but prices were very poor including those offered by the government that I hardly made any income yet I had spent over 1,000 U.S. dollars," Godfrey Isanya, 29, who farms in Trans Nzoia County, said Tuesday.
On the other hand, Kenya suffered a short rain season, with crops drying in several parts of the country. Consequently, overall maize production declined to some 33 million bags in 2017, down from at least 40 million bags a year ago. "I have had enough of maize problems that I am not ...
Participation in global horticulture value chains:Implications for poverty alleviation in the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region The empirical evidence from the horticulture sectors in Kenya and Ghana supports the view that participation in global horticulture value chains does contribute to poverty alleviation...
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Europe is the largest market for Kenya’s fresh farm produce, buying nearly three-quarters of the country’s horticultural exports. “With [inflationary] pressure that people in Europe have, especially on energy costs, they are cutting expenditure on things like ornaments where cut flowers fall,”...
In this article, we tackle the question: To what extent do multichain strategies affect suppliers’ economic upgrading? We use a mixed-methods approach to analyse economic upgrading among first-tier suppliers in Kenya’s horticulture industry. The case is particularly relevant, given Kenyan ...
“The figures were impressive despite the challenges that we faced last year and this is due to high demand for Kenya’s produce in the world market in review period,” said the directorate. Horticulture earnings have over the last couple of years emerged third in terms of foreign earnings af...
The Uganda Hortech Limited has hectares of cut rose, jasmine and tuberose farms. It caters to markets in the U.K., Rest of Europe and West Asia. Know More Agro Chemicals Muhoroni, Kenya Producing superior products that meet worldwide standards. ...
Famine crises and innovation: physical and social factors affecting new crop adoptions in the marginal farming areas of Eastern Kenya A survey was conducted in the southeastern United States among companies conducting harvesting operations on pine (Pinus sp.) plantations for the production ... P Mbit...