The study investigates the role of technology adoption and collective action in the demand for credit among dairy farmers in rural Tanzania. Using survey data from four districts in Tanga and Morogoro regions, the incidence of credit is found to be seven percent. Logit and tobit models based on a...
The study uses a partial equilibrium model to determine the benefits that would accrue to smallholder dairy producers and consumers from improved efficiency of Tanzania’s informal dairy value chain. Two sources of technical efficiency are analyzed, namely, cost efficiency and scale efficiency. Us...
Twine, Edgar E.
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Katjiuongua, H.
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[Farm-level and consumption responses to improved efficiency of Tanzania’s informal dairy value chain]
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Farm-level and consumption responses to improved efficiency of Tanzania’s informal dairy value chain
The study evaluates the impact of risk on enterprises of smallholder male, female and young milk producers in Tanzania’s formal and informal dairy value chains. It also examines the effect of uncertainty on the decision to invest in milk production in both value chains. Results indicate that yout...
Twine, Edgar E.
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Omore, Amos O.
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Githinji, J.W.K.
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[Risk and uncertainty in milk production by smallholders in Tanzania: Implications for inclusiveness and investment]
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Risk and uncertainty in milk production by smallholders in Tanzania: Implications for inclusiveness and investment
Improved germplasm from the cassava-breeding program has generated new varieties that are increasingly being grown by farmers in Uganda.In this study, the socio-economic and demographic characteristics of cassava farmers in different regions of Uganda, adopted c...
Abele, S.
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Twine, Edgar E.
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Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas
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Baguma, Yona K.
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Kanobe, C.
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Bua, A.
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[Adoption of improved cassava varieties in Uganda: implications for agricultural research and technology dissemination]
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Adoption of improved cassava varieties in Uganda: implications for agricultural research and technology dissemination
In 1996, Cassava Mosaic Disease in Western Kenya depressed productivity and de-stabilized markets. The study assesses the effectiveness of breeding and disseminating CMD-resistant varieties in western Kenya by determining the extent of adoption and impact on farmers' income of the new varieties v...
Abele, S.
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Twine, Edgar E.
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Ntawuruhunga, Pheneas
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Tenywa, J.S.
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Nampala, P.
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Okori, P.
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Kyamuhangire, W.
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Adipala, E.
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Tusiome, G.
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Odendo, M.
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Obiero, H.
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Odenya, J.
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[Effectiveness of breeding and disseminating CMDresistant cassava varieties in western Kenya]
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Effectiveness of breeding and disseminating CMDresistant cassava varieties in western Kenya