Drivers of small scale farmers participation in agricultural land rental markets in Kenya

J. J Mbudyza, O. I Ayuya and P. M Mshenga

African Journal of Rural Development (AFJRD), 2017, vol. 2, issue 4

Abstract: The study used a sample size of 386 small-scale farmers to jointly determine the drivers of small-scale farmers’ rental market participation in Kenya. The results of a bivariate probit model show that renting in participants were young, more educated and owned relatively small farms while renting out participants were relatively old, less educated and owned large pieces of land. Transaction costs, access to extension services and ownership to oxen were the main determinants of land rental market participation. To heighten land equalization, policies that enhance reinvestment in agricultural assets, access to extension services and reduce transaction cost are important.

Keywords: Marketing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/280031/files/4.%20Joseph%20M.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:afjrde:280031

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.280031

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in African Journal of Rural Development (AFJRD) from AFrican Journal of Rural Development (AFJRD)
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().