Leading the way – foreign direct investment and dairy value chain upgrading in Uganda

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorBjorn Van, Campenhout
dc.contributor.authorBart, Minten
dc.contributor.authorJohan, F. M. Swinnen
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-29T08:18:59Z
dc.date.available2022-11-29T08:18:59Z
dc.date.issued2021-01-26
dc.description.abstractDriven by increased demand from both local and export markets and facilitated by far-reaching liberalization and privatization policies, the dairy sub-sector in Uganda has undergone significant changes in the last decade. With a comparative advantage in milk production, the southwest of Uganda has started to attract considerable Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in processing capacity, mainly targeting the export market. As a result, processing capacity increased five-fold and dairy became Uganda's third most important export product, coming from negligible amounts a decade earlier. In this study, we use data collected at different nodes within the value chain to identify some of the key innovations in these value chains. This is done by comparing the area that received the bulk of FDI to a similar area that did not. Furthermore, we also provide an econometric analysis that focuses on the integration of value chain actors into modern value chains more broadly defined. We find that dairy value chains are transforming rapidly, but innovations are more pronounced in areas that received the bulk of FDI. Our analysis further underscores the importance of milk collection centers, which often take the form of farmer cooperatives, in providing many of the support services that enable other actors in the value chain to produce sufficient milk, and maintain milk sanitation levels necessary for a modern export sector to emerge.en_US
dc.identifier.citationVan Campenhout, B, Minten, B, Swinnen, JFM. Leading the way – foreign direct investment and dairy value chain upgrading in Uganda. Agricultural Economics. 2021; 52: 607– 631. https://login.research4life.org/tacsgr1doi_org/10.1111/agec.12638en_US
dc.identifier.issn0169-5150
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/5514
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltden_US
dc.subjectagricultural transformation, value chains, foreign direct investments, export, dairy, Uganda.en_US
dc.titleLeading the way – foreign direct investment and dairy value chain upgrading in Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Agricultural Economics - 2021 - Van Campenhout - Leading the way foreign direct investment and dairy value chain.pdf
Size:
1.6 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences