Market access, agricultural productivity and allocative efficiency in the banana sector of Uganda.

Abstract

This chapter analyses the factors influencing productivity and farm labour allocative efficiency in a banana-based production system in Uganda. A production function was estimated to analyse factors contributing to differences in banana production in three regions. Following a household economics theoretical framework, farm household behaviour regarding resource allocation to crop production is analysed, specifically elucidating the effect of imperfections in the labour and food markets. Where organic amendments (specifically animal manure) are applied in significant quantities, productivity is significantly increased. Land and labour allocation decisions are influenced by land characteristics, household characteristics, distance from motorable roads, access to off-farm opportunities and the need to satisfy subsistence needs. The separability condition is rejected in favour of non-separability between production and consumption decisions. Improvement in labour and food market conditions favours the production of sweet potato in the central region, matooke (a banana cultivar) and coffee in Masaka and matooke in the south-west.

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