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This study contributed to a better understanding of current gender disparities that can help to ensure future inclusive market development and associated benefits. The analysis is based on empirical evidence from female and male small and medium enterprise (SME) owners along the common bean value...


Wilkus, Erin LynnFrancesconi, Gian N.[Enhancing the benefits of value chain development: Addressing gender disparities in Kenyan and Ugandan common bean value chains]Enhancing the benefits of value chain development: Addressing gender disparities in Kenyan and Ugandan common bean value chains

This study addresses the need to empirically determine the effect of brokers on the performance of SMEs in the common bean value chains of Uganda and Kenya. Contrary to the conventional portrayal of brokers as scam artists, this analysis determined that broker use benefited SMEs by increasing pro...


Wilkus, Erin LynnFrancesconi, Gian N.[Value chain development to reach the nutritional needs of the urban poor: The role of brokers and SMEs for the commercialization of common beans in East Africa]Value chain development to reach the nutritional needs of the urban poor: The role of brokers and SMEs for the commercialization of common beans in East Africa

This impact assessment provides empirical evidence from household producer surveys to test the assumptions surrounding the contribution of participatory varietal selection (PVS) activities on seed sector development. The purpose of this paper is to focus on household access and adoption of common...


Wilkus, Erin LynnFrancesconi, Gian N.Jager, Matthias[Replication Data for: Rural seed sector development through participatory varietal selection: Synergies and trade-offs in seed provision services and market participation among household bean producers in Western Uganda]Replication Data for: Rural seed sector development through participatory varietal selection: Synergies and trade-offs in seed provision services and market participation among household bean producers in Western Uganda

Widespread adoption of new varieties can be valuable, especially where improved agricultural production technologies are hard to access. However, as farmers adopt new varieties, in situ population structure and genetic diversity of their seed holdings can change drastically. Consequences of adopt...


Wilkus, Erin LynnBerny Mier y Teran, Jorge CarlosMukankusi, Clare MugishaGepts, Paul[Genetic Patterns of Common-Bean Seed Acquisition and Early-Stage Adoption Among Farmer Groups in Western Uganda]Genetic Patterns of Common-Bean Seed Acquisition and Early-Stage Adoption Among Farmer Groups in Western Uganda

Purpose This impact assessment provides empirical evidence from household producer surveys to test the assumptions surrounding the contribution of participatory varietal selection (PVS) activities on seed sector development. The purpose of this paper is to focus on household access and adoption ...


Wilkus, Erin LynnFrancesconi, Gian N.Jager, Matthias[Rural seed sector development through participatory varietal selection: Synergies and trade-offs in seed provision services and market participation among household bean producers in Western Uganda]Rural seed sector development through participatory varietal selection: Synergies and trade-offs in seed provision services and market participation among household bean producers in Western Uganda

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