The effect of banana Xanthomonas wilt on beer-banana value chains in Central Uganda: an exploratory study

– Beer-bananas in Central Uganda are important for smallholder farmers’ livelihoods, especially for those that process the banana into beer and spirits. The purpose of this paper is to understand how actors in the beer-banana value chain are affected and how they are managing disease has become an i...

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Autores principales: Rietveld, Anne M., Jogo, W., Mpiira, S., Staver, Charles
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Emerald Publishing Limited 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66048
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author Rietveld, Anne M.
Jogo, W.
Mpiira, S.
Staver, Charles
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Mpiira, S.
Rietveld, Anne M.
Staver, Charles
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Jogo, W.
Mpiira, S.
Staver, Charles
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description – Beer-bananas in Central Uganda are important for smallholder farmers’ livelihoods, especially for those that process the banana into beer and spirits. The purpose of this paper is to understand how actors in the beer-banana value chain are affected and how they are managing disease has become an important issue since the outbreak of the bacterial banana disease Xanthomonas Wilt.– The authors conducted an exploratory study focusing on producers of beer-bananas; brewers and non-brewers, and on retailers in Central Uganda and in Kampala. The authors conducted surveys with these value chain actors and we used baseline data, collected through a household survey in the project sites.– Results showed that Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) has drastically reduced productivity of beer-banana systems, resulting in reduced sales volumes of beer-bananas and processed products and consequently reduced incomes. Application of disease control measures was generally higher among those farmers that brew.– This being an exploratory study, the samples for the different value chain actors were rather small. Future research should address: product quality and opportunities for differentiation; effects of beer-banana processing on rural communities; adoption of BXW control measures.– Beer-bananas are often neglected in research; this paper shows that is unfounded since beer-banana production and processing are important for many people’s livelihood. More insight into what motivates farmers to control the disease is essential to protect these people’s livelihoods.
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spelling CGSpace660482025-12-08T10:29:22Z The effect of banana Xanthomonas wilt on beer-banana value chains in Central Uganda: an exploratory study Rietveld, Anne M. Jogo, W. Mpiira, S. Staver, Charles bananas beers beverages disease control xanthomonas – Beer-bananas in Central Uganda are important for smallholder farmers’ livelihoods, especially for those that process the banana into beer and spirits. The purpose of this paper is to understand how actors in the beer-banana value chain are affected and how they are managing disease has become an important issue since the outbreak of the bacterial banana disease Xanthomonas Wilt.– The authors conducted an exploratory study focusing on producers of beer-bananas; brewers and non-brewers, and on retailers in Central Uganda and in Kampala. The authors conducted surveys with these value chain actors and we used baseline data, collected through a household survey in the project sites.– Results showed that Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) has drastically reduced productivity of beer-banana systems, resulting in reduced sales volumes of beer-bananas and processed products and consequently reduced incomes. Application of disease control measures was generally higher among those farmers that brew.– This being an exploratory study, the samples for the different value chain actors were rather small. Future research should address: product quality and opportunities for differentiation; effects of beer-banana processing on rural communities; adoption of BXW control measures.– Beer-bananas are often neglected in research; this paper shows that is unfounded since beer-banana production and processing are important for many people’s livelihood. More insight into what motivates farmers to control the disease is essential to protect these people’s livelihoods. 2014-11-11 2015-05-13T13:59:52Z 2015-05-13T13:59:52Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66048 en Limited Access application/pdf Emerald Publishing Limited Rietveld, A.M.; Jogo, W.; Mpiira, S.; Staver, C. -2014-The effect of banana Xanthomonas wilt on beer-banana value chains in Central Uganda: an exploratory study-Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 4(2) -p. 172-184
spellingShingle bananas
beers
beverages
disease control
xanthomonas
Rietveld, Anne M.
Jogo, W.
Mpiira, S.
Staver, Charles
The effect of banana Xanthomonas wilt on beer-banana value chains in Central Uganda: an exploratory study
title The effect of banana Xanthomonas wilt on beer-banana value chains in Central Uganda: an exploratory study
title_full The effect of banana Xanthomonas wilt on beer-banana value chains in Central Uganda: an exploratory study
title_fullStr The effect of banana Xanthomonas wilt on beer-banana value chains in Central Uganda: an exploratory study
title_full_unstemmed The effect of banana Xanthomonas wilt on beer-banana value chains in Central Uganda: an exploratory study
title_short The effect of banana Xanthomonas wilt on beer-banana value chains in Central Uganda: an exploratory study
title_sort effect of banana xanthomonas wilt on beer banana value chains in central uganda an exploratory study
topic bananas
beers
beverages
disease control
xanthomonas
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66048
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