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Trends in Kenyan Agriculture in Relation to Employment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2008

G. D. Gwyer
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THE objective of this article is to contribute to our understanding of the unemployment problem in Kenya through an analysis of trends in employment in both large- and small-scale agriculture. First, the major movements that have been occurring within agriculture are described, and the importance of investment in education is emphasised to explain movements out of this sector. Secondly, the effects of past government programmes on the employment capacity of small-scale agriculture are related to still outstanding problems of regional disparities resulting from differential access to knowledge, finance, and material inputs. Lastly, employment trends in large-scale agriculture are compared and related to the adoption of new technology and changing farm structures.

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The Journal of Modern African Studies , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , September 1973 , pp. 393 - 403
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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Page 395 note 1 These quotations are taken from essays written by second-year undergraduates in the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, December 1971.

Page 395 note 2 Recorded on tape, Kamburu, September 1971.

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Page 399 note 1 Ibid.

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