The vegetable export system: A role model for local vegetable production in Kenya

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 225-232

  Lenné, Jill M ^a,b   Pink, David A C ^c   Spence, Nicola J ^d,e,f   Ward, Andy F ^g   Njuki, Jemimah ^h   Ota, Masako ⁱ  

^a Department of Field Crops Research ^*

^b North Oldmoss Croft   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e UK Department for International Development (DFID)   (United Kingdom)

^f Park House   (United Kingdom)

^g Park House   (United Kingdom)

^h Human Resource Development for the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)   (Kenya)

ⁱ JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Export sector; Kenya; Poverty reduction; Vegetable production

Indexed keywords

EID: 32544453006     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000005775454689     Document Type: Review

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