Development Microeconomics Analysis on Cutting Flower Industry: Cases from Kenya and Ethiopia

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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.