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 Tschirley (), Miltone W. Ayieko, Mary K. Mathenge and Michael Weber

No 54643, Food Security Collaborative Policy Briefs from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

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; Consumption/Nutrition/Food; Safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 5
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.54643

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