This flyer is a brief description of a study undertaken to better understand whether fresh root storage might offer opportunities with the Kenyan OFSP supply chain. 59 stakeholder and focus group interviews were undertaken across eight focal counties in Kenya to understand existing sweetpotato value chains, their seasonality, farmers’ production trends and constraints, traders’ root sourcing and trading patterns, price dynamics, retailing behaviors and consumers’ preferences.
Authors: Tanya Stathers, Ilaria Tedesco, Tanya Stathers, Ilaria Tedesco
Contributors: Christine Bukania, Christine Bukania
Subjects: post-harvest handling, marketing, value chains
Pages: 2
Publisher: Natural Resources Institute (NRI)
Publication Date: 2015
Keywords: Consumer preferences, Marketing, Production trends, storage, value chains
HOW TO CITE
Stathers, T.; Tedesco, I. 2015. Does it Make Sense to Store Fresh Roots? CIP