What Drives Institutional Arrangement Choice: Transaction Cost Barriers, Structural and Governance Exclusion among Smallholder Potato Farmers in Kenya
Kelvin Mungai Mworia, Dickson Okello & Raphael Gitau · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2026
In Elgeyo Marakwet County, Kenya's third-most potato-producing region, over 84% of smallholder transactions flow through broker intermediaries, not because farmers prefer this arrangement, but because institutional barriers systematically exclude them from higher-value governance...
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10.9734/ajaees/2026/v44i93007