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Value chain and marketing margins of cassava: An assessment of cassava marketing in northern Uganda
(African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2018-04-20)Cassava is one of the emerging market oriented agricultural commodities with potential to contribute to improved livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Uganda. Besides being a food crop, cassava is attracting more attention ... -
Vertical market linkages between smallholder African indigenous vegetables farmers and other market actors in Bungoma County
(Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics, 2023-06-09)The study aimed at determining the vertical market linkages that exist between smallholder African indigenous vegetable (AIV) farmers and other actors in Bungoma County, Kenya. Multistage sampling was employed to identify ... -
Weather and climate hazards that affect food production in the Lake Victoria basin.
(Maseno University, 2000)This paper discusses the impact of weather and climate hazards on the lives of the rural people living near Lake Victoria, Africa, thereby worsening their already desperate condition, and suggest ways of mitigating these ... -
Weather index insurance, agricultural input use, and crop productivity in Kenya
(GlobalFood Discussion Papers, 2017)Weather risk is a serious issue in the African small farm sector, which will further aggravate due to climate change. Farmers typically react by using low amounts of agricultural inputs. Low input use can help to minimize ... -
Yield advantage of maize and artemisia intercrops in a sub-humid ecozone of western Keny
(Shamokal Publications, 2012)see more details of the most beneficial system component. The experiment was carried out between 2009 and 2010 in two consecutive seasons. 8 treatments were laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) design with ...
