Although the manufacturing sector is known to have a unique role in structural transformation, the industries without smokestacks that include tradable services (e.g., IT, tourism, transport), horticulture, and agro-industry can provide new opportunities for export development in low-income...

With the rise and consolidation of modern supply chains, literature has put emphasis on the welfare effects for participating small producers but has often considered these effects through the comparison of participating producers with those not participating at all. Using an endogenous...

This paper first summarizes the macroeconomic and trade performance of Senegal, emphasizing the limits of traditional exports. It then focuses on three export sectors which have had some success in the past and have good potential for future growth: tourism, horticulture and information...

We investigate the impact of smallholder vegetable commercialization through the export and domestic market channels on household income and assets in Kenya. We use a survey panel dataset, which allows us to control for unobserved heterogeneity across households, and show that the...

This paper describes the participation of smallholders in commercial horticultural farming in Kenya and identifies constraints and critical factors that influence their decision to participate in this industry by selling their produce. The study employs panel survey data on smallholder producers...

Genossenschaften besitzen eine bedeutende Stellung in den internationalisierten Wertschöpfungsketten für Obst und Gemüse. Das daraus resultierende Potenzial wird derzeit jedoch nicht genügend ausgeschöpft, um beispielsweise für die Erzeuger höhere bzw. stabilere Preise zu erzielen. Die...

In den Volkswirtschaftlichen Gesamtrechnungen wird der Gartenbausektor nur sehr eingeschränkt erfasst. So wird er in Abschnitt A der Klassifikation der Wirtschaftszweige als Teil der Landwirtschaft ausgewiesen. Explizit ausgewiesen werden die Erzeugung von Obst, Gemüse, Zierpflanzen und...

In den Volkswirtschaftlichen Gesamtrechnungen wird der Gartenbausektor nur sehr eingeschränkt erfasst. So wird er in Abschnitt A der Klassifikation der Wirtschaftszweige als Teil der Landwirtschaft ausgewiesen. Explizit ausgewiesen werden die Erzeugung von Obst, Gemüse, Zierpflanzen und...

The fruits and vegetables subsector shows great dynamism despite lack of government support compared to other subsectors within agriculture. To further realize the potential of the fruits and vegetables sector, one promising instrument is investment in research and development (R and D). The...

The nascent Ghanaian horticulture export sector, which emerged in the mid-1980s, has been ignored by ruling elites, especially after the return to multiparty democracy in 1993. Ruling elites across the two party governments between 1993 and 2008 did not actively pursue initiatives to support the...