@incollection{,
	
					
					
					E4CCD3A9A2D75D11F4508E6CDFB71401
				,
	author={{Fredrick A.Nasiche} and {Dr. P. KaranjaNgugi} and {Dr. DavidKiarie} and {Prof. R.Odhiambo} and {Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology}},
	journal={{Global Journal of Management and Business Research}},
	journal={{GJMBR}}2249-45880975-585310.34257/GJMBR,
	address={Cambridge, United States},
	publisher={Global Journals Organisation}20177385
}

@book{b0,
	
	
		,
	title={{Cane Availability Survey}}
		,
	author={{
			FoodAuthority
		}}
		
			,
	year={2015. 2015/16-16/17 Report}
		
	

}

@incollection{b1,
	
	
		,
	title={{Sugar Directorate}}
		,
	author={{
			FoodAgriculture
		} and {
			Authority
		}}
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Yearbook of Statistics}}
		
			,
	year={2015}
			,
	publisher={Government Printers}
		
	

}

@incollection{b2,
	
	
		,
	title={{Supplier management in developing countries}}
		,
	author={{
			MAkamp
		} and {
			MMüller
		}}
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Journal of Cleaner Production}}
		
			56
			
			,
	year={2013}
		
	

}

@incollection{b3,
	
	
		,
	title={{Evaluation of soil properties of sugarcane zones and cropping systems for improved productivity in Western Kenya}}
		,
	author={{
			RAAmolo
		} and {
			DOSigunga
		} and {
			POOwuor
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Agronomy and Agricultural Research}}
		
			11
			3
			
			,
	year={2017}
		
	

}

@incollection{b4,
	
	
		,
	title={{Determining and Applying Sustainable Supplier Key Performance Indicators. Supply Chain Management}}
		,
	author={{
			CABai
		} and {
			JSarkis
		}}
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{An International Journal}}
		
			19
			3
			
			,
	year={2014}
		
	

}

@incollection{b5,
	
	
		,
	title={{Antecedents and benefits of obtaining preferred customer status: experiences from the Dutch construction industry}}
		,
	author={{
			JBemelmans
		} and {
			HVoordijk
		} and {
			BVos
		} and {
			GDewulf
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Operations and production Management}}
		
			35
			2
			
			,
	year={2015}
		
	

}

@incollection{b6,
	
	
		,
	title={{Green Procurement and Green Supplier Development: Antecedents and Effects on Supplier Performance}}
		,
	author={{
			CBlome
		} and {
			DHollos
		} and {
			APaulraj
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Production Research}}
		
			52
			1
			
			,
	year={2014}
		
	

}

@incollection{b7,
	
	
		,
	title={{Supplier development for sustainability: Contextual barriers in global supply chains}}
		,
	author={{
			CBusse
		} and {
			MCSchleper
		} and {
			NMenglei
		} and {
			SMWagner
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management}}
		
			5
			46
			
			,
	year={2016}
		
	

}

@incollection{b8,
	
	
		,
	title={{Buyer Power and Supplier Relationship Commitment: A Cognitive Evaluation Theory Perspective}}
		,
	author={{
			SChae
		} and {
			TYChoi
		} and {
			DHur
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Journal of Supply Chain Management}}
		
			53
			2
			
			,
	year={2017}
		
	

}

@incollection{b9,
	
	
		,
	title={{Exploring the role of Sugarcane in Small-scale Farmers Livelihoods in the Nordberg area}}
		,
	author={{
			JJCockburn
		} and {
			HCCoetzee
		} and {
			JVan Den Berg
		} and {
			DConlong
		} and {
			JWitthöft
		}}
		
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{South African Journal of Agricultural extension}}
		
			4
			
			,
	year={2014}
		
	

}

@incollection{b10,
	
	
		,
	title={{Knowledge management for logistics service providers: the role of learning culture}}
		,
	author={{
			ALCooper
		} and {
			JRHuscroft
		} and {
			REOverstreet
		} and {
			BTHazen
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Industrial Management & Data Systems}}
		
			116
			3
			
			,
	year={2016}
		
	

}

@book{b11,
	
	
		,
	author={{
			CRCooper
		} and {
			PSSchindler
		}}
		
		,
	title={{Business research methods, (10thed)}}
				Boston
		
			,
	publisher={McGraw-Hill}
			,
	year={2012}
		
	

}

@incollection{b12,
	
	
		,
	title={{Benefits, Criteria and Activities of Supplier Development: A Categorical Literature Review}}
		,
	author={{
			MVDalvi
		} and {
			RKant
		}}
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Journal of Marketing and Logistics}}
		
			27
			4
			
			,
	year={2015}
		
	

}

@incollection{b13,
	
	
		,
	title={{Effect of supplier development activities on performance outcomes: An empirical study}}
		,
	author={{
			MVDalvi
		} and {
			RKant
		}}
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Benchmarking: An International Journal}}
		
			25
			2
			
			,
	year={2018}
		
	

}

@incollection{b14,
	
	
		,
	title={{Evaluating green supplier development programs with a greyanalytical network process-based methodology}}
		,
	author={{
			YDou
		} and {
			QZhu
		} and {
			JSarkis
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{European Journal of Operational Research}}
		
			233
			2
			
			,
	year={2014}
		
	

}

@book{b15,
	
	
		,
	title={{The dynamics of decline of smallscale sugarcane production in South Africa: Evidence from two "rural" wards in the Umfolozi region}}
		,
	author={{
			ADubb
		}}
		
			,
	year={2014}
			,
	address={UWC}
		
	
	,
	note={Working Paper 29. PLAAS}

}

@book{b16,
	
	
		,
	title={{Call for papers, IPSERA special topic workshop: mobilisation of supplier resources}}
		,
	author={{
			CEllegaard
		} and {
			HKragh
		} and {
			HSchiele
		} and {
			NPulles
		}}
		
		
		
		
		
			,
	year={2017}
		
	

}

@incollection{b17,
	
	
		,
	title={{Does supplier development lead to supplier satisfaction and relationship continuation}}
		,
	author={{
			RGlavee-Geo
		}}
		10.1016/j.pursup.2019.05.002
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Journal of purchasing and supply chain management}}
		
			25
			3
			100537
			,
	year={2019}
		
	

}

@incollection{b18,
	
	
		,
	title={{Decision support models for supplier development}}
		,
	author={{
			CHGlock
		} and {
			EHGrosse
		} and {
			JMRies
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Production Economics}}
		
			194
			
			,
	year={2017}
		
	

}

@incollection{b19,
	
	
		,
	title={{Global organizations and supply chain: new research avenues in the international human resource management}}
		,
	author={{
			MGonzalez-Loureiro
		} and {
			MDabi ?
		} and {
			FPuig
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management}}
		
			44
			8/9
			
			,
	year={2014}
		
	

}

@book{b20,
	
	
		,
	title={{Effects of Socially Responsible Supplier Development and Sustainability-Oriented Innovation on Sustainable Development: Empirical Evidence from SMEs}}
		,
	author={{
			WGuo-Ciang
		}}
		
			,
	year={2017}
		
	

}

@incollection{b21,
	
	
		,
	title={{}}
	
	
		,
	journal={{Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management}}
		
			24
			
		
	

}

@incollection{b22,
	
	
		,
	title={{Inter-organizational governance, learning and performance in Supply Chains, Supply Chain Management}}
		,
	author={{
			MHernandez-Espallardo
		} and {
			ARodriguez-Orejuela
		} and {
			MSanchez-Perez
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal}}
		
			15
			2
			
			,
	year={2010}
		
	

}

@incollection{b23,
	
	
		,
	title={{Human resource management issues in supply chain management research: a systematic literature review from}}
		,
	author={{
			N.-OHohenstein
		} and {
			EFeisel
		} and {
			EHartmann
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Physical Distribution and LogisticsManagement}}
		
			44
			6
			
			,
	year={2014. 1998 to 2014}
		
	

}

@incollection{b24,
	
	
		,
	title={{The effect of high-involvement human resource management practices on supply chain integration}}
		,
	author={{
			BHuo
		} and {
			ZHan
		} and {
			HChen
		} and {
			XZhao
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management}}
		
			45
			8
			
			,
	year={2015}
		
	

}

@incollection{b25,
	
	
		,
	title={{Economics of Sugarcane crop in District Charsadda}}
		,
	author={{
			AHussain
		} and {
			NKhattak
		}}
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Journal of Agriculture Resources}}
		
			49
			
			,
	year={2008}
		
	

}

@incollection{b26,
	
	
		,
	title={{Influence of Technology Capability on Competitive Advantage of Sugar Companies in Western Kenya}}
		,
	author={{
			RMImbambi
		} and {
			MOloko
		} and {
			CMRambo
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences}}
		
			7
			2
			
			,
	year={2017}
		
	

}

@book{b27,
	
	
		,
	title={{A review on supply chain performance measurement systems, Procedia Manufacturing}}
		,
	author={{
			MRJagan
		} and {
			KRNeelakanteswara
		} and {
			ALKrishnanand
		}}
		
		
		
			,
	year={2019}
			30
			
		
	

}

@incollection{b28,
	
	
		,
	title={{To examine the relationships between supplier development practices and supplier-buyer relationship practices from the supplier's perspective}}
		,
	author={{
			SJoshi
		} and {
			MKharat
		} and {
			RRaut
		} and {
			SKamble
		} and {
			SKamble
		}}
		
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Benchmarking: An International Journal}}
		
			24
			5
			
			,
	year={2017}
		
	

}

@incollection{b29,
	
	
		,
	title={{Improving Supplier New Product Development Performance: The Role of Supplier Development}}
		,
	author={{
			BLawson
		} and {
			DKrause
		} and {
			APotter
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Journal of Production Innovation Management}}
		
			32
			5
			
			,
	year={2015}
		
	

}

@incollection{b30,
	
	
		,
	title={{Comparative analysis on the influence of top management on the implementation of Eprocurement between national and County Governments in Kenya}}
		,
	author={{
			ALLusuli
		} and {
			HBwisa
		} and {
			SWere
		} and {
			DKiarie
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Human Resources and Procurement}}
		
			6
			5
			
			,
	year={2017}
		
	

}

@incollection{b31,
	
	
		,
	title={{Are firms that contribute to sustainable development better financially?}}
		,
	author={{
			CPMarti
		} and {
			MRRovira-Val
		} and {
			LG JDrescher
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management}}
		
			22
			5
			
			,
	year={2015}
		
	

}

@incollection{b32,
	
	
		,
	title={{Overview of Sugar Industry in Kenya and Prospects for Production at the Coast}}
		,
	author={{
			BMMati
		} and {
			MKThomas
		}}
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Agricultural Sciences}}
		
			10
			
			,
	year={2019}
		
	

}

@incollection{b33,
	
	
		,
	title={{Supply chain performance measures and metrics: a bibliometric study}}
		,
	author={{
			DMishra
		} and {
			AGunasekaran
		} and {
			TPapadopoulos
		} and {
			RDubey
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Benchmarking: An International Journal}}
		
			25
			3
			
			,
	year={2018}
		
	

}

@incollection{b34,
	
	
		,
	title={{Why most of the supplier development programs fail in discrete manufacturing findings from selected Indian Discrete manufacturing industries}}
		,
	author={{
			MKMohanty
		} and {
			PGahan
		} and {
			SChoudhury
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management}}
		
			9
			3
			
			,
	year={2014}
		
	

}

@incollection{b35,
	
	
		,
	title={{Measuring Productive Efficiency Using Nerlovian Profit Efficiency Indicator and Meta-Frontier Analysis}}
		,
	author={{
			RMulwa
		} and {
			AEmrouznejad
		}}
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Operations Research: International Journal}}
		
			13
			2
			
			,
	year={2013}
		
	

}

@incollection{b36,
	
	
		,
	title={{Modeling Sugarcane Yields in the Kenya Sugar Industry: A SARIMA Model Forecasting Approach}}
		,
	author={{
			DMwanga
		} and {
			JOngala
		} and {
			GOrwa
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Statistics and Applications}}
		
			7
			6
			
			,
	year={2017}
		
	

}

@book{b37,
	
	
		,
	author={{
			WLNeuman
		}}
		,
	title={{Local research methods: Qualitative and Quantitative approaches. (6thed)}}
				
			,
	year={2013}
		
	

}

@book{b38,
	
	
		,
	title={{}}
		,
	author={{
			MABoston
		}}
		
			,
	publisher={Allyn & Bacon}
		
	

}

@incollection{b39,
	
	
		,
	title={{Influence of Supplier Development on Procurement Performance among Public Universities in Kenya}}
		,
	author={{
			ANjoroge
		} and {
			KMwangangi
		} and {
			P
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Human Resources and Procurement}}
		
			7
			10
			
			,
	year={2018}
		
	

}

@incollection{b40,
	
	
		,
	title={{Socio-Economic Determinants of Sugarcane Production among small scale Farmers in Nyando Sugar belt of Kenya}}
		,
	author={{
			OEOwino
		} and {
			AOdondo
		} and {
			NObange
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Economic and Business Review}}
		
			6
			9
			
			,
	year={2018}
		
	

}

@incollection{b41,
	
	
		,
	title={{A negotiation-based algorithm to coordinate supplier development in decentralized supply chains}}
		,
	author={{
			MProch
		} and {
			KWorthmann
		} and {
			JSchluchtermann
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{European Journal of Operational Research}}
		
			25
			2
			
			,
	year={2017}
		
	

}

@book{b42,
	
	
		,
	title={{The impact of customer attractiveness and supplier satisfaction on becoming a preferred customer, Industrial and Marketing Management}}
		,
	author={{
			NJPulles
		} and {
			HSchiele
		} and {
			JVeldman
		} and {
			LHüttinger
		}}
		
		
		
		
			,
	year={2016}
			54
			
		
	

}

@incollection{b43,
	
	
		,
	title={{The supplier perspective: Forging strong partnerships with buyers}}
		,
	author={{
			JRoloff
		} and {
			MSAßländer
		} and {
			DZamantili Nayir
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Journal of Business Strategy}}
		
			36
			1
			
			,
	year={2015}
		
	

}

@incollection{b44,
	
	
		,
	title={{Benchmarking model of Supplier development for an Indian gear manufacturing company, Benchmarking}}
		,
	author={{
			SRoutroy
		} and {
			SKPradhan
		}}
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{An International Journal}}
		
			21
			
			,
	year={2014}
		
	

}

@book{b45,
	
	
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	author={{
			TWSchultz
		}}
		,
	title={{Investment in human Capital: Annual Meeting of the American Economic}}
				
			,
	year={1961}
		
	

}

@incollection{b46,
	
	
		,
	title={{Outsourcing and supplier development: capability development process in the Brazilian sports apparel industry}}
		,
	author={{
			GScur
		} and {
			CKolososki
		}}
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Gestão & Produção}}
		
			26
			2
			
			,
	year={2019}
		
	

}

@incollection{b47,
	
	
		,
	title={{Benchmarking supplier development: An Empirical case study of validating a framework to improve buyer-supplier relationship}}
		,
	author={{
			KShahzad
		} and {
			ISilanpaa
		} and {
			ESilanpaa
		} and {
			SImeri
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Management and Production Engineering Review}}
		
			7
			1
			
			,
	year={2016}
		
	

}

@book{b48,
	
	
		,
	title={{South African Cane Growers Association (SACGA)}}
		
			,
	year={2010. 2011}
			,
	address={Durban, South Africa}
		
	
	,
	note={Report of the Board of Directors. South African Cane Growers Association (SACGA}

}

@incollection{b49,
	
	
		,
	title={{The impact of multinational corporations' socially responsible supplier development practices on their corporate reputation and financial performance}}
		,
	author={{
			PLSubramaniam
		} and {
			MIranmanesh
		} and {
			KMKumar
		} and {
			BForoughi
		}}
		
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management}}
		
			50
			1
			
			,
	year={2019}
		
	

}

@incollection{b50,
	
	
		,
	title={{Who wins in a complex buyer-supplier relationship? A social exchange theory based dyadic study}}
		,
	author={{
			KTanskanen
		}}
	
	
		,
	journal={{International Journal of Operations and Production Management}}
		
			35
			4
			
			,
	year={2015}
		
	

}

@book{b51,
	
	
		,
	title={{Buyer and supplier attractiveness in a strategic relationship -a dyadic multiple-case study. Industrial and Marketing Management}}
		,
	author={{
			KTanskanen
		} and {
			AAminoff
		}}
		
		
			,
	year={2015}
			50
			
		
	

}

@incollection{b52,
	
	
		,
	title={{Farmers' Perception on Acceptability of Improved Sugarcane Varieties in Kakamega County}}
		,
	author={{
			CMThuo
		} and {
			AONkurumwa
		} and {
			JMOmbati
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal}}
		
			6
			
			,
	year={2019}
		
	

}

@incollection{b53,
	
	
		,
	title={{Identifying Robust portfolios of suppliers: a sustainability selection and development perspective}}
		,
	author={{
			ACTrapp
		} and {
			JSarkis
		}}
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Journal of Cleaner Production}}
		
			112
			1
			
			,
	year={2016}
		
	

}

@incollection{b54,
	
	
		,
	title={{Supplier satisfaction: explanation and out-of sample prediction}}
		,
	author={{
			FGVos
		} and {
			HSchiele
		} and {
			LHüttinger
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Journal of Business Resources}}
		
			69
			10
			
			,
	year={2016}
		
	

}

@incollection{b55,
	
	
		,
	title={{Modeling and analysis of sustainable supply chain dynamics}}
		,
	author={{
			GWang
		} and {
			AGunasekaran
		}}
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Annals of Operations Research}}
		
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			,
	year={2017}
		
	

}

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	title={{Statistics, an introductory analysis}}
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	author={{
			TYamane
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			,
	year={1967}
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	publisher={Harper and Row}
			,
	address={New York}
		
	
	,
	note={2ndEd.}

}

@incollection{b57,
	
	
		,
	title={{Reviewing and conceptualizing supplier development}}
		,
	author={{
			SAYawar
		} and {
			SSeuring
		}}
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{Benchmarking: An International Journal}}
		
			27
			9
			
			,
	year={2020}
		
	

}

@incollection{b58,
	
	
		,
	title={{Factors Affecting Sugarcane Production by Small-Scale Growers in Ndwedwe Local Unicipality}}
		,
	author={{
			NSZulu
		} and {
			MSibanda
		} and {
			BSTlali
		}}
		
		
	
	
		,
	journal={{South Africa. Agriculture, an international journal}}
		
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			8
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	year={2019}
		
	

}

@book{b59,
	
	
		,
	title={{Global Journal of Management and Business Research Volume XX Issue XVII Version I Year 2020}}
		
	

}