About the Authors

Kennedy M. Waweru

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

kwaweru@cuk.ac.ke

Affiliation School of Business and Economics, Cooperative University of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

Dalmas O. Omia

Contributed equally to this work with: Dalmas O. Omia, Judith Chemuliti, Isaac K. Nyamongo, Salome A. Bukachi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Institute of Anthropology Gender and African Studies, Nairobi, Kenya

Lucy Kiganane

Roles Writing – review & editing

‡ LK and OM also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation School of Business and Economics, Cooperative University of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

Obadia Miroro

Roles Writing – review & editing

‡ LK and OM also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation School of Cooperatives and Community Development, Business and Economics, Cooperative University of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya

Judith Chemuliti

Contributed equally to this work with: Dalmas O. Omia, Judith Chemuliti, Isaac K. Nyamongo, Salome A. Bukachi

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biotechnology Research Institute, Kenya Agricultural Research and Livestock Organization, Kikuyu, Kenya

Isaac K. Nyamongo

Contributed equally to this work with: Dalmas O. Omia, Judith Chemuliti, Isaac K. Nyamongo, Salome A. Bukachi

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cooperative Development Research and Innovation Division, Cooperative University of Kenya Nairobi, Kenya

Salome A. Bukachi

Contributed equally to this work with: Dalmas O. Omia, Judith Chemuliti, Isaac K. Nyamongo, Salome A. Bukachi

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Anthropology Gender and African Studies, Nairobi, Kenya

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exists.