TY - JOUR
T1 - An analysis of the contribution of the informal milk market to nutrition in Kenya
AU - Revoredo-Giha, C
AU - Zavala-Nacul, Hasibi
PY - 2024/7/19
Y1 - 2024/7/19
N2 - The dairy sector in Kenya is an important part of the agricultural GDP of the country. Its legal framework was reformed in 2004 to address the economic importance that the informal sector (i.e., trading on raw milk) had for smallholders’ producers. However, this reform was accused of being a pro-poor policy instead of focusing on the development of the formal dairy sector. In recent years, there has been pressure to go back to the pre-2004 regulatory system and to illegalize the raw milk trade. An aspect that has been absent from the discussion is the contribution that the informal market has to households’ nutrition. The contribution of this paper is to address this shortcoming using the most recent Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey for 2015-16.
AB - The dairy sector in Kenya is an important part of the agricultural GDP of the country. Its legal framework was reformed in 2004 to address the economic importance that the informal sector (i.e., trading on raw milk) had for smallholders’ producers. However, this reform was accused of being a pro-poor policy instead of focusing on the development of the formal dairy sector. In recent years, there has been pressure to go back to the pre-2004 regulatory system and to illegalize the raw milk trade. An aspect that has been absent from the discussion is the contribution that the informal market has to households’ nutrition. The contribution of this paper is to address this shortcoming using the most recent Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey for 2015-16.
U2 - 10.1186/s40066-024-00494-0
DO - 10.1186/s40066-024-00494-0
M3 - Article
SN - 2048-7010
JO - Agriculture and Food Security
JF - Agriculture and Food Security
M1 - 40
ER -