Year: 2012
Type: article
Abstract: The general objective of this study was to identify the challenges faced in the process of adding value in \nthe sea food supply chain along the Kenyan coast, with particular interest on fish, and propose sustainable \nsolutions to these challenges. This study looks closely at the key value chain activities that characterize \nthe sea food industry along the Kenyan coastline with the view of establishing their completeness \nand efficiency. It further identifies the gaps that exist in the chain and recommends measures that can \nbe implemented to improve the chains. To achieve this objective the researchers identified the value \nchain activities that characterize the seafood industry in Kenya with specific reference to the Kenyan \ncoastline and analyzed the gaps and challenges that exist in the value chain. The study has gone further \nto develop recommendations on policy and non-policy mitigation options to the value chain gaps and \nchallenges that have been identified. Information gathered and the recommendations thereof will help \nto create a more complete and efficient chain and, therefore, optimize the economic as well as social \nbenefits of the seafood industry to the country.
Authors: Fred Mugambi Mwirigi, Fridah Simba Theuri
Language: English
Subfield: Food Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3204725050