The horticulture farming in Kenya is one of the fastest growing agricultural sectors. Currently, it is ranked third, in Kenya after tourism and tea also in terms of foreign exchange. Horticulture farming …

DOI: 10.1080/713600072 Corpus ID: 26836089; Governance and Trade in Fresh Vegetables: The Impact of UK Supermarkets on the African Horticulture Industry @article{Dolan2000GovernanceAT, title={Governance and Trade in Fresh Vegetables: The Impact of UK Supermarkets on the African Horticulture Industry}, author={Catherine …

DOI: 10.5430/IJBA.V6N2P77 Corpus ID: 167343053; Effect of Employee Engagement on Organisation Performance in Kenya's Horticultural Sector @article{Otieno2015EffectOE, title={Effect of Employee Engagement on Organisation Performance in Kenya's Horticultural Sector}, author={Brenda Beryl Achieng Otieno …

This growth notwithstanding, performance of Financial Institutions in this sector in Kenya continues to face a myriad of challenges in the management of credit access. Financial institutions' horticultural value chain financing approaches hamper access to horticulture products loans that increase output by improving farming practices.

Abstract. Horticultural exports are among the key drivers of economic development in Kenya. Their production either complements that of the Northern …

About the Journal. The African Journal of Horticultural Science (AJHS) publishes high-quality solicited and unsolicited articles in a wide range of applied and basic …

DOI: 10.1111/GLOB.12162 Corpus ID: 157701097; The Origin and Expansion of Regional Value Chains: The Case of Kenyan Horticulture @article{Krishnan2016TheOA, title={The Origin and Expansion of Regional Value Chains: The Case of Kenyan Horticulture}, author={Aarti Krishnan}, journal={Political Economy - Development: Domestic …

The Kenyan horticulture market is relatively skewed in favour of large suppliers, with the top-10 exporters accounting for 43% of all transactions and 45% of the total export value. The percentage of multichain suppliers with a 10% multichain strategy increased from 8.6% in 2006, peaking at 11.7% in 2017 to 10.4% in 2018.

INTERACTIVE EFFECT OF NITROGEN RATES ON GROWTH OF SPIDER PLANT (CLEOME GYNANDRA L.) ACCESSIONS IN RUIRU, KENYA.

71 International Journal of Economics ISSN 2518-8437 (Online) Vol.7, Issue 1, No.4. pp 63 - 75, 2022 Challenges Facing Horticulture Industry in Kenya The horticulture sector continues to face numerous challenges despite the importance of the sector in contributing to Kenya's economic growth.

About the Journal. The African Journal of Horticultural Science (AJHS) publishes high-quality solicited and unsolicited articles in a wide range of applied and basic horticultural areas dealing with biotechnology, economics, marketing, education, extension, engineering, environment, policy, science, sociology, technology, training and other areas of …

This paper examines how the contracting of French beans has engendered conflict over rights, obligations and resources in Meru District, Kenya. In response to pressure for agricultural diversification and the expanding European market for "gourmet" vegetables, horticulture, the historical domain of women, has been rapidly intensified ...

Abstract. Kenya embraced agricultural diversification as part of agriculture reforms since 1980s. These reforms were popularized by market-oriented and private sector driven …

For horticultural production in Kenya, Krishnan and Foster (2018) support the importance of such horizontal knowledge exchanges. Comparing formal, top-down innovations enabled by GVC integration ...

(ii) Horticultural periodicals including journals, newsletters and reports (iii) Commentaries and reviews on topical issues in horticulture (iv) Brochures, posters etc. (v) Books, …

Focuses on a study which examined how the contracting of French beans has engendered conflict over rights, obligations and resources in Meru District, Kenya. Effect of cultural factors and gender relations on intra resource allocations; Details on horticultural exports and contract farming; Information on the Meru District of Kenya; …

Growing flowers and vegetables for export is a vital source of revenue for Kenya and other East African countries. It provides jobs for local people, including women, and creates market channels for small-scale farmers to sell their crops. But

Commercial Horticulture in Kenya : Adapting to Water Scarcity

The horticulture sub-sector contributes substantially to the Kenyan economy, but smallholder productivity is low. This study investigated the role of information literacy on smallholder

APPLICATION OF BOX-BEHNKEN DESIGN AND RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY FOR OPTIMISATION OF BUTTERNUT (CUCURBITA MOSCHATA) FRUIT YIELD USING FERTILISERS AND PINCHING. Rachael W. Njiru, Prof. Moses M. Muraya, Dr. Geoffrey K. Gathungu.

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View PDF. World Journal of Innovative Research (WJIR) ISSN: 2454-8236, Volume-4, Issue-6, June 2018 Pages 05-08 Agribusiness in Horticulture: Empowerment & Gender Dynamic Abdimajid Nunow, Mercy Wanja, Linda Obiero their taxes. This consequently led to the introduction of cash crops in many parts of Africa.

INTRODUCTION. Dependence on the EU market has been a striking feature for Kenyan horticultural exports sector since the 1990's when it became a major supplier of French …

The Kenya Horticulture Competitiveness Project is improving food security and nutrition and raising incomes for over 200,000 smallholder farmers. The project is helping farmers to grow more and better quality fruits, vegetables, and flowers, with a special focus on strengthening the value chains related to eight crops: sweet potato, Irish ...

By the time the violence subsided in April 2008, it had left 1,000 to 2,000 people dead and 600,000 displaced from their homes and communities and cost the economy over 100 billion Kenya shillings (around $1.5billion) (Africa Research Institute 2008). Although Kenya, East Africa's economic powerhouse, had not become a 'failed state', the ...

Kenya's horticulture sector is often heralded as one of sub-Saharan Africa's principal success stories. The country has become the region's largest exporter of fresh …

DOI: 10.1057/s41287-017-0117-0 Corpus ID: 256517216; A Quantitative Approach to Innovation in Agricultural Value Chains: Evidence from Kenyan Horticulture @article{Krishnan2017AQA, title={A Quantitative Approach to Innovation in Agricultural Value Chains: Evidence from Kenyan Horticulture}, author={Aarti Krishnan and …

Horticulture is one of the major farming activities in Kenya, providing food, income, and employment for the rural population while feeding the ever-growing urban population. …

The HAK annual workshops bring together academics, researchers, practitioners, scholars and farmers, to deliberate varied topics on sustainable horticultural production in Kenya, and more broadly in Africa and the tropics. Young scholars and practitioners benefit from dedicated training, to strengthen their scientific and technical skills.

Smallholders in the global South are confronted with new opportunities and risks emanating from globalized markets of agricultural goods. In Kenya, large-scale …