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The impact of European market changes on employment in the Kenyan horticulture sector
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In this article, 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.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.read more
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Smallholder market participation: concepts and evidence from Eastern and Southern Africa.
TL;DR: The authors reviewed the evidence on smallholder market participation, with a focus on staple foodgrains (i.e., cereals) in eastern and southern Africa, in an effort to help better identify what interventions are most likely to break smallholders out of the semi-subsistence poverty trap that appears to ensnare much of rural Africa.
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Smallholder Market Participation: Concepts and Evidence from Eastern and Southern Africa
TL;DR: This paper reviewed the evidence on smallholder market participation, with a focus on staple foodgrains (i.e., cereals) in eastern and southern Africa, in an effort to help better identify what interventions are most likely to break smallholders out of the semi-subsistence poverty trap that appears to ensnare much of rural Africa.
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The (Evolving) Role of Agriculture in Poverty Reduction
TL;DR: This article showed that agriculture is significantly more effective than non-agriculture in reducing poverty among the poorest of the poor (as reflected in the $1-day squared poverty gap).
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Global Retail Chains and Poor Farmers: Evidence from Madagascar
TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of supermarkets on small contract farmers in the Highlands of Madagascar has been analyzed based on primary data collected to measure the effect of supermarkets' private standards on farmers' welfare, income stability and shorter lean periods.
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The (Evolving) Role of Agriculture in Poverty Reduction: An Empirical Perspective
TL;DR: The authors showed that agriculture is significantly more effective in reducing poverty among the poorest of the poor (as reflected in the $1-day squared poverty gap) than non-agriculture.
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