G²LM|LIC - Female Wage Labor and Fertility - Evidence from the Cut-Flower Industry in Kenya

Data Description The dataset contains a time series documenting the expansion of the Kenyan cut-flower industry at the county level. For each year from 1999 to 2022, it records the number of identifiable greenhouses and total greenhouse area based on satellite imagery and auxiliary sources. The dataset captures greenhouse-based export production, predominantly roses.

Open-field production (e.g. summer flowers) is not systematically measurable from satellite imagery and is therefore outside the main scope. Scope

Note

This dataset records the expansion of greenhouse-based rose farms only. Summer-flower production or non-greenhouse fields cannot be reliably detected and are not included. The time series begins in 1999 because earlier satellite images are of insufficient quality to identify structures consistently.

Variables county — county name year — calendar year gh_numn_greenhouses — number of flower growing greenhouses gh_area — total greenhouse area