scholarly journals Local and Personal Networks in Employment and the Development of Labor Markets: Evidence from the Cut Flower Industry in Ethiopia

2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (10) ◽  
pp. 1760-1770 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yukichi Mano ◽  
Takashi Yamano ◽  
Aya Suzuki ◽  
Tomoya Matsumoto
Keyword(s):  
Labor Markets ◽  
Personal Networks ◽  
Cut Flower ◽  
Flower Industry

scholarly journals Bolivia's Emerging Cut-flower Industry: A Performance Assessment

HortScience ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 27 (12) ◽  
pp. 1319-1322
Author(s):  
John J. Haydu ◽  
Alan W. Hodges ◽  
Diego Montenegro
Keyword(s):  
Performance Assessment ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Cut Flower ◽  
Producer Price ◽  
Flower Production ◽  
The Past ◽  
Financial Difficulties ◽  
Small Producer ◽  
Flower Industry

Cut-flower production in Bolivia is a growing economic activity with sales increasing > 10-fold in the past 6 years. In spite of this growth, Bolivian producers face considerable financial difficulties. Two distinct patterns emerged from this study. Small and medium growers experienced lower costs than larger producers, but the prices they received were also lower. Large operators received twice the small producer price for their flowers, but this gain was offset by the higher costs they had incurred. In the long term, neither selling too low nor operating at costs too high is a sustainable practice.

Bloom and bust (cut flower industry)

2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Orton-Jones
Keyword(s):  
Cut Flower ◽  
Flower Industry

Spiral Wrapping Machine for Cut Flower Industry

1978 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 0822-0824
Author(s):  
G. S. V. Raghavan ◽  
M. A. Nieberger
Keyword(s):  
Cut Flower ◽  
Flower Industry

scholarly journals Sustainability and Depoliticisation: Certifications in the Cut-Flower Industry at Lake Naivasha, Kenya

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 31-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerda Kuiper ◽  
Andreas Gemählich
Keyword(s):  
Production Process ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Lake Naivasha ◽  
Cut Flower ◽  
Direct Sales ◽  
Flower Industry ◽  
Industry Certifications

This article focuses on the emergence of certification schemes in the cut-flower industry in Naivasha, Kenya. It is shown that, although this turn is often legitimised through references to “sustainability,” the change was mainly brought about by the growing importance of a new value chain of “direct sales.” The article furthermore elaborates on the most well-known certificate in Naivasha, Fairtrade. This certificate aims to enhance sustainability by empowering workers, yet it does not profoundly change power relations within the industry. The article concludes that “sustainability” in the context of Naivasha has been an ill-defined concept, used to legitimise a turn to certifications. Rather than bringing about a profound transformation of the production process, these certifications obscure and even consolidate the existing socio-economic configuration of the industry. Certifications thus run the risk of having “depoliticising” effects.

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