| dc.creator | Omosa, Mary | |
| dc.date | 2011-08-04T12:49:42Z | |
| dc.date | 2011-08-04T12:49:42Z | |
| dc.date | 2003 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-04T16:29:44Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-01-04T16:29:44Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 04-01-13 | |
| dc.identifier | Omosa, Mary (2003), The interplay between commodities markets and rural livelihoods: a focus on the tea industry in rural Kenya, Working paper no. 538, Nairobi: Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.identifier | http://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/1057 | |
| dc.identifier | 248368 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/7497 | |
| dc.description | Through the years, the agricultural sector has occupied a
central place in rural Kenya. Agriculture is also a dominant
sector in the Kenyan economy and it is a source of livelihood
for the majority of the rural population. The sector accounts
for 30-35 percent of the gross domestic product and well
over 60 percent of foreign exchange earnings. Furthermore,
agriculture engages nearly 80 percent of the nation's
workforce and most rural households are dependent on this
sector for subsistence and cash income.
Evidently, agriculture is central to rural development efforts
and the sector is a possible gateway to improvement in the
distribution of national incomes, faster rural development
necessary to bring about rural-urban balance, faster growth
in employment opportunities and the generation of raw
materials for the domestic industry. Indeed, in rural Kenya,
agricultural growth, rural development and poverty
alleviation are intertwined. Hence, in recent times, poverty
alleviation has also been seen in terms of having access to
productive resources and more importantly, being able to
participate in the decision-making process at the global
market level.
This study, therefore, focuses on the linkages between
commodity markets and rural livelihoods. Specifically, the
study looks at how the tea market is organised, the forces
that direct and influence the way the various parties conduct
their businesses, the resultant formal and informal linkages,
and how these structures affect the role of the tea industry
in the Kenyan economy. | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.relation | Working papers;538 | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | |
| dc.rights | Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi | |
| dc.subject | Rural Development | |
| dc.subject | Trade | |
| dc.subject | Agriculture | |
| dc.title | The interplay between commodities markets and rural livelihoods: a focus on the tea industry in rural Kenya | |
| dc.type | Series paper (non-IDS) | |
