Challenges and opportunities for upgrading the avocado value chain in East Africa

The report assesses the avocado value chain in East Africa, emphasizing the transition toward sustainable practices to support economic growth and rural development. It identifies that sustainability can protect the environment, improve smallholder farmer livelihoods, and facilitate entry into global markets. To overcome barriers to this transition, the document suggests increasing access to affordable finance, providing training in climate-smart farming, and creating market-focused policies.

• The avocado value chain is a significant driver of foreign exchange earnings, rural development, and economic growth in East Africa, leading to a current shift toward the adoption of sustainable practices.
• Implementing sustainability in the avocado value chain can conserve the environment, improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers, and ensure the integrity of products for global trade and market entry.
• Smallholder farmers and producers can overcome barriers to sustainable transitions through the development of market-focused policy, capacity building and training for climate-smart avocado farming, and improved access to affordable finance.

APA

Lutta, A., Kehbila, A., Sitati, C., Suljada, T., Osano, P., & Sunguti, E. M. (2024). Challenges and opportunities for upgrading the avocado value chain in East Africa. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/publications/avocado-value-chain-east-africa/

Chicago

Lutta, Alphayo, Anderson Kehbila, Cynthia Sitati, Timothy Suljada, Philip Osano, and Elizabeth Majani Sunguti. Challenges and opportunities for upgrading the avocado value chain in East Africa. Stockholm Environment Institute, 2024. https://www.sei.org/publications/avocado-value-chain-east-africa/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{lutta2024challenges, author = {Lutta, Alphayo and Kehbila, Anderson and Sitati, Cynthia and Suljada, Timothy and Osano, Philip and Sunguti, Elizabeth Majani}, title = {{Challenges and opportunities for upgrading the avocado value chain in East Africa}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2024}, month = aug, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/avocado-value-chain-east-africa/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }