The impact of European market changes on employment in the Kenyan horticulture sector

John Humphrey, Neil McCulloch () and Masako Ota
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John Humphrey: Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, Postal: Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
Masako Ota: JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency), Pakistan Office, Islamabad, Pakistan, Postal: JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency), Pakistan Office, Islamabad, Pakistan

Journal of International Development, 2004, vol. 16, issue 1, 63-80

Abstract: In Kenya, exports of fresh vegetables have grown rapidly in the past decade, but the employment impact of this business has been changing as a result of market conditions in the major export destination, the United Kingdom. Continued rapid growth in overall exports, an increase in post-harvest processing, a switch from smallholder production to exporters' own plantations, and price shocks such as tariff changes and shifts in transport costs. A simulation exercise demonstrates that the positive impact on employment of continued export growth and increased post-harvest processing is much greater than any likely reduction in employment resulting from the shift away from smallholder production. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1002/jid.1063

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