Providing the latest socioeconomic research methodologies alongside empirical examples, this book explores the potential for vegetable production to alleviate poverty, the impact of food production standards on various stakeholders, an assessment of markets and marketing potential for different crops and advanced economic approaches to production.

Contributions by: Solomon Asfaw, Nigat Bekele, Christoph Ehlert, Anna Asfaw, Thomas König, Jillian M Lenné, Ibrahim Ndegwa Macharia, James MacGregor, Miet Maertens, Kai Mausch, Stephen Mbithi Mwikya, Janneke Paalhaar, David L Tschirley, Katinka Weinberger