Potato market access, marketing efficiency and on-farm value addition in Uganda

Kyomugisha, Harriet; Sebatta, Christopher; Mugisha, Johnny

doi:10.1016/j.sciaf.2018.e00013

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“…As farmers' lives under poverty, efforts are needed to improve access to information and financial institution. Efforts are being made to develop potential markets and overcome market failures and also to achieve efficient marketing for farmers by removing market access barriers [15]. Cooperatives in rural areas through the development of agricultural products based on agricultural trade can be a solution.…”

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Efficiency of Papaya Marketing (Carica papaya L.) in Indramayu Regency, West Java Province of Indonesia

Widyaningsih¹,

Santoso²,

Stephanie³

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the International Conference on Agriculture, Social Sciences, Education, Technology and Health (ICASSETH 2019)

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Papaya is one of the suitable plants cultivated in Indramayu Regency. This study determines the price transmission elasticity and marketing efficiency of papaya in Indramayu Regency. It applies an econometric model using producer and consumer monthly prices of papaya in Indramayu Regency from January 2012 to December 2016. The result shows that the price transmission elasticity of papaya marketing in Indramayu Regency is 0.921. It implies that papaya marketing structure is not applied in perfect competition market. The price transmission from consumers to farmers are asymmetric, so the price change at consumer level are not transmitted to the price at farmer level. It can be concluded that the papaya marketing in Indramayu Regency is not efficient. Weak farmers bargaining position leads to lower farmers' share. Therefore, it is important to strengthen farmers' institutions, especially in agricultural products marketing chain. There is a need for cooperation between farmers, farmers group and entrepreneurs (business partnerships) so that farmers are financially independent. It will broaden the opportunity to establish the market prices.

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Efficiency of Papaya Marketing (Carica papaya L.) in Indramayu Regency, West Java Province of Indonesia

Widyaningsih¹,

Santoso²,

Stephanie³

et al. 2020

Proceedings of the International Conference on Agriculture, Social Sciences, Education, Technology and Health (ICASSETH 2019)

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“…Most of these varieties were resistant to late blight; a major cause of potato production losses in the country (NARO, 2017). The most popular varieties grown in the three major production regions are Rwangume (Naropot 4), Victoria and Kinigi (Namugga et al, 2015;Kyomugisha et al, 2018); and are preferred because of their disease resistance and high yields. In eastern Uganda, the variety Shangi from Kenya is becoming popular because of its suitability for boiling, reduced cooking time, early maturing, with big tubers and high yields (Sinelle, 2018).…”

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“…Increasingly consumers prefer to eat chips and crisps, a trend driven by rapid urbanization and change in urban food eating habits (Kyomugisha et al, 2018). There is a growing presence of street food vendors in urban and peri-urban areas, and potato chips are a major component of street foods.…”

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“…According to Mudege et al (2016), women are responsible for seed selection and preservation and play a major role in ensuring maintenance of varieties from season to season. Formal seed producers are typically farmers who grow both ware and seed potato (Kyomugisha et al, 2018), and most of them are members of the Uganda National Seed Potato Producers Association (Mbowa and Mwesigye, 2016). Besides land, labor, tools and equipment, seed producers need to have access to extension services.…”

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“…Boiled potato is prepared by women with support of the female children for consumption at household level (Mudege et al, in press). In south-western Uganda, varieties with limited market demand such as Rwashaki are the ones mostly used for home consumption (Kyomugisha et al, 2018). Restaurants serve boiled/lightly fried potato for breakfast as well (ibid).…”

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Current status of knowledge about end-user preferences for boiled potato in Uganda – A food science, gender and demand perspective

Kisakye¹,

Edgar²,

Mayanja³

et al. 2020

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Current status of knowledge about end-user preferences for boiled potato in Uganda-A food science, gender and demand perspective Published by the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas The CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) is a partnership collaboration led by the International Potato Center implemented jointly with the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), and the Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD), that includes a growing number of research and development partners. RTB brings together research on its mandate crops: bananas and plantains, cassava, potato, sweetpotato, yams, and minor roots and tubers, to improve nutrition and food security and foster greater gender equity especially among some of the world's poorest and most vulnerable populations.

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Entrepreneurship education in East, West and North Africa Higher Education Institutions (HEIs): mapping agripreneurship curriculum and lecturers’ competencies

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Mshenga,

Saidi

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This study focused on mapping agripreneurship curriculum and lecturers’ competencies in 8 African Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), participating in the Strengthening Agri-Entrepreneurship and Community Engagement Training in East, West and North Africa (AgriENGAGE) joint Project. A sample of 194 lecturers from East, West, and North Africa participated in the study. The study employed a mixed method approach with concurrent nested research design methodology to collect information. Among the main results found in this study, the key aspects that were implemented in curricula were; business plan development (µ = 3.57), business opportunities identification (µ = 3.56), and communicating with value chain actors (= 3.51). Concerning the forms of entrepreneurship taught, most institutions focused on subsistence agripreneurship (µ = 3.23) with growth-oriented agripreneurship (µ = 2.50) and innovative-oriented agripreneurship (µ = 2.50) having the lowest rating. Regarding teaching methods within the provision of entrepreneurship education, most of the institutions were using traditional teaching methodologies with the common ones being formal lectures, field trips, in-class group discussions, and group project-based learning. Most lecturers had low teaching competencies concerning instructional quality and a moderate/average level of entrepreneurial competencies. The study recommends that universities should implement more professional development and pedagogical training over and above the subject competency to improve lecturers’ entrepreneurial competency.

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Potato market access, marketing efficiency and on-farm value addition in Uganda

Cited by 25 publications

References 26 publications

Efficiency of Papaya Marketing (Carica papaya L.) in Indramayu Regency, West Java Province of Indonesia

Efficiency of Papaya Marketing (Carica papaya L.) in Indramayu Regency, West Java Province of Indonesia

Current status of knowledge about end-user preferences for boiled potato in Uganda – A food science, gender and demand perspective

Entrepreneurship education in East, West and North Africa Higher Education Institutions (HEIs): mapping agripreneurship curriculum and lecturers’ competencies

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