{"id":622,"date":"2010-07-01T11:20:45","date_gmt":"2010-07-01T11:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/?p=622"},"modified":"2016-03-01T15:31:26","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T15:31:26","slug":"kenyas-flying-vegetables-small-farmers-and-the-food-miles-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/kenyas-flying-vegetables-small-farmers-and-the-food-miles-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya&#8217;s Flying Vegetables: Small farmers and the &#8216;food miles&#8217; debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/PV-Kenyas-Flying-Vegetables-Ed.2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-623 alignleft\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"Africa, agriculture, East Africa, exports, food miles, horticulture, James Gikunju Muuru, Kenya, smallholder farmers, trade\" src=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Flying-Veg.jpg\" alt=\"Africa, agriculture, East Africa, exports, food miles, horticulture, James Gikunju Muuru, Kenya, smallholder farmers, trade\" width=\"205\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Flying-Veg.jpg 205w, https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Flying-Veg-170x240.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this highly personal and keenly argued commentary, James Gikunju Muuru makes the first detailed response by an African smallholder to the controversy over &#8216;food miles&#8217;. His account describes the serial feats of coordination, discipline, productivity and manual labour which make Kenyan horticulture competitive in global markets. For anyone who has ever asked how some of the poorest populations can reap the benefits of world trade, the example of James&#8217;s four-acre plot in the Mwea district of Central Province is a compelling reply.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/PV-Kenyas-Flying-Vegetables-Ed.2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1278\" title=\"Download PDF\" src=\"https:\/\/africaresearchinstitute.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/pdf_download_ari.png\" alt=\"Download PDF\" width=\"55\" height=\"48\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this highly personal and keenly argued commentary, James Gikunju Muuru makes the first detailed response by an African smallholder to the controversy over &#8216;food miles&#8217;. His account describes the serial feats of coordination, discipline, productivity and manual labour which make Kenyan horticulture competitive in global markets. For anyone who has ever asked how some of the poorest populations can reap the benefits of world trade, the example of James&#8217;s four-acre plot in the Mwea district of Central Province is a compelling reply. 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