This paper evaluates production and commercialization constraints that prevent smallholder farmers from effectively utilizing beans with regard to household food and income security. The study was conducted in six provinces of Burundi in 2010 using a multi-stage stratified sampling procedure to s...
Ochieng, J.
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Ruraduma, C.
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Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
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Wozemba, D.
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Ruraduma, C.
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Niyuhire, M.C.
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Ouma, Emily A.
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[Bean utilization and commercialization in great lakes region of Central Africa: the case of smallholder farmers in Burundi]
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Bean utilization and commercialization in great lakes region of Central Africa: the case of smallholder farmers in Burundi
Measures to alleviate poverty among smallholder farmers in Africa have focused on individual farmers all through the 21st century. However, these have not yielded much success, forcing research and development organizations to focus their efforts on technological innovations and other interventio...
Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
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Ochieng, D.
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Owuor, G.
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Buruchara, Robin A.
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Ochieng, J.
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Mapatano, S.
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[Determinants of Economic Gains from Crop Production in Africa: The Case of Smallholder Group Farmers in the Democratic Republic of Congo]
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Determinants of Economic Gains from Crop Production in Africa: The Case of Smallholder Group Farmers in the Democratic Republic of Congo
This paper analyses governance structures in Uganda’s smallholder pig value chains by applying the New Institutional Economics framework. It utilises cross sectional and qualitative survey data from randomly selected pig value chain actors in 4 districts. A multinomial logit model is applied to a...
Ouma, Emily A.
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Ochieng, J.
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Dione, Michel M.
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Pezo, Danilo A.
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[Governance structures in smallholder pig value chains in Uganda: constraints and opportunities for upgrading]
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Governance structures in smallholder pig value chains in Uganda: constraints and opportunities for upgrading
Agricultural technologies have boosted crop yield increases and household incomes, particularly, during the Green Revolution in Asia and some parts of Sub-Sahara Africa. However, adoption of yield enhancing technologies in the vegetable subsector is still low, particularly within smallholder farm...
Ochieng, J.
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Afari-Sefa, Victor
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Lukumay, Philipo J.
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Muthoni, F.
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Dominick, I.
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[Smallholder farmers' adoption of vegetable production technologies in Babati District, Tanzania]
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Smallholder farmers' adoption of vegetable production technologies in Babati District, Tanzania
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) is a major staple food in Burundi; thus increasing its production and marketing has the potential for raising incomes of the farming households. In the country, bean outputs have been declining for decades, yet demand for the crop in East Africa has surged consi...
Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
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Ochieng, J.
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Wozemba, D.
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Ruraduma, C.
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Niyuhire, M.C.
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Ochieng, D.
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[Factors influencing smallholder farmers’ bean production and supply to market in Burundi]
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Factors influencing smallholder farmers’ bean production and supply to market in Burundi