Kenyan Supermarkets, Emerging Middle-Class Horticultural Farmers, and Employment Impacts on the Rural Poor

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1802-1811

  Neven, David ^a   Odera, Michael Makokha ^b   Reardon, Thomas ^c   Wang, Honglin ^d  

^a DAI   (United States)

^b Food and Agricultural Organization   (Kenya)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

farmers; horticulture; Kenya; markets; rural development; rural employment; supermarkets; supply chains

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; EMPLOYMENT; FARM SIZE; HORTICULTURE; LABOR MARKET; MARKETING; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL POPULATION; SMALLHOLDER; THRESHOLD;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70350058701     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.08.026     Document Type: Article

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