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G80123 |
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MX-TxCIM |
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20231114204209.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
970-648-120-6 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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MX-TxCIM |
| 072 #0 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE |
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E16 |
| 072 #0 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE |
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E40 |
| 090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (RLIN) |
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| Classification number (OCLC) (R) ; Classification number, CALL (RLIN) (NR) |
CIS-4189 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Owuor, G. |
| Affiliation |
Integrated Approaches to Higher Maize Productivity in the New Millennium; 7. Proceedings of the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Maize Conference; Nairobi (Kenya); 5-11 Feb 2002 |
| 110 0# - MAIN ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo (CIMMYT) Kenya |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Impact of self-help groups credit on input use in maize production in siaya, Kenya |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Nairobi (Kenya) |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
KARI|CIMMYT : |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2002 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
p. 407-412 |
| 340 ## - PHYSICAL MEDIUM |
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Printed |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Maize is the major food crop in Kenya, and most of it is produced by small-scale farmers. One of the major production constraints is inadequate production credit. This study analyzes how self-help credit and saving groups can relieve that constraint. In Ukwala Division, Siaya District, 37 groups and 90 farmers were interviewed to establish the groups' credit impact on improved input use and maize production. These farmers were found to have no access to formal credit, while more than 90% of them consider credit shortage the major constraint to improved input use. About two thirds of households are member of a self-help group. These groups have an average of 19 members, 94% of them women. Members meet on average twice a month, and each one contributes on average 106 Kenya Shillings (KSh) per person per meeting, or a total of 4,000 KSh per month per group. From these contributions, 46% is set aside to meet members' loan demands, while 44% is given to members in a rotating fashion. About 46% of the loans were used for agriculture, in particular for fertilizer and seed. As a result, farmers who borrow from the groups use significantly more fertilizer than non-borrowers (19.4 vs 6.0 kg/ha) as well as more hybrid seed (4 vs 2 kg/ha), leading to higher maize yields (845 vs 616 kg/ha). However, the members' contributions are not cover the demand for credit, leading to rationing (on a first-come first-served basis) and high interest rates (14% per month). Linking formal and informal credit markets should increase the available capital and hence decrease rationing and interest rates, while preserving the strengths of informal systems, in particular concerning client information and provision of flexible services with low transaction costs. The major challenge, however, is to determine in how far external capital can be used without changing the essential features that determine the sustainability of the informal groups. |
| 536 ## - FUNDING INFORMATION NOTE |
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| Text of note |
Socioeconomics Program |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
English |
| 591 ## - CATALOGING NOTES |
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| Affiliation |
0409|AGRIS 0401|AL-Maize Program |
| 594 ## - STAFFID |
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| StaffID |
INT2512 |
| 595 ## - COLLECTION |
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| Collection |
CIMMYT Staff Publications Collection |
| 650 17 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Economic analysis |
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AGROVOC |
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| 9 (RLIN) |
1088 |
| 650 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Economic resources |
| 650 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Farmers associations |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Food crops |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1994 |
| 650 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Kenya |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1167 |
| 650 17 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Maize |
| Miscellaneous information |
AGROVOC |
| Source of heading or term |
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| 9 (RLIN) |
1173 |
| 650 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Rural areas |
| 650 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Seed production |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1253 |
| 653 0# - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED |
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| Uncontrolled term |
CIMMYT |
| 653 0# - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED |
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KARI |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Friesen, D.K.|Palmer, A.F.E. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Wangia, M., |
| Relator term |
coaut. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
De Groote, H. |
| Miscellaneous information |
Formerly Socioeconomics Program |
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Formerly Sustainable Agrifood Systems |
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INT2512 |
| 9 (RLIN) |
841 |
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Conference proceedings |