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Coordination and structure of agri-food value chains

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dc.contributor.author Warsanga, W. B
dc.date.accessioned 2022-12-01T09:30:05Z
dc.date.available 2022-12-01T09:30:05Z
dc.date.issued 2014
dc.identifier.citation Warsanga, W. B (2014). Coordination and structure of Agri-food value chains:Analysis of banana value chain strands in Tanzania. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development. 5(7) en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2222-1700
dc.identifier.issn 2222-2855
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.mocu.ac.tz/xmlui/handle/123456789/321
dc.description Research article en_US
dc.description.abstract The strong coordination and structure of Agri-food value chain increase smallholder farmers’ access to resource endowments and markets for their produces which in turn improve production and marketing efficiency of the Agri-food products. Following the mapping of banana value chain actors, the cross-sectional information from Rombo District in Kilimanjaro region were quantitatively analyzed based on 209 responses consist of farmers, wholesalers, retailers, brokers and processors. The overall result showed that, the absence of contracts has led vertical coordination between actors of banana value chain to be weak; the loose coordination prevents the actors to enjoy the economic incentives of the value chain as a result farmers cannot deliver enough bananas to processors and traders. Lack of farmers’ group associations which deal with bananas resulted to poor functioning of horizontal coordination of banana value chain in the study area. Prices and margins obtained by different actors along the chain varied significantly with the wholesalers captured higher mean price difference. The study recommends on strengthening and establishment of vertical and horizontal coordination among actors in order to have strong value chain structure for efficiency improvements. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher STE Publishers en_US
dc.subject Agri-food en_US
dc.subject Coordination and Structure en_US
dc.subject Market margin en_US
dc.subject Tanzania en_US
dc.subject Banana en_US
dc.subject Value Chain en_US
dc.title Coordination and structure of agri-food value chains en_US
dc.title.alternative Analysis of banana value chain strands in Tanzania en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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