Mapping cassava food value chains in Tanzania's smallholder farming sector: The implications of intra-household gender dynamics

Masamha, Blessing; Thebe, Vusilizwe; Uzokwe, Veronica N.E.

doi:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2017.12.011

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“…While women tend to be underrepresented in wholesale and formal-sector retail (e.g., supermarkets) (32,33), they are often dominant in informal-sector retail-for example, about 80-90% of street food sellers in Nigeria are women (34,35). Upstream in the value chain, women tend to be concentrated in post-harvest handling and processing (32,33).…”

Section: What Does Gender Have To Do With Post-harvest Loss? Women Are Highly Involved In Post-harvest Stages Of Food Value Chainsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender equity and reduction of post-harvest losses in agricultural value chains

Nordhagen¹

2021

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The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the UN in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. Working with governments, businesses and civil society, we aim to transform food systems so that they deliver more nutritious food for all people, especially the most vulnerable. Recommended citationNordhagen, S. Gender equity and reduction of post-harvest losses in agricultural value chains. Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition Working Paper #20

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Section: What Does Gender Have To Do With Post-harvest Loss? Women Are Highly Involved In Post-harvest Stages Of Food Value Chainsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender equity and reduction of post-harvest losses in agricultural value chains

Nordhagen¹

2021

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“…The coefficient of gender of the farmer shows that the probability of value addition reduces for being male. This may be indicative of the socio-cultural attachment of women to agricultural value addition in general and within the cassava system in particular [48,49]. An increase in the land area available to the farmer was found to increase value addition in cassava.…”

Section: Productivity Impact Of Value Addition Across Cassava Productmentioning

confidence: 92%

Value Addition and Productivity Differentials in the Nigerian Cassava System

Adeyemo

Okoruwa

2018

Sustainability

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There is an increasing need to improve value addition in order to get maximum utility from agricultural systems. Using a retrospective panel data from 482 cassava farmers covering the years 2015–2017, this study examined the effect of value addition on productivity of farmers in the cassava system in Nigeria. We analysed a non-parametric Data Envelopment Analysis to examine productivity across cassava production systems over the three year period. We also examined the impact of value addition on productivity using an endogenous switching regression to account for unobservables that determine the decision to add value and productivity of the farmers. The study found that cost and revenue outlays increased with value addition. Cassava farmers in general operated below the efficiency frontier, with total productivity declining over the 2015–2017 period. However, higher value addition farmers had better efficiency and non-reducing productivity in the periods studied. We found evidence of selection bias in the decision to add value and productivity of the farmers. The conditional and unconditional outcome estimates revealed positive gains in productivity with value addition, confirming the hypothesis that value addition increases farming households’ productivity. We recommend that essential services such as extension services, agricultural training, and ease of enterprise registration that drive agricultural value addition be made available to farmers.

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“…Value chain examination is the way toward breaking a chain into its constituent parts so as to more readily comprehend its structure and working. The examination comprises of distinguishing chain entertainers at each stage and perceiving their capacities and connections; deciding the chain administration, or initiative, to encourage chain development and fortifying; and recognizing value including exercises in the chain and doling out expenses and increased the value of every one of those exercises (Masamha et al, 2018). The progressions of products, data and accounts through the different phases of the chain are assessed so as to recognize issues or distinguish chances to improve the commitment of explicit entertainers and the general execution of the chain (United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, 2009).…”

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“…They require input supplies (seeds, fertilizer, chemicals, and so forth), farming hardware, water system gear and assembling offices, and proceed with taking care of, capacity, preparing and bundling. Different components, for example, power age, coordination, and so forth, which structure the chain contexts, are additionally significant elements influencing the exhibition of significant value chains (Masamha et al, 2018). One approach to group value chain is as far as who drives the chain: purchaser driven chains versus producer driven chains.…”

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Mechanics and Prospects of Groundnut Value Chain in Mullaitivu District, Sri Lanka

Sovis

Kuruppu

Jayakody³

et al. 2020

Sri Lanka Jnl Econ. Res.

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Understanding the dynamics of food value chains is pivotal to enhance its efficiencies. Groundnut was opted as the reference crop. The study was administered as value chain analysis. Gross Margin (GM) and Index of Marketing Efficiency (MEI) were determined. Mullaitivu district was selected as the research site with a sample of 56. Farmers recorded the highest GM (40.34%) and their interest in further profit in means of investment and expansion was less. Three channels were identified. The highest MEI (0.94) was recorded for 'Channel 3'. 'Channel 2' indicates the lowest figure for the MEI (0.23). The key value addition spot in the whole value chain is the Colombo-based wholesalers.

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Mapping cassava food value chains in Tanzania's smallholder farming sector: The implications of intra-household gender dynamics

Cited by 42 publications

References 5 publications

Gender equity and reduction of post-harvest losses in agricultural value chains

Gender equity and reduction of post-harvest losses in agricultural value chains

Value Addition and Productivity Differentials in the Nigerian Cassava System

Mechanics and Prospects of Groundnut Value Chain in Mullaitivu District, Sri Lanka

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