Where Do Consumers in Nairobi Purchase their Food and Why Does this Matter? The Need for Investment to Improve Kenya's "Traditional" Food Marketing System

David L. Tschirley (), Miltone Ayieko, Mary Mathenge and Michael T. Weber ()
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David L. Tschirley: Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University

No KE-TEGEMEO-PB-03, International Development Collaborative Policy Briefs from Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University

Abstract: This paper presents results of empirical research on these issues, and ask “How should Kenyan policy makers respond to these warnings?” First the paper describes how we studied these issues, then present the findings, and finally discuss the implications of these findings for policy and investment in Kenya.

Keywords: food security; food policy; Kenya; food marketing system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004

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