Mechanization of agricultural production in Kenya: Current state and future outlook

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationAgrimech Africa Ltd.en
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeNational Policies and Strategies
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierHiroyuki Takeshima: 0000-0002-1761-408X
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294561_09en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit
cg.identifier.publicationRankA
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformation
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversity
dc.contributor.authorKaumbutho, Pascalen
dc.contributor.authorTakeshima, Hiroyukien
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-06T20:43:48Zen
dc.date.available2024-02-06T20:43:48Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/138987
dc.titleMechanization of agricultural production in Kenya: Current state and future outlooken
dcterms.abstractAgricultural mechanization is the use of machinery, equipment, and implements—rather than human or animal power—to carry out agricultural practices. When the use of mechanization is sufficiently high, it can help improve the overall efficiency of food systems, reduce the costs of producing outputs and providing services, enhance economies of scale, and raise labor productivity and incomes (FAO and AUC 2018; Diao, Takeshima, and Zhang 2020). While mechanized practices are traditionally thought of in terms of tilling, seed drilling, and spraying, in recent years mechanization has been considered to include broader applications along the food system, such as irrigation, postharvest cleaning of harvests, cold storage, value addition, and processing.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.available2023
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKaumbutho, Pascal; and Takeshima, Hiroyuki. 2023. Mechanization of agricultural production in Kenya: Current state and future outlook. In Food Systems Transformation in Kenya: Lessons from the Past and Policy Options for the Future, eds. Clemens Breisinger, Michael Keenan, Juneweenex Mbuthia, and Jemimah Njuki. Part 3: Toward more productive food systems, Chapter 9, Pp. 231-260. https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294561_09.en
dcterms.extent26 p.en
dcterms.isPartOfFood Systems Transformation in Kenya: Lessons from the Past and Policy Options for the Futureen
dcterms.issued2023-12-20
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294561en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/136891en
dcterms.subjectagricultural mechanizationen
dcterms.subjectfood systemsen
dcterms.subjectcostsen
dcterms.subjectdevelopment policiesen
dcterms.subjectagricultural productionen
dcterms.typeBook Chapter

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