Cashew as an important crop for local Kenyan Farmers: Organisation of the local cashew value chains in the coastal province of Kenya and its influence on the production and productivity of cashew.

JULIANA OMOLOLA Gold

Diplomová práce

Abstract:

The main aim of this study was to analyze the factors that influence the performance of smallholder cashew farmers in the Coastal province of Kenya. The study also compared the enabling institutional factors, constraints, and government support of Kenya's cashew sector with the Ivory Coast and the United Republic of Tanzania. The study used a multistage sampling technique to select 262 smallholder cashew farmers in the coastal province of Kenya. The ordinary least square regression (OLS) method was used to analyze the factors that influence the performance (yield) of smallholder cashew farmers. The study revealed that the cashew value chain in the Coastal province of Kenya is underdeveloped and comprising of activities such as production by smallholder cashew farmers, processing by smaller processors and local major processing facilities in the province, marketing or selling to the local market, factory gate selling, and export. The study also reveals that the immense government support and close monitoring of the value chain in Ivory coast resulted in a more organized and better quality of their cashew value chains compared to that of Kenya and the warehouse receipt system promoted and improved the marketing and pricing system of cashew in the United Republic of Tanzania. The OLS showed that performance (yield) is influenced by age of trees, gender, price of cashew, and access to extension services

Keywords

Yield, VALUE CHAIN, Government support, Kenya, OLS

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 6. 8. 2021

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedoucí: Ing. Jiří Hejkrlík, Ph.D.

Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze

Fakulta tropického zemědělství

Magisterský studijní program / obor:
Tropické zemědělství / International Development and Agricultural Economics