Factors affecting the delivery of business development services

The purpose of the study was to determine factors that affect the delivery of business development services provided to agribusiness based MSEs in Kenya. The study was guided by the following research questions: What is the impact of the different business development services provided to agribusiness based MSEs in Kenya? How does the design and implementation strategy affect the delivery of business development services provided to agribusiness based MSEs in Kenya? What are the challenges affecting the delivery of business development services provided to agribusiness based MSEs in Kenya? The study used a descriptive case study design. The total population for this study consisted of 16100 beneficiaries of Project Nurture, which is one of the projects in TechnoServe [TNS]. The target farmers were based in Central/ Eastern, Coast and Rift Valley regions of Kenya. The target population was identified through the beneficiary list kept by TechnoServe. Stratified random sampling technique was used to determine a sample of four hundred and thirty three (433) beneficiaries from whom the primary data was collected by use of questionnaires.