@article{2020:wamuyu:economic_d,
title = {Economic development through the dairy sector: analyzing the legal protection frameworks},
year = {2020},
note = {The paper discusses the important role played by the dairy sector in
Kenya with respect to economic development from which the economic and
social rights can be realised. In doing so the paper defines an
elaborate structural framework within which the sector is managed from
the level of production of milk to marketing and sale of dairy
products. Various laws and policies that govern the sector are
highlighted most of which have interventions to the existing
challenges that affect the sector. The paper highlights a number of
threats to the sector which if not addressed within the given
protection frameworks can lead to collapse of the industry. One of the
major threats identified is the low price at which milk is sold by the
farmer despite there being high consumer prices. Such low returns to
the farmer adversely affect the welfare of the affected communities.
The paper attributed the problem of low prices to the oligopolistic
tendencies in the sector that have resulted in monopolization of
prices. Dumping of milk products was also identified as a major threat
which has also contributed to low prices of milk to the farmer. The
paper recognizes that the elaborate legal protection frameworks in
place can be utilized to regulate such restrictive trade practices and
further protect the dairy sector which is still developing.},
journal = {KAS African Law Study Library},
pages = {463--472},
author = {WAMUYU, Hannah},
volume = {7},
number = {3}
}