Improving Kenya's Domestic Horticultural Production and Marketing

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FIGURE 2.1: PRODUCTION OF BANANAS AND PINEAPPLES (TONS) IN KENYA (1992-2001) Production (Tons) 1,200,000 1,000,000 800,000 600,000 400,000 200,000 - 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year FIGURE 2.2: PRODUCTION OF CITRUS, MANGOES AND PAWPAW FRUITS (TONS) IN KENYA (1992-2001) Production (Tons) 200,000 180,000 160,000 140,000 120,000 100,000 80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 - 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Year 6 Bananas Pineaples Citrus Mangoes Pawpaw
Production (Tons) FIGURE 2.3: PRODUCTION OF AVOCADOS, PASSION FRUITS AND OTHER FRUITS IN KENYA (1992- 2001) 6 0 ,0 00 5 0 ,0 00 4 0 ,0 00 3 0 ,0 00 2 0 ,0 00 1 0 ,0 00 - 1 9 92 1 9 93 1 9 94 1 9 95 1 9 96 1 9 97 1 9 98 1 9 99 2 0 00 2 0 01 Y e a r The production of citrus and other fruits (apples, plums, pears, water melon, grapes, strawberries etc) has been relatively flat. The stagnation in production and low yields of citrus production in Kenya have been attributed to the use of infected planting materials, use of non-budded planting materials, low use of fertilizers and irrigation, inadequate use of chemicals for pest and disease control, and planting of unimproved cultivars of scions and root stocks (Obukosia and Waithaka 2000). As production has stagnated, imports from South Africa, Tanzania, and other countries have met the growing demand. The citrus greening disease has had the greatest adverse effects on orchards in Kenya. The spread of the disease is attributed to a consignment of fruits imported from South Africa in the 1950s when the Government was trying to establish citrus production. FIGURE 2.4: YIELDS (TONS/HA) OF BANANAS, MANGOES AND PASSION FRUITS IN KENYA (1992- 2001). Yields (Tons/ha) 16.00 14.00 12.00 10.00 8.00 6.00 4.00 2.00 0.00 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Years 7 Bananas Mangoes Passion Fruits A v o c a d o e s P a s s ion fruit O ther fruits
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Page 3 and 4: TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES...
Page 5 and 6: LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE 3.1 PRODUCTI
Page 7 and 8: Executive Summary Kenya’s horticu
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Page 11 and 12: All of these factors - the overwhel
Page 13: 2. Production Trends for Domestic a
Page 17 and 18: Table 2.2. Comparison of Fruit Yiel
Page 19 and 20: FIGURE 2.9: PRODUCTION OF FRENCH BE
Page 21 and 22: FIGURE 2.12: YIELDS (TONS/HA) OF FR
Page 23 and 24: FIGURE 2.13. FRESH VEGETABLE EXPORT
Page 25 and 26: 3. Fruits and Vegetables in Rural H
Page 27 and 28: Table 3.4. Most valuable horticultu
Page 29 and 30: sellers in the top sales quintile.
Page 31 and 32: in that crop are first addressed (s
Page 33 and 34: Table 3.9. Concentration of horticu
Page 35 and 36: Table 4.1 Distribution of Onion Pro
Page 37 and 38: isk of price instabilities to the f
Page 39 and 40: materials from many local nurseries
Page 41 and 42: Swernberg, K. , (1995). “Horticul
Page 43 and 44: Appendix A. Trends in Fruit Product
Page 45 and 46: Appendix B. Trends in Vegetable Pro
Page 47 and 48: Appendix C: Enterprise Budgets for
Page 49 and 50: Table C.3 : Onion Budgets (Per One

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