2011 06:23
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2011 06:23
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/1370
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2003.10.002
Projects:	UNSPECIFIED
Funders:	Rockefeller Foundation
Acknowledgement:	We thank David Rohrbach, Were Omamo, Frank Place, Chris Barrett, the journal editor, and two anonymous reviewers for useful comments on earlier versions of this paper. The Rockefeller Foundation and International Crops Research Institute for the semi-arid tropics provided funding for this study under the CARMASAK project, a collaborative research between the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute and International Crops Research Institute for the semi-arid tropics. The views expressed in this paper are however those of the authors.
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