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

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Globalization and Poverty in Senegal: A Worst Case Scenario? (2011, background): “The use of unskilled labour in agri-food sectors can be an important potential source of poverty reduction (Carter et al., 1996; Humphrey et al., 2004; Maertens and Swinnen, 2009).”
Plantations, Contract Farming and Commercial Farming Areas in Africa: A Comparative Review (2013, background): “As to whether they are more or less labour-intensive than monoculture plantations, it is hard to be definitive because relevant data are lacking (Humphrey et al. 2004; Gibbon 2011) and because, as mentioned in the plantation section above, labour intensity depends on the type of crop or livestock be”
Globalisation and Poverty: How can Global Value Chain Research Inform the Policy Debate? (2004, unknown): “Similarly, export horticulture, which is said to be the fastest growing component of agricultural trade in the past decade (Humphrey et al. 2004), has emerged as one of the critical export growth sectors for parts of subSaharan Africa.”
Smallholder market participation: Concepts and evidence from eastern and southern Africa (2008, background): “There are quite a few papers that touch on market participation issues with respect to higher value cash crops, livestock or animal products, such as fruits and vegetables in Kenya (Dolan and Humphrey, 2000; Kherralah, 2000; Humphrey et al., 2004; Minot and Ngigi, 2004), coffee in Uganda (Fafchamps ”