Food Marketing
Kenya Coast Portal
Section:
Reviews
Category:
Agriculture & Animal Husbandry
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Number of pages:
15
Year of publication:
2000
Print title:
Dijkstra T. (2000). Food Marketing. In Hoorweg J., Foeken D. & Obudho R. eds. Kenya Coast Handbook: Culture, resources and development in the East African littoral. (pp.197-209). Hamburg: LIT Verlag.
For reference purposes, cite the following link:
https://www.ascleiden.nl/kenya-coast/reviews/dijkstra/food-marketing
Summary/abstract:
This review deals with food marketing in Coast Province. It discusses fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, coconuts, cashew nuts, maize, sugar and milk, respectively. Commodity flows from producer to consumer are described. Private traders, processors, co-operatives and parastatals are reviewed, with their roles in local, regional, interregional and international trade. Actors and institutions specialise along commodity lines and according to trade levels. Levels of competition differ from one commodity to another and evolve with changes in national policies.