Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi
Abstract
The objectives of this paper are to contribute to an understanding
of the nature of the unemployment problem in Kenya through analysis of trends
in agricultural employment in the various sub-sectors of agriculture, and
secondly, on the basis of this analysis, to consider policy alternatives aimed
at increasing job opportunities in agriculture.
The first section describes the major movements of people that have
been occurring within agriculture, and emphasises the importance of education
investment in explaining movements out of agriculture. Then the differential
effects of farm technology on employment in small scale and estate agriculture
are compared, and the effects of changing farm structure on employment in the
large mixed farming areas examined. Lastly, policy possibilities are discussed
