2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development Microeconomics Analysis on Cutting Flower Industry: Cases from Kenya and Ethiopia
| Project/Area Number |
23402032
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Economic policy
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| Research Institution | National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMANO Takashi 政策研究大学院大学, 政策研究科, 客員教授 (80377142)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MANO Yukichi 一橋大学, 経済学研究科, 講師 (40467064)
MATSUMOTO Tomoya 政策研究大学院大学, 政策研究科, 助教授 (80420305)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | ケニア / エチオピア / 園芸農業 / 小規模農家 |
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| Research Abstract |
The cut-flower industry attracts attentions in Africa because it has been growing very rapidly and is expected to create many job opportunities for the poor and acquire foreign currencies since some African countries such as Kenya and Ethiopia have advantages in the production due to their weather conditions and abundant cheap labor. Nonetheless, rigorous empirical studies using firm- or farm-level data in the industry are scant. In order to examine sources of their growth and constraints they face, we conducted firm- or farm-level survey using interviews with structured questionnaire in Kenya and Ethiopia and analyzed the data. We have reported the outcomes from the analyses through conference presentations (10 times) and academic journal papers (5 papers). We have been still analyzing 3 research questions and will publish them as academic journal articles soon.
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