ISSN 2375-0863
African Journal of Poultry Farming ISSN 2375-0863 Vol. 3 (2), pp. 078-083, March, 2015. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Role of poultry production in promoting peri-urban small-scale farm welfare and the gender effects of a shift from traditional extensive to intensive commercial system
Kipchoge D. Biwott*, Musalia O. J., Paul C. Martha and Henrie Njenga Awori
Department of Agricultural Economics and Resource Management, Moi University, P. O. Box 1125, Eldoret, Kenya.
*Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]
Accepted 10 January, 2015
Abstract
The main objective of this study was to assess the extent of gender effects on adoption of intensive commercial poultry production system by peri-urban farmers. The sample frame was divided into two strata made up of adopters and non-adopters. To select respondents, systematic sampling procedure was applied for both strata. To identify those variables that influence the gender control of poultry enterprise, a two-limit tobit model was used. The results from the two-limit tobit model identified three variables: production system, education and employment of woman as significant determinants of the degree of control by women. In conclusion, this study found that adoption of this system makes greater demands on women’s unpaid labour without a matching increase in access to benefits. To improve adoption of intensive production, it is recommended that women-farmers should be involved in on-farm research activities and farmer-to-farmer should be involved in on-farm research activities and farmer-to-farmer linkages.
Key words: Commercial poultry production, two-limit tobit model, peri-urban farmers, Kenya.