Samenvatting

The avocado production is considered as a main source of income for farmers who are Abogeta West growers’ cooperative members in Meru County. In our days, the available previous studies showed that avocado losses account for 35% for the local chain and 15% for the export chain but there was a scarcity of literature showing the role of avocado value chain governance in that food loss and appropriate interventions. The document presents findings from a study to understand the potential contribution of value chain governance in the reduction of avocado production losses, identifying leverage points in the chain and appropriate and applied interventions for overcoming the gaps.