Trade, value chain technology and prices: Evidence from dairy in East Africa

Differences in world market participation and access to value chain technologies have resulted in uneven experiences across countries. In this paper, we explore their impact on prices in the value chain, using the example of Ethiopia and Uganda. We develop a conceptual framework, then validate the m...

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Autores principales: Ignowski, Liz, Minten, Bart, Van Campenhout, Bjorn, Vandevelde, Senne
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141222
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author Ignowski, Liz
Minten, Bart
Van Campenhout, Bjorn
Vandevelde, Senne
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description Differences in world market participation and access to value chain technologies have resulted in uneven experiences across countries. In this paper, we explore their impact on prices in the value chain, using the example of Ethiopia and Uganda. We develop a conceptual framework, then validate the model using primary price data collected at several levels in the dairy value chains in both countries. We find that prices are lower in Uganda than Ethiopia, reflecting their respective net trade status. Moreover, despite shorter value chains, we find much more significant effects of distances from the capital on milk prices in Ethiopia than in Uganda. This is linked to the presence of milk chilling centers in Uganda. While such technology is important for milk quality, we find here that they also have the added benefit to reduce the impact of farmer's remoteness on prices and allow for more geographically extended value chains.
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spelling CGSpace1412222025-12-08T10:11:39Z Trade, value chain technology and prices: Evidence from dairy in East Africa Ignowski, Liz Minten, Bart Van Campenhout, Bjorn Vandevelde, Senne value chains dairy farming technology modelling agricultural prices dairying trade prices Differences in world market participation and access to value chain technologies have resulted in uneven experiences across countries. In this paper, we explore their impact on prices in the value chain, using the example of Ethiopia and Uganda. We develop a conceptual framework, then validate the model using primary price data collected at several levels in the dairy value chains in both countries. We find that prices are lower in Uganda than Ethiopia, reflecting their respective net trade status. Moreover, despite shorter value chains, we find much more significant effects of distances from the capital on milk prices in Ethiopia than in Uganda. This is linked to the presence of milk chilling centers in Uganda. While such technology is important for milk quality, we find here that they also have the added benefit to reduce the impact of farmer's remoteness on prices and allow for more geographically extended value chains. 2022-07-26 2024-04-12T13:37:29Z 2024-04-12T13:37:29Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141222 en https://feb.kuleuven.be/drc/licos/publications/dp/dp422 https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12638 Open Access Oxford University Press Ignowski, Liz; Minten, Bart; Van Campenhout, Bjorn; and Vandevelde, Senne. 2022. Trade, value chain technology and prices: Evidence from dairy in East Africa. Q Open: A Journal of Agricultural, Climate, Environmental, Food, Resource and Rural Development Economics 2(2): qoac016. https://doi.org/10.1093/qopen/qoac016
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trade
prices
Ignowski, Liz
Minten, Bart
Van Campenhout, Bjorn
Vandevelde, Senne
Trade, value chain technology and prices: Evidence from dairy in East Africa
title Trade, value chain technology and prices: Evidence from dairy in East Africa
title_full Trade, value chain technology and prices: Evidence from dairy in East Africa
title_fullStr Trade, value chain technology and prices: Evidence from dairy in East Africa
title_full_unstemmed Trade, value chain technology and prices: Evidence from dairy in East Africa
title_short Trade, value chain technology and prices: Evidence from dairy in East Africa
title_sort trade value chain technology and prices evidence from dairy in east africa
topic value chains
dairy farming
technology
modelling
agricultural prices
dairying
trade
prices
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/141222
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