Domestic versus export-led agricultural transformation: Evidence from Uganda’s dairy value chain

Driven by increased demand from both local and export markets and facilitated by far-reaching liberalization and privatization policies, the dairy sub-sector in Uganda has undergone significant changes in the last decade. With a comparative advantage in milk production, the southwest of Uganda has s...

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Autores principales: Van Campenhout, Bjorn, Minten, Bart, Swinnen, Johan
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146805
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author Van Campenhout, Bjorn
Minten, Bart
Swinnen, Johan
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Swinnen, Johan
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description Driven by increased demand from both local and export markets and facilitated by far-reaching liberalization and privatization policies, the dairy sub-sector in Uganda has undergone significant changes in the last decade. With a comparative advantage in milk production, the southwest of Uganda has started to attract considerable Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in processing capacity, mainly targeting the export market. As a result, processing capacity increased five-fold and dairy became Uganda’s third most important export product, coming from negligible amounts a decade earlier. In this study, we use observational data collected at different nodes within the value chain to compare the structure of the chain and the roles and economic activities of different actors between export-led value chains and value chains that cater for the local market. Doing so allows us to identify the technological and institutional innovations that both result from the emergence of export-led dairy value chains and at the same time drive further upgrading. Our analysis underscores the importance of milk collection centers, which often take the form of farmer cooperatives, in providing many of the support services that enable other actors in the value chain to produce sufficient milk, and maintain milk sanitation levels necessary for an export sector to emerge.
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spelling CGSpace1468052025-12-08T10:06:44Z Domestic versus export-led agricultural transformation: Evidence from Uganda’s dairy value chain Van Campenhout, Bjorn Minten, Bart Swinnen, Johan milk production innovation supply chains technological changes exports technology capacity development agriculture trade privatization export policies foreign investment Driven by increased demand from both local and export markets and facilitated by far-reaching liberalization and privatization policies, the dairy sub-sector in Uganda has undergone significant changes in the last decade. With a comparative advantage in milk production, the southwest of Uganda has started to attract considerable Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in processing capacity, mainly targeting the export market. As a result, processing capacity increased five-fold and dairy became Uganda’s third most important export product, coming from negligible amounts a decade earlier. In this study, we use observational data collected at different nodes within the value chain to compare the structure of the chain and the roles and economic activities of different actors between export-led value chains and value chains that cater for the local market. Doing so allows us to identify the technological and institutional innovations that both result from the emergence of export-led dairy value chains and at the same time drive further upgrading. Our analysis underscores the importance of milk collection centers, which often take the form of farmer cooperatives, in providing many of the support services that enable other actors in the value chain to produce sufficient milk, and maintain milk sanitation levels necessary for an export sector to emerge. 2019-11-21 2024-06-21T09:08:50Z 2024-06-21T09:08:50Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146805 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146016 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2019.01.010 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2018.01.005 https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.276052 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133682 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134733 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Van Campenhout, Bjorn; Minten, Bart; and Swinnen, Johan. 2019. Domestic versus export-led agricultural transformation: Evidence from Uganda’s dairy value chain. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1883. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146805
spellingShingle milk production
innovation
supply chains
technological changes
exports
technology
capacity development
agriculture
trade
privatization
export policies
foreign investment
Van Campenhout, Bjorn
Minten, Bart
Swinnen, Johan
Domestic versus export-led agricultural transformation: Evidence from Uganda’s dairy value chain
title Domestic versus export-led agricultural transformation: Evidence from Uganda’s dairy value chain
title_full Domestic versus export-led agricultural transformation: Evidence from Uganda’s dairy value chain
title_fullStr Domestic versus export-led agricultural transformation: Evidence from Uganda’s dairy value chain
title_full_unstemmed Domestic versus export-led agricultural transformation: Evidence from Uganda’s dairy value chain
title_short Domestic versus export-led agricultural transformation: Evidence from Uganda’s dairy value chain
title_sort domestic versus export led agricultural transformation evidence from uganda s dairy value chain
topic milk production
innovation
supply chains
technological changes
exports
technology
capacity development
agriculture
trade
privatization
export policies
foreign investment
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146805
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