Improving Kenya's Domestic Horticultural Production and Marketing

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors thank Samuel K. Mburu for assistance in data collection, data analysis and editing, and Sindi Kirimi for assistance in data analysis and editing. ii
TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES............................................................................................................ IV LIST OF FIGURES............................................................................................................V LIST OF FIGURES............................................................................................................V LIST OF ACRONYMS .................................................................................................... VI EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................VII IMPROVING KENYA'S DOMESTIC HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND MARKETING SYSTEM: CURRENT COMPETITIVENESS, FORCES OF CHANGE, AND CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE......................................1 1. INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................1 1.1 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES........................................................................................................1 1.2. DATA AND METHODS..........................................................................................................................3 2. PRODUCTION TRENDS FOR DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL MARKETS ...............................................................................................................5 2.1 FRUIT PRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................5 2.2 VEGETABLE PRODUCTION .................................................................................................................9 2.3 INTERNATIONAL EXPORT AND DOMESTIC MARKET SHARES.........................................................13 3. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN RURAL HOUSEHOLD LIVELIHOODS .17 3.1 MOST WIDELY GROWN AND SOLD HORTICULTURAL CROPS ........................................................17 3.2. INCOME SHARE ANALYSIS ...............................................................................................................19 3.3. CONCENTRATION OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND SALES.................................................19 3.4 SUMMARY .........................................................................................................................................22 4. COSTS OF PRODUCTION FOR ONION IN TANZANIA AND KENYA......26 4.1 COST OF PRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................26 4.2. ONION STORAGE...............................................................................................................................28 5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS................................................30 REFERENCES ..................................................................................................................32 APPENDIX A. TRENDS IN FRUIT PRODUCTION IN KENYA. ............................35 APPENDIX B. TRENDS IN VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN KENYA. ................37 APPENDIX C: ENTERPRISE BUDGETS FOR ONIONS IN KENYA AND TANZANIA ............................................................................................................39 iii
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Page 7 and 8: Executive Summary Kenya’s horticu
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Page 13 and 14: 2. Production Trends for Domestic a
Page 15 and 16: Production (Tons) FIGURE 2.3: PRODU
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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