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Improving Kenya's Domestic Horticultural Production and Marketing

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Table 3.8. Concentration of horticultural sales: selected household level indicators by quintiles of total household horticultural sales value<br />

<strong>Horticultural</strong> Sales<br />

Category<br />

% of<br />

farmers<br />

Mean<br />

education of<br />

head of hh<br />

(years)<br />

% female<br />

headed<br />

households<br />

Cropped<br />

area (acres,<br />

Main<br />

season)<br />

% Using<br />

fertilizer<br />

on farm<br />

24<br />

Total<br />

value of<br />

assets<br />

Total per<br />

capita income<br />

(Ksh)<br />

Total per<br />

capita cash<br />

income (Ksh)<br />

Off-farm<br />

income share<br />

No production 3.2 5.4 26.7 3.4 52 74,700 10,562 8,332 54% 0%<br />

<strong>Production</strong>, no sales 21.2 5.4 18.0 4.9 39 145,411 16,309 11,392 41% 0%<br />

1 Lowest sales quintile 15.1 5.5 16.7 3.6 49 97,065 14,140 10,453 40% 1%<br />

2 15.1 6.4 11.4 3.8 55 169,232 15,616 10,700 35% 2%<br />

3 15.2 5.9 15.2 5.0 60 104,799 15,747 10,834 34% 4%<br />

<strong>Horticultural</strong><br />

sales share<br />

4 15.1 6.6 15.7 4.8 68 114,824 18,819 13,550 34% 12%<br />

5 Highest sales quintile 15.1 7.4 8.1 5.9 83 204,038 32,611 23,192 24% 22%

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