Innovative and beneficial informal sweetpotato seed private enterprise in northern Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorRachkara, Paul
dc.contributor.authorPhillips, David Paul
dc.contributor.authorWamala Kalule, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorGibson, Richard William
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-18T18:27:39Z
dc.date.available2023-09-18T18:27:39Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractResearch conducted in the informal sweetpotato seed (vines) supply system in the Gulu region, northern Uganda (2013–2015) revealed a diverse set of actors using private enterprise in a range of selling and marketing channels. The different channels offer an efficient and effective marketing system, providing different services and conveniences for farmers at different prices. The actors include local vine multipliers, traders, dry season root farmers, transporters and town sellers. The local multipliers and dry season root farmers grow crops during the dry season in swampy areas and sell the vines in the following rainy season to the many farmers who lack access to such areas and therefore lack vines to plant. The presentation and discussion of this case study adds to an expanding argument in the literature for increased attention to support actors in informal food crop sectors who are providing sustainable production and marketing systems on a platform of beneficial and innovative private enterprise. Through their commercial operations, vine multipliers and other actors can effectively meet the demand of customers and at the right time and place. With suitable dissemination programmes installed, these actors could also offer access to new varieties otherwise unavailable to the majority of farmers.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRachkara, P., Phillips, D. P., Kalule, S. W., & Gibson, R. W. (2017). Innovative and beneficial informal sweetpotato seed private enterprise in northern Uganda. Food Security, 9, 595-610. DOI 10.1007/s12571-017-0680-4en_US
dc.identifier.other10.1007/s12571-017-0680-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/9247
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherFood Securityen_US
dc.subjectSeed systemsen_US
dc.subjectPrivate enterpriseen_US
dc.subjectSmallholder agricultureen_US
dc.subjectVine marketingen_US
dc.titleInnovative and beneficial informal sweetpotato seed private enterprise in northern Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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