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

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dc.creatorKaumbutho, Pascal
dc.creatorTakeshima, Hiroyuki
dc.date2023-12-20
dc.date2024-02-06T20:43:48Z
dc.date2024-02-06T20:43:48Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:08:32Z
dc.descriptionAgricultural 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.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/138987
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/95788
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896294561
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceKaumbutho, 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.
dc.subjectagricultural mechanization
dc.subjectfood systems
dc.subjectcosts
dc.subjectdevelopment policies
dc.subjectagricultural production
dc.titleMechanization of agricultural production in Kenya: Current state and future outlook
dc.typeBook Chapter

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