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

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  • John Humphrey

    (Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK)

  • Neil McCulloch

    (Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK)

  • Masako Ota

    (JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency), Pakistan Office, Islamabad, Pakistan)

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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.

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  • John Humphrey & Neil McCulloch & Masako Ota, 2004. "The impact of European market changes on employment in the Kenyan horticulture sector," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 16(1), pages 63-80.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jintdv:v:16:y:2004:i:1:p:63-80
    DOI: 10.1002/jid.1063
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