Paying more to make less: value degrading in the coffee value chain in eastern Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorArslan, Cansın;
dc.contributor.authorGregg, Daniel;
dc.contributor.authorWollni, Meike
dc.date.accessioned2026-01-30T08:41:24Z
dc.date.issued2023-02-12
dc.description.abstractValue upgrading through processing has been a core tenet of value chain interventions focusing on improving smallholder farmer welfare improvements. However, assessing the quality of processed agricultural products may be more difficult than unprocessed products. The resulting information asymmetry between producer and the buyer may lead to perverse outcomes for agrarian households. Using primary panel data collected from over 1500 coffee growing households in eastern Uganda and employing fixed effects approaches, we show that grower‐level post‐harvest processing has characteristics of a market for lemons and is associated with lower coffee income compared with unprocessed coffee production. Activities aiming at moving growers up the value chain should thus be integrated with relevant characteristics of the value chain, such as quality assurance. We add to the literature by presenting a clear description of the pathway from supply chains with asymmetric information over produce quality to diminished farmer welfare with a novel focus on post‐harvest processing.
dc.identifier.citationArslan, Cansın, Daniel Gregg, and Meike Wollni. 'Paying More to make Less: Value Degrading in the Coffee Value Chain in Eastern Uganda', American Journal of Agricultural Economics, vol. 106/no. 1, (2024), pp. 96-117.
dc.identifier.issnISSN 0002-9092
dc.identifier.issnEISSN 1467-8276
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/11975
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc
dc.subjectasymmetric information
dc.subjectcoffee
dc.subjectmarket for lemons
dc.subjectqualityuncertainty
dc.subjectUganda
dc.subjectupgrading
dc.subjectvalue chains
dc.titlePaying more to make less: value degrading in the coffee value chain in eastern Uganda
dc.typeArticle
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