Productive Employment
Productive Employment in the Segmented Markets of Fresh Produce: Kenya's avocado sector
Objective
The project aim is to study alternative approaches for modernizing the avocado sector in Kenya and the effects of these approaches on small-scale avocado growers in terms of productive employment.
Description
AIID/AIGHD are part of a research consortium investigating the nature of employment in the fresh produce sector, notably avocado farming in Kenya, focusing on the segmented nature of these markets. The project is a collaboration between the Partnership for Economic Policy, the University of Nairobi and the Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya in Kenya, GRADE in Peru and VU University and AIID/AIGHD in the Netherlands. It is part of NWO-WOTRO and INCLUDE’s research agenda on inclusive development.
Partners
Partnership for Economic Policy
University of Nairobi
Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya
GRADE, Peru
VU University Amsterdam
Funders
NWO-WOTRO
Countries
Kenya
Links
http://includeplatform.net/
https://www.nwo.nl/en/research-and-results/research-projects/i/01/12201.html