Food safety, women empowerment, and business performance
Conditions
Interventions
Vendor business school
Sponsors
International Livestock Research Institute
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Women vendors who work at least five days per week in the informal dairy industry (selling unpackaged milk, not formally processed milk) and intend to stay in the business for at least the next 12 months. 2. Run a milk bar (exclusively selling dairy products and eggs), a shop or kiosk (licensed to sell other products), or be a street vendor (selling in a specified location along the street rather than in a permanent building structure).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. The vendor cannot run a milk dispenser or be a mobile vendor (selling from a cart or bicycle). 2. Vendors operating out of farm gates.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Business net profit;Food safety: Proportion of vendors adopting at least one new good milk safety practice | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Turnover rate (volume of milk sold/month) ;- Business revenue (amount earned/month) ;Cost structure (expenses) ;Women empowerment: access to financial services; entrepreneurial psychology (aggregated score), self-efficacy (aggregated score), autonomy in income (decision-making) | — |
Countries
Kenya
Contacts
Public ContactHung Nguyen
Coleader Animal and Human Health Program
Outcome results
None listed