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Charity Irungu St Paul’s University
Developing the Value Chain for Neglected and Under-Utilized Species:
A Case Study of Africa Leafy Vegetables around Nairobi
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
• Introduction: ALVs and Case study
• Developing a value chain for under-utilised species using a case study of ALVs in Kenya
• Lessons to draw from the case study
• Points for learning and teaching Agro-biodiversity in Universities
Introduction
Over 210 ALV species
Importance of ALVs
– Health (nutritive and medicinal value)
– Economic – Socio-cultural – Contribution to bio-
diversity
Introduction
Production for Market
Irrigated African nightshade - Peri-urban Nairobi
Flowering spider plant for seeds - Kisii
Commercialization of ALVs
• Low commercialization of ALVs in the mid 1990s• This is attributed to a number of factors including
- Low consumer perceptions (poor man’s crop)– Strong fear in Nairobi that ALVs were grown using waste
water– Ignorance of nutritive value– Poor market outlets– Unavailability outside production areas and selected
market outlet frequented by specific tribes– ITK on preparation and preservation eroded with time
Introduction
Value Chain Activities
Solar drying Moringa leaves by a farmers’ group in Kilifi Cowpeas leaves in Nkubu
Market
Ambiguous role of Market development 1
Figure 1: Relative Importance of ALV species in markets within and around Nairobi
32%
10%
9%
8%
7%
15%
19%
African nightshade Amaranth Spiderplant
Cowpeas Mitoo Ethiopian kales
Others
Ambiguous role of Market development 2
Demand drivers of market development
Promotional and awareness activities
Increased general health awareness and consciousness among Nairobi people
Improved ALVs presentation in supermarkets and upmarket groceries
Results
Supply drivers of market development
Production promotion in growing areas
Provision of external market support to farmers
Capacity for self organisation (farmers’ groups)
Vertical coordination through the supply chain
Improvement in communication technology
Results
Inhibiting factors of ALV market dev
Are mainly factors associated with market and policy failures
Physical Infra-structural development-Poor Roads, lack of market space, storage
facilities Lack of policy guideline and support from the
government Lack of capacity to regulate supply Lack of value-adding aspects Lack of support services (credit, market
information, etc.)
Results
Lessons from the case study
• Exploratory survey (Biodiversity)• Value chain, supply chain and market potential
analysis• Influence demand and match it with supply• Capacity building for horizontal coordination
(producer organizations)• Improve traditional markets• Link the POs to high value supply chains• Influence policy in favour of SSF and pro-poor
marketing• Rural support services
Learning points in the Agro-biodiversity studies (value chain development )
Biodiversity conservation (what/why)Marketing issues and the market systemPro-poor growth, market and rural
livelihoods Agro-value chain analysis and management Agribusiness supply chainGroup organisation /capacity buildingSupport Services in Agro-value chainsPublic Policy analysis and influence