Towards circular production system in the coconut value chain: actor, roles, linkage and constraints in Kilifi County, Kenya

Figures & data

Figure 1. Map of Kilfi County.

Source: Kilifi CIDP (2018).

Figure 2. Sample Net-Map from workshop.

Table 1. Stakeholders, their roles, and influence scores.

	Actor (stakeholder)	Function (Role)	Influence/power
1.	Nursery operator	Production and distribution of quality coconut seedlings. Provision of extension services	5
2.	Courier shop	Purchase coconut waste value added products and sell to consumers	5
3.	Consumer	Consume coconut waste value added products	6
4.	KRA	Collection of Levy and taxes from other value chain actors	2
5.	Exporters	They help with global marketing of coconut waste value added products	2
6.	Transporters	Help with transportation of coconut waste value added products a	1
7.	University	They provide innovations, technologies, and research needed for production at farm level. Their finding also inform policy	2
8.	MOALF	They are mandated to provide training, information to farmers and funded by county government	8
9.	KALRO	Mandated with agricultural research technology development and dissemination providing extension services	7
10.	Processor	Buying coconut waste value added products Provision of extension services	6
11.	NOCD	They are mandated to provide information to other actors and perform research and funded by the national government	8
12.	Farmers	Produce coconut & coconut waste value added products	8
13.	Traders	Bulk and market coconut on behalf of farmers	4
14.	Cooperatives	Help with coconut waste value added products marketing, provision of inputs and services to farmers	7
15.	Financial providers	Work with different institutions to provide finance and information to different actors in the coconut sector	6
16.	Input suppliers	Provide inputs and information to farmers	2
17.	Aggregators	Collecting of coconut and coconut waste value added products from farmers	5
18.	KEPHIS	Ensuring that coconuts and coconut products meet phytosanitary requirements	1
19.	KEBS	Maintain quality through surveillance and issuing of quality mark used in products	2
20.	Supermarket	Distribution and retailing of coconut and coconut waste value added products to consumers.	4
21.	National government	Policy formulation	5

Figure 3. Overall coconut value chain network Visualization.

Figure 4. Information network visualization.

Figure 5. Product network visualization.

Figure 6. Finance network visualization.

Table 2. Degree centrality scores.

	Information flow			Product flow			Finance flow
Actor	Degree	Out-Deg	In-Deg	Degree	Out-Deg	In-Deg	Degree	Out-Deg	In-Deg
MOA	15	7	8	3	3	0	1	0	1
KALRO	16	8	8	3	3	0	1	0	1
Processor	10	6	4	12	6	6	8	5	3
NOCD	15	8	7	2	2	0	1	0	1
Farmers	18	6	12	16	10	6	10	3	7
Traders	2	2	0	8	7	1	7	2	5
Cooperatives	17	6	11	13	6	7	11	5	6
Finance providers	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	8	2
Input suppliers	5	2	3	3	3	0	3	1	2
Aggregators	3	2	1	6	5	1	5	2	3
KEPHIS	10	5	5	0	0	0	1	0	1
KEBS	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	1
University	6	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
Exporters	3	2	1	8	1	7	7	6	1
KRA	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	1	11
Consumers	2	0	2	13	4	9	7	7	0
Supermarket	0	0	0	8	1	7	8	7	1
Curior shops	0	0	0	9	3	6	7	4	3
Nursery operators	8	4	4	6	0	6	2	1	1
Transporter	0	0	0	7	5	2	6	0	6
National govt	11	8	3	0	0	0	7	6	1

Data availability statement

The data is available upon request to the corresponding author.