Improving Kenya's Domestic Horticultural Production and Marketing

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
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