Special Issue Article A Quantitative Approach to Innovation in Agricultural Value Chains: Evidence from Kenyan Horticulture Aarti Krishnana,b,* and Chistopher Fosterc aGlobal Development Institute, University of Manchester, Oxford Rd, Manchester M13 9PL, UK. bOverseas Development Institute, Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8NJ, …

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.

Introduction. Kenya's horticultural sector is often heralded as one of sub-Saharan Africa's success stories. The country is the largest supplier of vegetables to the …

evidence from Kenyan horticulture Aarti Krishnan, University of Manchester, [email protected] Christopher Foster, University of Sheffield, [email protected] This is a pre-publication version of an article published in the European Journal of Development Research. Abstract

Homegrown Kenya: the horticultural industry under fire on CSR George O. K'Aol and Francis Wambalaba George O. K'Aol is an t was a Monday morning, in May 2003, when Mr Richard Fox, the Managing Director Associate Professor of Management and Francis Wambalaba is a I (MD) of Homegrown Kenya Limited, arrived at his office in Nairobi, …

The 2017 tea revenue was $1.29b, slightly more than that of the combined horticultural exports of $1.15 billion. This was also an improvement from the flat $1.2b earnings in 2016. Farmers are also enjoying income from the sector with a kilo of tea leaves going for three dollars, a two US cents' increase from 2016.

Dolan, Catherine (in press) 'Fields of Redemption: Rooting Ethical Consumption in Kenya's Horticulture Industry', Journal of Consumer Culture 4(3). Google Scholar Dolan, Catherine and John Humphrey ( 2000 ) 'Governance and Trade in Fresh Vegetables: The Impact of UK Supermarkets on the African Horticulture Industry', …

In sub-Saharan Africa, the promotion of export horticulture has often been proposed as a pro-poor development strategy due to its intensive use of land and unskilled labour. However, few studies have examined the linkage between export horticulture and poverty reduction. This paper reports the results of a survey in Kenya …

Abstract. Purpose: The horticulture sector in Kenya has consistently dominated agricultural sector's contribution to the economy's GDP growth over the last two decades. This paper assesses the ...

International Journal of Business Administration, 2015, vol. 6, issue 2, 77-85 Abstract: The horticulture sector is estimated to employ over 50,000-60,000 people directly and 500,000 people indirectly through affiliated services to the industry for example farm inputs, transport, packaging and banking (Kenya Flower Council, 2010). It is ...

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 Abstract— Farming has been the backbone of the Kenyan crops in …

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, …

View All Issues. Ghana Journal of Horticulture (JHORT) is a non-profit international organization that promotes the development and enhancement of research in various disciplines of food, crop culture and physiology, crop protection, diagnostic survey, nutrition, postharvest management, ornamental and protective horticulture.

Our Objectives. HAK is a non-political and non-profit making organization whose objectives are: (1) To promote horticultural science in Kenya, through the generation, …

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. ... Journal of …

Current situation. 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. Additionally, horticulture plays a major role in small-farm development. As a foreign ex-change earner, it ranks with tourism and coffee and tea ...

of the Association to date, and the relevance of HAK to Kenya's horticultural sector. Section 2 details the fundamental statements of Vision, Mission, Objectives and Core values. Section 3 presents a detailed formative analysis ... journal publication and other services to members The Association has emerged as a preferred forum for ...

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

The Kenya Market-led Horticulture Project (KMHP or HortIMPACT) combines private sector expertise with social impact solutions to build sustainable, inclusive, climate resilient, horticulture value chains and markets Kenya that benefit small and medium-sized farmers. ... 02/12/2019 Blog HortIMPACT project closes – providing key lessons for ...

International Journal of Business Administration, 2015, vol. 6, issue 2, 138-145 Abstract: The horticulture sector is estimated to employ over 50,000-60,000 people directly and 500,000 people indirectly through affiliated services to the industry for example farm inputs, transport, packaging and banking (Kenya Flower Council, 2010). It is ...

Aarti Krishnan & Chistopher Foster, 2018. "A Quantitative Approach to Innovation in Agricultural Value Chains: Evidence from Kenyan Horticulture," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 30(1), pages 108-135, January.

Nation Media Group. Earnings from export of fresh fruits, vegetables, and cut flowers hit a two-year high in March due to a sharp rise in volumes of horticulture exports to key markets for the Kenyan produce. Data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shows earnings from horticulture exports hit Sh11.41 billion in March – the highest since ...

As a result of the government's encouragement, the volume of fresh horticultural exports from Kenya rose almost 25-fold between 1968 and 1986, becoming a major source of foreign exchange.

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.

National data from Kenya Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) on horticultural commodity prices (HCPs), as a proxy to horticultural productivity, are compared with …

DOI: 10.1057/s41287-017-0117-0 Corpus ID: 56315415; 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 …

List of journal articles on the topic 'Kenyan horticulture'. Scholarly publications with full text pdf download. Related research topic ideas.

The horticulture sector is fundamental to Kenya's economy and its citizens' livelihoods. However, global connectivity and high perishability make the sector …

Abstract. 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 fruits, vegetables and cut flowers to Europe and the sector is a major source of foreign exchange, employment and poverty reduction.

This paper assesses the export performance of horticulture sector's three main components of cut flowers, fruits and fresh vegetables for the period 2010 – 2021. The …

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND DEVELOPMENT, VOI. 11,257-261 (1991) Kenya's export of horticultural commodities MORTON OWEN SCHAPIRO Williams College, USA and STEPHEN WAINAINA Central Bureau of Statistics, Kenya SUMMARY As a result of the government's encouragement, the volume of fresh horticultural exports from Kenya …

ABSTRACT This project is for Kenyan horticulture to use smart greenhouses for smallholder farming in rural Western Kenya. Attributed to population increase, the question of food security has attracted the …

Recent research on embeddedness in global production networks (GPNs) has begun to move beyond the dominant perspective on how lead firms embed into host countries to investigate how non-lead firms embed across multiple scales in a GPN. This paper builds on such work by examining both processes of how, and the extent to which, …

USAID/Kenya Agriculture, Business and Environment Office Tel: +254 208 622 000 Email: [email protected]. Kenya Horticulture Competitiveness Project Contact: Ian Chesterman, Chief of Party Tel: +254 732 761 764 Email: ichesterman@fintrac. Website: Updated August 2014

As part of Feed the Future, the Horticulture Innovation Lab has conducted research in Kenya focused on African indigenous vegetables, pest-exclusion nets, seed systems, postharvest practices, improving nutrition, and other topics critical to advancing horticulture in Kenya. This page includes links to Horticulture Innovation Lab research projects, …

AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF KENYA'S HORTICULTURE. J. Nzomoi, Japheth Mutua, +1 author. A. Kathambi. Published 2022. Economics, Agricultural and Food Sciences. …

IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Volume 19, Issue 2, Ver. V (Feb. 2014), PP 121-124 e-ISSN: 2279-0837, p-ISSN: 2279-0845. Challenges Facing the Horticultural Sector in Nairobi County, Kenya Miriam N. Muthoka1*, Martin Ogutu2 1 Doctoral Student, School of Business, Jomo Kenyatta University of …

Tea and horticulture – including fruits, vegetables, and cut-flowers – constitute Kenya's major cash crops. Together, they generated roughly 2.7 billion U.S. dollars in export earnings in 2022.