Browsing by Subject "Agricultural sector"
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Conference Proceeding No. 01 of 2000 on Report of the Proceedings of the AERC-KIPPRA World Trade Organization (WTO) Workshop
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2000)The Uruguay Round of the multilateral trade negotiations led to the establishment of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1994, with the mandate of fostering progressive liberalization of world trade in goods and services. ... -
Discussion Paper No. 18 of 2002 on Impact of Institutional and Regulatory Frameworks on the Food Crops Subsector in Kenya: 1990-1999
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2002)This paper focuses on policy, institutional and regulatory reforms in the food crops sub-sector: maize, wheat and rice. Reforms in this subsector were expected to enhance market coordination and control, in addition to ... -
Discussion Paper No. 204 of 2018 on Determinants and Welfare Effects of Smallholder Farmers' Commercialization in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KIPPRA), 2018)Transforming smallholder agriculture from subsistence production to commercialized agriculture, remain a key policy concern for developing countries such as Kenya. Although great efforts have been made to promote comm ... -
Discussion Paper No. 52 of 2005 on Implicit Taxation of Agricultural Sector in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2005)Over the years, a number of policies have been designed and implemented to ensure agriculture continues to play an important role in economic development. This paper discusses the policies that have guided the ... -
Policy Brief No. 03 of 2014 on Rebasing of Kenya's Economy: Factors Contributing to Agricultural Growth
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2014)Agriculture provides most of the food for the majority of Kenyans and employs most people in the rural areas. In the 1980s to 1990s, agriculture declined substantially because of lack of good economic management. This ... -
Policy Brief No. 03 of 2020-2021 on Women's Access to Agricultural Finance in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2020)Agriculture plays a critical role in the Kenyan economy. The sector contributes approximately 34.2 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product and employs over 60 per cent of the population of which 70 per cent are ... -
Policy Brief No. 12 of 2006 on Reducing Implicit Taxation of the Agricultural Sector in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2006)Agriculture is the dominant sector in terms of its contribution to Gross Domestic Product in Kenya (27% of GDP), employment (66% of labourforce), and exports (70% of export earnings, excluding refined petroleum exports). ... -
Policy Brief No. 13 of 2006 on High Maize Prices in Kenya
(The Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2006)Maize is the primary staple food crop in Kenya. It is the most frequently produced and marketed crop,grown by 90 percent of households and sold by more than 30 percent of the households in areas where the crop is grown. ... -
Sessional Paper No. 03 of 1988 on Government Guarantees of Loans to Nzoia Sugar Company Limited by the Export Import Bank of the Government of the United States of America, the National Bank of Kenya and the East African Development Bank for the Financing of the Company's Rehabilitation and Expansion Project Under the Guarantee (Loans) Act, (CAP. 461)
(Ministry of Finance, 1988)A Sessional paper on a Government Guarantee of three Loans to Nzoia Sugar Company Limited by the following financial institutions: Export Import Bank of the Government of the United States of America amounting to Nineteen ... -
Sessional Paper No. 08 of 1979 on Gurantee by Government to Barclays Bank Kenya Limited for a Loan to Kenya Farmers Association (Co-operative) Limited Under the Guarantee Loans Act (CAP 461)
(Republic of Kenya, 1979)The Guaranteed Minimum Returns System that was introduced by Government in 1942 as a Short-term Agricultural Credit for large scale wheat and maize growers has, over the years, encountered serious repayment problems. ... -
Sessional Paper No.3 of 1974 on the Kenya Tea Development Authority (Tea Factory Project)
(Ministry of Agriculture, 1974)The Kenya Tea Development Authority is a statutory body established by the Agriculture (Kenya Tea Development Authority) Order, 1964. The Order provides that Kenya Tea Development Authority will acquire, operate or ...
