Public–private partnership generates economic benefits to smallholder bean growers in Uganda

The quest to transform and hasten the role of smallholder farms in agricultural development and food security through farmer firm linkages has dominated development interventions in low-income countries for several decades. This has mostly been pursued through single- or multi-contract schemes imple...

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Autores principales: Aseete, Paul, Barkley, Andrew, Katungi, Enid, Adrogu Ugen, Michael, Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Springer 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130521
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author Aseete, Paul
Barkley, Andrew
Katungi, Enid
Adrogu Ugen, Michael
Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
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Aseete, Paul
Barkley, Andrew
Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
Katungi, Enid
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Barkley, Andrew
Katungi, Enid
Adrogu Ugen, Michael
Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
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description The quest to transform and hasten the role of smallholder farms in agricultural development and food security through farmer firm linkages has dominated development interventions in low-income countries for several decades. This has mostly been pursued through single- or multi-contract schemes implemented in isolation. Several studies have analyzed the efects of these schemes on smallholder farms with mixed results. A new paradigm is to use Agricultural Public Private Partnership (Ag-PPP) to achieve wider and sustainable impacts. However, limited empirical evidence exists on the efects of Ag-PPP interventions and targeting the same farmer. We address this research gap by assessing the impact of an Ag-PPP on small-scale common bean producers in Uganda. We use a doubly robust diference-in-diference approach in a multi-treatment setting to estimate these impacts. The results show that the PPP created positive outcomes for farmers and stimulated increased production from targeted interventions. Evidence shows that the PPP and its interventions were associated with signifcant increases in productivity, sales volumes, and shares of output marketed. Receiving bundled interventions had greater efects than a single intervention and efects varied between men and women bean crop owners. Results suggest that providing bundled interventions through a PPP can increase productivity and alleviate market access constraints. The outcomes of this Ag-PPP could be modifed for other contexts i.e., crops and localities, to inform food and development policy elsewhere.
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spelling CGSpace1305212025-12-08T09:54:28Z Public–private partnership generates economic benefits to smallholder bean growers in Uganda Aseete, Paul Barkley, Andrew Katungi, Enid Adrogu Ugen, Michael Birachi, Eliud Abucheli public-private partnerships market access productivity smallholders economic benefits The quest to transform and hasten the role of smallholder farms in agricultural development and food security through farmer firm linkages has dominated development interventions in low-income countries for several decades. This has mostly been pursued through single- or multi-contract schemes implemented in isolation. Several studies have analyzed the efects of these schemes on smallholder farms with mixed results. A new paradigm is to use Agricultural Public Private Partnership (Ag-PPP) to achieve wider and sustainable impacts. However, limited empirical evidence exists on the efects of Ag-PPP interventions and targeting the same farmer. We address this research gap by assessing the impact of an Ag-PPP on small-scale common bean producers in Uganda. We use a doubly robust diference-in-diference approach in a multi-treatment setting to estimate these impacts. The results show that the PPP created positive outcomes for farmers and stimulated increased production from targeted interventions. Evidence shows that the PPP and its interventions were associated with signifcant increases in productivity, sales volumes, and shares of output marketed. Receiving bundled interventions had greater efects than a single intervention and efects varied between men and women bean crop owners. Results suggest that providing bundled interventions through a PPP can increase productivity and alleviate market access constraints. The outcomes of this Ag-PPP could be modifed for other contexts i.e., crops and localities, to inform food and development policy elsewhere. 2023-02 2023-05-30T09:54:55Z 2023-05-30T09:54:55Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130521 en Open Access application/pdf Springer Aseete, P.; Barkley, A.; Katungi, E.; Adrogu Ugen, M.; Birachi, E. (2023) Public–private partnership generates economic benefits to smallholder bean growers in Uganda. Food Security 15(1) p. 201–218. ISSN: 1876-4517
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market access
productivity
smallholders
economic benefits
Aseete, Paul
Barkley, Andrew
Katungi, Enid
Adrogu Ugen, Michael
Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
Public–private partnership generates economic benefits to smallholder bean growers in Uganda
title Public–private partnership generates economic benefits to smallholder bean growers in Uganda
title_full Public–private partnership generates economic benefits to smallholder bean growers in Uganda
title_fullStr Public–private partnership generates economic benefits to smallholder bean growers in Uganda
title_full_unstemmed Public–private partnership generates economic benefits to smallholder bean growers in Uganda
title_short Public–private partnership generates economic benefits to smallholder bean growers in Uganda
title_sort public private partnership generates economic benefits to smallholder bean growers in uganda
topic public-private partnerships
market access
productivity
smallholders
economic benefits
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130521
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