The Journal of Modern African Studies

Table of Contents - 1978 - Volume 16, Issue 02  

Africana

Kenya's Agriculture and the I.L.O. Employment Mission – Six Years After

Eric S. Claytona1

a1 Head, Agrarian Development Unit, Wye College, University of London, and a Member of the 1972 I.L.O. Mission to Kenya

For two hectic months in 1972 an I.L.O./U.N.D.P. mission gathered in Nairobi to deliberate on the employment problems facing Kenya. The report which was published before the end of the year received a good deal of publicity,1 much of it complimentary, and served as a blue print for subsequent I.L.O. employment missions to other developing countries.2 Six years later it seems opportune to review briefly those of its recommendations which were specifically aimed at the agricultural sector, and to assess the extent to which they have influenced the policies of the Government.