F. Bagamba : "Market Access and Agricultural Production: The Case of Banana Production in Uganda"

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14 Mar 2007 13:30
Unit: Wageningen University
Location: Aula, building 362, Gen. Foulkesweg 1, Wageningen
Organisation: Wageningen University
Promotor: prof.dr. A. Kuyvenhoven (Development Economics)
Co Promotor: C.P.J. Burger

 The study analyses smallholder household response to development of product markets and off-farm opportunities.  In particular, it analyses the determinants of shift in banana production from central region to the southwest of the country.  Lower access to credit, poor infrastructure and the need to meet household subsistence needs, as well as higher pest and disease incidence in the central region contributed to the shift in production.  Improved roads, formal education, access to credit and extension are some of the factors that improve productivity and smallholder production efficiency.  Education and road access have a positive effect on time allocated to off-farm activities.  Access to off-farm opportunities takes away the most productive labour from farm production.  Investment in road infrastructure, education and financial institutions suited to smallholder production needs could help alleviating the bottlenecks in the labour, food and financial markets, and improve resource allocation between the farm and nonfarm sectors.
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