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Agricultural value chain. An agricultural value chain is the integrated range of goods and services ( value chain) necessary for an agricultural product to move from the producer to the final consumer. The concept has been used since the beginning of the millennium, primarily by those working in agricultural development in developing countries ...
Agriculture in Kenya. Potatoes harvested from a Kenyan farm. Agriculture in Kenya dominates Kenya's economy. 15–17 percent of Kenya's total land area has sufficient fertility and rainfall to be farmed, and 7–8 percent can be classified as first-class land. [1] [2] In 2006, almost 75 percent of working Kenyans made their living by farming ...
Agribusiness. Agribusiness is the industry, enterprises, and the field of study [1] of value chains in agriculture [2] and in the bio-economy, [3] in which case it is also called bio-business [4] [5] or bio-enterprise. The primary goal of agribusiness is to maximize profit while satisfying the needs of consumers for products related to natural ...
Digital agriculture could address these challenges by making the agricultural value chain more efficient, equitable, and environmentally sustainable. Efficiency. Digital technology changes economic activity by lowering the costs of replicating, transporting, tracking, verifying, and searching for data.
Information and communication technology in agriculture ( ICT in agriculture ), also known as e-agriculture, is a subset of agricultural technology focused on improved information and communication processes. More specifically, e-agriculture involves the conceptualization, design, development, evaluation and application of innovative ways to ...
The main objective of Kenya Agricultural Commodity Exchange is to facilitate linkage between buyers and sellers, exporters and importers of agricultural commodities in trade. It provide farmers and market intermediaries such as traders, and consumers, with information about market, and other services that enhance their bargaining power and ...
Kakuzi PLC is a Kenyan agricultural cultivation and manufacture company. [1] Its products include avocados (of which it has been Kenya's largest exporter), blueberries, macadamia, tea, livestock and commercial forestry. [2] [3] [4] Its subsidiaries include Estates Services Limited. Kakuzi's majority shareholder is the British company Camellia.
Agricultural diversification is measured in a number of ways throughout the world. For example, one such measure is the index of maximum proportion, which is "defined as the ratio (proportion) of the farm's primary activity to its total activities". See also. Agricultural value chain; References