  We clarify the existence of several magnetization plateaux for the kagome
$S=1/2$ antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model in a magnetic field. Using
approximate or exact localized magnon eigenstates, we are able to describe in a
similar manner the plateau states that occur for magnetization per site
$m=1/3$, $5/9$, and $7/9$ of the saturation value. These results are confirmed
using large-scale Exact Diagonalization on lattices up to 63 sites.
