Value chain analysis of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) seed in Bangladesh

Mallick, Soma; Shivakoti, Ganesh P.; Datta, Avishek; Kuwornu, John K.M.; Asbrouck, Johan Van

doi:10.1504/ijvcm.2017.085484

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“…Value chain is the keyword in recent agricultural development debates, often in conjunction with rural economic development and agribusiness promotion (Atieno and Schulte-Geldermann, 2016). A value chain consists of all value-generating activities, sequential or otherwise, required to produce, deliver, and dispose of a commodity (Lema et al, 2015;Mallick et al, 2017). More specifically, it can be defined as the full range of activities and participants involved in moving agricultural products from input suppliers to farmers" fields, and ultimately, to consumers (Miller and Jones, 2010;Chagomka et al, 2014).…”

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Socioeconomic and Performance of Agripreneurs: A Case Study of Dried Melon Value Chain in Owo Local Government of Ondo State, Nigeria

Ademola Adegoroye,

Tolulope Seun Olubunmi-Ajayi,

Adeyose Emmanuel Akinbola

et al. 2023

Int. j. manag. entrep. res

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The study was carried out to examine the socioeconomic and performance of the dried melon value chain in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria. The data for the study were collected primarily using a well-structured questionnaire. A two-stage sampling procedure was used to randomly select 120 respondents. Descriptive statistics, budgetary techniques, and multiple regression models were used to analyse the data. The results of the socioeconomic characteristics revealed that male dominates the producers’ chain while female dominates the processors’ and marketers' chains. All the actors were still in their economic active age with a mean age of around 40 years old. Many of the actors were married and had good years of experience with the producers being the highest (18 years). Apart from the producers, many of the actors were educated with at least a primary school education. Processors made more income (N190,374.7) than the producers (N175,709.3) and the marketers (N132,374.4). Despite that, the budgetary techniques confirmed that each chain was profitable, the return on investment was at the highest (0.59) for the processors followed by the producers (0.44) and then, the marketers (0.40). The market margin results showed 0.31, 0.37, and 0.29 for the processors, producers, and marketers, respectively. The results of the multiple regression indicated that costs of labour, transportation, and fixed input significantly influenced producers’ volume of sales. The variables like education, unit price, and labour cost significantly influenced processors’ volume of sales, while age, sex, income, experience, and unit price significantly influenced the marketers’ volume of sales. Therefore, it can be recommended that government intervention is crucial in the melon value chain by subsidizing the inputs to reduce the cost of production and processing. The government should also provide credit facilities and other infrastructure, such as roads, which will reduce the high cost of transportation. Keywords: Gross Margin, Market Margin, Melon, Profitability, Volume of Sales, Nigeria

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Socioeconomic and Performance of Agripreneurs: A Case Study of Dried Melon Value Chain in Owo Local Government of Ondo State, Nigeria

Ademola Adegoroye,

Tolulope Seun Olubunmi-Ajayi,

Adeyose Emmanuel Akinbola

et al. 2023

Int. j. manag. entrep. res

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Assessing seed and breeding interventions for organic farming using a multiagent value chain approach

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According to the EU’s organic regulation, the use of organic seed is generally binding in organic farming. Because of an organic seed shortage, derogations to use nonorganic seed can be obtained. By 2036, the EU plans to phase out these derogations and achieve 100% organic seed use. Previous attempts at achieving this, though, have failed. Ensuring organic seed supply is of particular EU-wide importance to meet EU policy goals, such as the farm-to-fork strategy. To assess the impact of measures to smooth this transition, we developed the VAL-MAS model (VALue chain Multi-Agent System). VAL-MAS is a multiagent model based on a heterogeneous agent population and mathematical programming that can provide insights into the performance of different seed system interventions. We selected organic fresh market carrots in Germany for their importance in the national and European organic sector as an example case. Our model suggests that the end of the derogation system poses a challenge to the seed value chain in terms of seed supply and farm incomes. The most effective mitigation solution is an investment in improved pest control during seed multiplication, accompanied by a stepwise phasing out of derogations for the use of nonorganic seed.

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Value chain analysis of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) seed in Bangladesh

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Socioeconomic and Performance of Agripreneurs: A Case Study of Dried Melon Value Chain in Owo Local Government of Ondo State, Nigeria

Socioeconomic and Performance of Agripreneurs: A Case Study of Dried Melon Value Chain in Owo Local Government of Ondo State, Nigeria

Assessing seed and breeding interventions for organic farming using a multiagent value chain approach

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