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Assessment Of Kenya's Domestic Horticultural Production And Marketing Systems And Lessons For The Future

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dc.contributor.author Tschirley, David
dc.contributor.author Ayieko, Miltone
dc.date.issued 2008
dc.date.accessioned 2021-02-26T08:02:21Z
dc.date.available 2021-02-26T08:02:21Z
dc.identifier.uri https://www.tegemeo.org/images/_tegemeo_institute/downloads/publications/working_papers/wp32.pdf
dc.description.abstract After reviewing trends in the production and marketing of fresh produce for the domestic market in Kenya since 1997, this paper presents detailed information on the structure of the flow of this produce from rural areas to wholesale markets in Nairobi and from those wholesale markets to assorted retail markets. Market shares are estimated by product for geographic areas supplying Nairobi, and for each important wholesale and retail market in the city. It is found that horticultural production for the domestic market is keeping up with rural population growth but not with the much faster urban population growth. The urban wholesaling and retailing system has decentralized dramatically and with little planning over the past two decades in response to lack of investment in public market places. In the current system, all participants are subjected to high costs and poor quality, and many traders, especially but not only those in kiosks, are subject to theft and even bodily injury. Collaborative planning for new investment between city officials and farmer- and trader organizations is badly needed; positive signs of movement in this direction include a more constructive approach to kiosks and joint public/private planning for a new wholesale market outside Nairobi. As new approaches to wholesaling and retailing are considered in response to Vision 2030, the continuing importance of existing market places means that complementary improvements in these markets, at the same time that investments in new markets are being made, will have major positive effects on farmers and consumers. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Tegemeo Agricultural Monitoring and Policy Analysis (TAMPA) Project, which is a collaborative effort between Tegemeo Institute of Egerton University and the Department of Agricultural Economics at Michigan State University funded by the Kenya Mission of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Tegemeo Institute en_US
dc.subject Domestic Horticultural Production -- Marketing Systems en_US
dc.title Assessment Of Kenya's Domestic Horticultural Production And Marketing Systems And Lessons For The Future en_US
dc.title.alternative Working Paper 32 en_US
dc.type Working Paper en_US


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    Tegemeo Institute of Agricultural Policy and Development is a policy research institute under the Division of Research and Extension ofEgerton University. The Institute is established under Statute 23 (14-t) of the Egerton University Statutes, 2013 under the Universities Act , 2012 (No. 42 of 2012) and its Instruments.

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