| dc.description.abstract | The underlying causes of procurement problems of
the passion fruit industry are investigated.
The background of passion fruit production and
marketing is examined, including the history of the
Kenyan industry.
The review of literature indicates that only
limited studies of the economic aspects of passion
fruit production in general have been published and
studies specifically on the Kenyan industry are very
rare. Reports by Lippmann, on Kenyan cultivation.,
contain important experimental information which is
particularly relevant to the industry's production,
marketing and procurement problems. The study objectives
included finding out why Kenyan farmers have not ,grown
the quantities of fruit for which the Thika processing
plant, established in 1971 with a fresh fruit capacity
of 14,000 tons per annum, was designed; how farmers
could be persuaded to grow more fruit; to identify and
examine production constraints; and, lastly, to offer
some solutions to these problems.
The production and marketing system of passion.
fruit processed by the Kenya Fruit Processors Ltd (K.F)
is studied. The services provided by the K.F.P, the
area under cultivation and the number of farmers
registered with the K.F.P., are also discussed... | en |
