Value chains for staple food crops in Uganda: Impediments and options for improvement

The market for food staples remains central to many agricultural-based economies because staple foods constitute such a major share of household food expenditures. Uganda is no different in this regard. Recognizing the importance of staple food markets both for general economic growth and broad pove...

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Autor principal: Namazzi, Juliet
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161755
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description The market for food staples remains central to many agricultural-based economies because staple foods constitute such a major share of household food expenditures. Uganda is no different in this regard. Recognizing the importance of staple food markets both for general economic growth and broad poverty reduction and given the centrality of access to staple food for household welfare, the government of Uganda has targeted value addition for staple food crops as a priority area for agricultural development. In order to properly invest in value addition, one needs to look at the value chain for a staple food commodity as a whole and identify and alleviate constraints that hinder the development of a sustainable and growing market for it.
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spelling CGSpace1617552025-11-06T04:37:12Z Value chains for staple food crops in Uganda: Impediments and options for improvement Namazzi, Juliet agricultural development value chains agriculture staple foods markets The market for food staples remains central to many agricultural-based economies because staple foods constitute such a major share of household food expenditures. Uganda is no different in this regard. Recognizing the importance of staple food markets both for general economic growth and broad poverty reduction and given the centrality of access to staple food for household welfare, the government of Uganda has targeted value addition for staple food crops as a priority area for agricultural development. In order to properly invest in value addition, one needs to look at the value chain for a staple food commodity as a whole and identify and alleviate constraints that hinder the development of a sustainable and growing market for it. 2008 2024-11-21T09:57:56Z 2024-11-21T09:57:56Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161755 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Namazzi, Juliet. 2008. Value chains for staple food crops in Uganda. USSP Brief 2. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161755
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value chains
agriculture
staple foods
markets
Namazzi, Juliet
Value chains for staple food crops in Uganda: Impediments and options for improvement
title Value chains for staple food crops in Uganda: Impediments and options for improvement
title_full Value chains for staple food crops in Uganda: Impediments and options for improvement
title_fullStr Value chains for staple food crops in Uganda: Impediments and options for improvement
title_full_unstemmed Value chains for staple food crops in Uganda: Impediments and options for improvement
title_short Value chains for staple food crops in Uganda: Impediments and options for improvement
title_sort value chains for staple food crops in uganda impediments and options for improvement
topic agricultural development
value chains
agriculture
staple foods
markets
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