Using Dairy Hubs to Improve Farmers’ Access to Milk Markets in Kenya: Gender and its Implications Omondi, I., Zander, K., BauerBaltenweck, I. Siegfried 2 , Kerstin 3 Tropentag 2014: Bridging the Gap between Increasing Knowledge and Decreasing Resources, Prague, Czech Republic, 17-19 September 2014 Photo: ILRI and eadairy
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Using dairy hubs to improve farmers’ access to milk markets in Kenya: Gender and its implications
Presented by Immaculate Omondi, Kerstin Zander, Siegfried Bauer and Isabelle Baltenweck at the Tropentag 2014: Bridging the Gap between Increasing Knowledge and Decreasing Resources Workshop, Prague, Czech Republic, 17-19 September 2014
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Using Dairy Hubs to Improve Farmers’ Access to Milk Markets in Kenya: Gender and its Implications
Omondi, I., Zander, K., BauerBaltenweck, I. Siegfried 2, Kerstin 3
Tropentag 2014: Bridging the Gap between Increasing Knowledge and Decreasing Resources, Prague, Czech Republic, 17-19 September 2014
Photo: ILRI and eadairy
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Presentation scope
Background
Methodology
Results and Implications
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Background
Control of productive assets has a direct impact on: • Men, women, boys and girls forge life enhancing
livelihood strategies (WB-FAO-IFAD 2009)
Men and women have different access to markets, infrastructures and related services (WB-FAO-IFAD 2009)
Rural women face obstacles in access to resources • These hinder their adoption of new technologies or
increasing economies of scale (Korinek 2005)
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Background
Compared to their male counterparts, women:
• Make crucial contribution in agriculture and rural development in all developing countries
• Yet, they face more severe constraints in accessing productive resources, markets and services (FAO 2011) Photo: eadairy
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Background … (contd.)
In dairy sector,
• A major socio-economic pillar in Sub-saharan Africa (Mubiru
et al. 2007)
• Women contribute substantial labor to dairy enterprise
activities (Abdulai and Birachi 2009)
•Consequently, in pro-poor development efforts
• It is important to understand the challenges facing women
in dairy
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Background … (contd.)
Analysis of factors affecting participation in dairy hubs
TRANSPORTERS
FARMERS
FIELD DAYS
FEED SUPPLY
AI & EXTENSION
VILLAGE BANKS
HARDWARE SUPPLIERS
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Methodology
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Study Area
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Sampling method and design
• Household socio-economic data collected• Farmer characteristics• Farm Characteristics• Participation in dairy hubs• Farmer preferences
Structured Household Interviews
301 Households
Hub Non-member Households (44%)
Hub Member Households (56%)
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Analysis
Logit regression
• is a latent variable indexing adoption• is the observed response for the ith farmer• a vector of explanatory variables
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Analysis … contd
Censored tobit regression
• is a latent variable indexing adoption• an observable measure of intensity of use• a vector of explanatory variables• c is an unobservable threshold, β is a vector of unknown
parameters, and ε are residuals
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RESULTS AND IMPLICATIONS
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Results
The results indicate:• Relatively low participation of women in dairy hubs• Female household heads:
• Are older, with more years of farming experience, than their male counterparts;
However, • They are worse off in education, household size, level of
education among adults in the households, and number of income sources
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Table 1: Determinants of Sale of Milk to the dairy hubs
Independent Variables Coefficient
Total milk sold by household to all channels per day 0.62** (0.13)Household keeps exotic cattle (level of intensification - advanced) 4.41* (1.79)
Household not registered in milk marketing hub) -3.01** (0.95)
Household heads years of farming experience -0.07* (0.03)Female-headed household (Gender of household head) 2.79* (1.25)Household size (number of household members) 0.36* (0.16)Female household member deciding on where to sell milk -2.46* (1.23)χ2=166.36 20df, p=0.00 log likelihood = -39.92 pseudo-R2 = 0.68
* an average day in July/Aug 2010 *, ** indicate significance at 5% and 1%, respectively Robust standard errors are indicated in parenthesis
Dependent Variable: selling milk to dairy hubs
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Table 2: Determinants of Volume of Milk Sold to the Dairy Hubs
Independent Variables Coefficient Gender: female-headed household 0.65** (0.19)Decision on milk sales channel: made by male 0.51** (0.15)
Decision on milk sales channel: joint male & female 0.36* (0.17)
Household not registered in EADD hub -0.74** (0.14)
Joint hub membership (both head and spouse) 0.52* (0.24)Education: head's years of schooling 0.04* (0.02)Household size 0.07* (0.03)Level of intensification: keeping exotic cattle 0.52** (0.18)Level of intensification: keeping cross cattle 0.58** (0.21)Milk production per day 0.01* (4.7E-3)χ2=128.44, 20df, p=0.00 log likelihood = -111.62 pseudo-R2 = 0.38
* an average day in July/Aug 2010 *, ** indicate significance at 5% and 1%, respectively Robust standard errors are indicated in parenthesis
Dependent Variable: proportion of total daily milk sales to hubs
Omondi, Immaculate (ILRI)
when there is cooperation and joint decision making between household heads and the spouses – women accorded part control to the flow of income from the hub – there is a positive results in terms of increased levels of hub participation
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Discussion and Implication
The results reveal strong evidence of: • Women’s apparent reluctance to participate in dairy hubs
• Arguably, due to loss of control of income from milk sales
Why participate in dairy hubs?• Comparatively high economic endowment • Evidenced from a propensity matching analysis
• Hub participation increased the annual cash income from sale milk
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Discussion and Implication
The results reveals a gender puzzle that: • Underscores the importance of intra-
household distribution of income • Needs to be surmounted
• To ensure dairy households accrue the benefits of collective marketing
Gender issues in the study area • Are culturally deep-rooted • Require careful, evidence-based approaches
Photo: eadairy
This work is financed by:
• International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)• German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD)
It contributes to:
• The CGIAR Research Program on livestock and Fish