A review of the state of sugar cane crisis in Kenya

Kombo, Josephat Barasa; Ndiema, Alice Chesambu

doi:10.15739/ijapr.23.003

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“…These findings were attributed to regulators who were not satisfied with the mode and the extent to which the Sugar directorate regulates sugar importation. This view is well supported by the works of Kombo et al (2023) to the effect that that in Kenya there has never been linearity between sugar importation and deficit instead importation is always significantly above the deficit.…”

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confidence: 77%

“…The purpose of economic regulatory systems or services is prevention of market failures especially the ones that prevent the markets from operating in the best interest of the public (Kombo et al, 2023). According to Kambanda (2013) the regulatory goals of virtually all states in the world include improvement of economic efficiency, promotion of competition and protection of consumers.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In the context of economic partnerships, the need for regulatory measures for Kenya's sugar subsector is further reflected in the fact that Kenya's sugar market often suffers from false declaration with respect to the Rules of Origin of the COMESA protocol (Kombo et al, 2023). For example, according to Kenya Anticorruption Commission (2010) a lot of sugar from the open markets across the world often finds its way into the Kenyan market illegally.…”

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“…In fact, Kenya is increasingly becoming an attractive destination for sugar sourced from regional and global Licensed Under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY-NC) markets and even dumping of poor sugar. According to Kombo et al (2023) in spite of the state of sugar cane crisis, revival of the otherwise shaky industry is feasible if the market failures are addressed through effective regulatory interventions. This is because occupying a risky position on the success-failure spectrum sugarcane is not yet one of the orphan crops in Kenya.…”

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Evaluation of the Capacity of State Regulatory Agency to Revive Farming, a Policy Perspective of the Sugar directorate and Sugar cane farming in Kenya

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This study investigated the capacity of the Sugar directorate the regulatory agency of Kenya’s sugar subsector to revive sugarcane farming in the country. It was based on a cross sectional survey design and purposive sampling techniques that enabled engagement of the regulators in management positions as key informants. Key informant guides and questionnaires were used to collect data which was then analyzed descriptively using measures of central tendency and inferentially using t-test. On the bases of the attributes of strength and exploitable opportunities for the directorate, the study established that the directorate has statistically significant capacity to revive sugar cane farming in Kenya. The key attributes of its strength as identified by the study range from the authority to license private mills, authority to set and review sugarcane prices, provision for adoption of COMESA Standards down to the authority to control sugar importation. The key attributes of exploitable opportunities range from the chance to seek for the intervention of the presidency in line with Articles 113 and 115 of the Kenya Constitution 2010, chance to intensify border and market surveillance services in line with the Agriculture and Food Authority Act of 2012, the chance to enhance stakeholder linkages and networks down to the chance to upscale its strategic plan in line with the Public Finance Management Act of 2023. According to the study, to revive sugar cane farming in Kenya the directorate should enhance its adherence to the attributes of strengths and develop strategies for exploitation of the identified opportunities.

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confidence: 77%

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confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Evaluation of Policy-Related Challenges Limiting Compliance of Sugar Agencies in the Western Kenya Sugar Zone with COMESA Standards for Revival of Sugarcane Farming

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This study investigated policy-related challenges limiting sugar agencies in particular sugar mills, Sugar Research Institute, and Sugar directorate in the Western Kenya Sugar Belt from compliance with the Common Market for Eastern and South Africa (COMESA) Standards for revival of sugar cane farming in Kenya. The study was based on cross-sectional survey design and purposive sampling technique which enabled the engagement of senior officials of the sugar mills, senior researchers, and regulators from respective agencies as Key Informants. Key informant guides were used to collect data which was then analyzed descriptively using measures of central tendency and inferentially using t-test. The study established that at a 95% confidence level, there were policy-related challenges that were limiting the compliance of sugar agencies with the COMESA Standards for revival of sugarcane farming in Kenya. For sugar millers the key challenges ranged from the issue of logistics of strategic planning, the issue of sharing income from co-production and cogeneration practices, and then the aspect of conflicts over the issue of the proposed privatization of public mills. For the Sugar Research Institute, the challenges range from financial limitations, limited autonomy, and poor linkage with farmers, lack of policy for seed bulking and supply, limited human capital up to the challenge of logistics of strategic planning. For the Sugar directorate they ranged from weak strategy for policy implementation, the issue of logistics of strategic planning, and then the challenge of gaps in policy framework. in conclusion the study established that compliance of sugar agencies in the Western Kenya Sugar Belt with the COMESA Standards for revival of sugarcane farming was being limited by policy-related challenges and recommended for due policy review.

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A review of the state of sugar cane crisis in Kenya

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Evaluation of the Capacity of State Regulatory Agency to Revive Farming, a Policy Perspective of the Sugar directorate and Sugar cane farming in Kenya

Evaluation of the Capacity of State Regulatory Agency to Revive Farming, a Policy Perspective of the Sugar directorate and Sugar cane farming in Kenya

Evaluation of Policy-Related Challenges Limiting Compliance of Sugar Agencies in the Western Kenya Sugar Zone with COMESA Standards for Revival of Sugarcane Farming

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