Perceptions and outlook on intercropping coffee with banana as an opportunity for smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda

Jassogne, Laurence; Asten, Piet J.A. van; Wanyama, Ibrahim; Baret, Philippe

doi:10.1080/14735903.2012.714576

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“…Coffee is a shadetolerant understory tree. Bananas not only provide shade but also reduce incidence of coffee leaf rust [22]. Furthermore, banana intercropping can contribute to mitigation through storing an additional 15-30 t of carbon per ha in the soil.…”

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Sustainable intensification: What is its role in climate smart agriculture?

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Sustainable intensification: What is its role in climate smart agriculture?

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“…At national level, the contribution of highland banana was largest for food surplus households. Banana is both an important food crop and cash crop in Uganda, particularly in western Uganda (Komarek and AhmadiEsfahani 2011;Jassogne et al 2013). The larger banana contribution for food surplus households can be explained in two ways.…”

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Food availability and livelihood strategies among rural households across Uganda

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Despite continuing economic growth, Uganda faces persistent challenges to achieve food security. The effectiveness of policy and development strategies to help rural households achieve food security must improve. We present a novel approach to relate spatial patterns of food security to livelihood strategies, including the contribution of on-and offfarm activities to household food availability. Data from 1927 households from the World Bank Living Standards Measurement Study were used to estimate the calorific contribution of livelihood activities to food availability. Consumption of crops produced on-farm contributed most to food availability for households with limited food availability, yet the majority of these households were not food self-sufficient. Off-farm and market-oriented on-farm activities were more important for households with greater food availability. Overall, off-farm income was important in the north, while market-oriented on-farm activities were important in western and central Uganda. Food availability patterns largely matched patterns of agroecological conditions and market access, with households doing worst in Uganda's drier and remote northeast. Less food-secure households depended more on short-cycle food crops as compared with better-off households, who focused more on plantation (cash) crops, although this varied among regions. Targeting interventions to improve food security should consider such differences in enterprise choice and include options to improve household market access and off-farm income opportunities.

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“…Financial or technological input is very instrumental in releasing farmers from the poverty trap (Lade, et al, 2017). The factor of public institutions as stakeholders to increase production contributes to risk and impedes production at the farm level (Jassogne et al, 2013), this provokes a decline in the quality of life of farmers as a result of high input and increasing consumption (Ruben & Fort, 2012) but the farm-gate price of coffee does not significantly improve their economy.…”

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Increased Production and Price Stability: Alternative Solutions to the Poverty Trap of Small Farmers

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This article discusses the problem of coffee as an important commodity in trade and sources of foreign exchange as well as a source of income for coffee smallholders. Conditions as in the case of agriculture in general are that coffee production cannot be separated from the role of small farmers and in fact the dominant is still in the poverty line. This study aims to determine the factors that influence the income of coffee farmers in South Sulawesi Province by using a path analysis. In addition, this study also examines efforts in formulating programs aimed at increasing the income of smallholder coffee farmers. The results showed that the significant variables on the income of coffee farmers who were indicators of poverty were production variables, farm costs, number of productive trees, exchange rates, and quality of coffee produced by farmers. The main result in this study is that the exchange rate plays an important role in increasing farmers' incomes. In addition, increased production also contributes to increasing farmers' incomes. Therefore, to overcome the poverty of coffee farmers, a strategic program to increase production is needed, namely the expansion of coffee plants, the use of superior seeds, the development of post-harvest technology, improvement of quality and quantity of coffee, improvement of knowledge and skills, development of the marketing sector and optimization of the role of institutions.

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Perceptions and outlook on intercropping coffee with banana as an opportunity for smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda

Cited by 46 publications

References 12 publications

Sustainable intensification: What is its role in climate smart agriculture?

Sustainable intensification: What is its role in climate smart agriculture?

Food availability and livelihood strategies among rural households across Uganda

Increased Production and Price Stability: Alternative Solutions to the Poverty Trap of Small Farmers

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