*4.2. Implication for Research*

In research, firstly, scholars will benefit from the application of the methodology guide for more development and validation of the three propositions. Secondly, this review paper presented another context apart from the Yawson and Aguiar's [65] application in which the framework was used to identify and evaluate interventions for strategic changes by actors and stakeholders in a horticultural export supply chain in a pre-test/post-test context to determine the effect of disruptions and to facilitate the redesign of the supply chain to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and strategies. Additionally, the framework could be employed to assess the impact of market trends, business environment policies, industry application of technology and legislation to enhance the strategic agility of supply chains using our approach. Thirdly, we acknowledge that this approach to assess strategic supply chain agility be considered as an initial step towards a generic framework that could be used to monitor and evaluate interventions in horticulture export supply chains with the ultimate aim of improving supply chain agility in developing countries. Additionally, for future research, we propose first the testing of the propositions in the paper, then the testing of the proposed framework in other developing countries, and thirdly, testing the framework in other developing country industry contexts such as other high-value export perishables.

**Author Contributions:** Conceptualization, D.E.Y. and F.A.Y.; methodology, D.E.Y. and F.A.Y.; formal analysis, D.E.Y. and F.A.Y.; investigation, D.E.Y. and F.A.Y.; resources, D.E.Y.; data curation, D.E.Y.; writing—original draft preparation, D.E.Y. and F.A.Y.; writing—review and editing, F.A.Y.; visualization, D.E.Y.; supervision, D.E.Y.; project administration, D.E.Y. and F.A.Y.; funding acquisition, D.E.Y. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** This research received no external funding.

**Institutional Review Board Statement:** Ethical review and approval were waived for this study due as it was done in an institution's support of industry engagement.

**Informed Consent Statement:** Written informed consent has been obtained from the organization to publish this paper.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest.
