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Evaluation of Effects of Value Addition in Sweet Potatoes on Farm Income in Homa Bay County, Kenya

机译：甘达京田县甘阿湾农产品的价值添加效果评价

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Sweet potato value addition has become an increasingly important aspect in improving the diversification in its production and expanding the unexploited market amongst consumers. Homa Bay County is among the leading areas of production in Kenya due to its favorable land conditions and rainfall patterns that enables sweet potato to thrive well in the region. Value addition has been introduced in the County mainly by Non-Governmental organizations that work together with the public sector. However some small scale farmers do not practice value addition, partially because little has been done empirically to measure the impact that value addition has on farm income. This study focused on filling in this gap in the existing knowledge on sweet potato value addition. The study was conducted in Homa Bay County and the study sites selected included three sub counties namely Kasipul, Kabondo Kasipul and Ndhiwa. Multi stage sampling technique was used in selecting the study sites and the required sample size determined by proportionate to size sampling method. Interview schedules and observation were used to collect primary data. Multiple regressions were used to analyze the effect of different value addition activities on Income received solely from sweet potatoes. In addition marginal effects were obtained to analyze the effect of each independent variable separately on income. Findings revealed that the more value a farmer added to raw tuber, the better the income obtained from the market. In addition, farmer marketing groups had a stronger bargaining power in the market compared to farmers selling individually. The study therefore recommended that the County government should work closely with the non-governmental organizations to enlighten farmers on the importance of forming farmer groups since most training on value addition, information on prices and market opportunities can be easily disseminated through farmer groups .It is through these trainings that farmers would be able to make rational decisions with regard to production and adding value to get higher incomes.
机译：红薯价值增加已成为改善其生产多元化，并在消费者之间扩大未开发的市场的越来越重要的方面。 HOMA Bay County是肯尼亚领先的领先地区，由于其有利的土地条件和降雨模式，使得红薯能够在该地区蓬勃发展。由于非政府组织与公共部门合作的非政府组织介绍了价值增加。然而，一些小规模的农民不练习价值，部分原因是少量的，以衡量价值增加对农业收入的影响。本研究重点是填补现有的甘薯价值的知识中的这种差距。该研究在Homa Bay县进行，选择的研究网站包括三个亚县，即KASIPUL，Kabondo KASIPUL和NDHIWA。多级采样技术用于选择研究部位和所需的样本尺寸，与大小采样方法相等。采访时间表和观察用于收集主要数据。使用多元回归来分析不同价值加法活动对仅来自甘薯收入的收入的影响。此外，获得了边缘效应，以分析每个独立变量对收入的影响。调查结果显示，农民增加到原始块茎的价值越多，从市场获得的收入越好。此外，与单独销售的农民相比，农民营销团队在市场上拥有更强大的讨价还价权。因此，研究建议，该县政府应与非政府组织密切合作，以开发农民对成年农民群体的重要性，因为大多数价值培训加法，可以通过农民团体轻易传播价格和市场机会的信息。它是通过这些培训，农民能够在生产和增加价值方面做出理性决策以获得更高的收入。

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