Public and private investments for banana Xanthomonas Wilt control in Uganda: The economic feasibility for smallholder farmers

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationBioversity Internationalen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Padovaen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Naplesen
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.coverage.countryUganda
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2UG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierTiziana Pagnani: 0000-0001-5068-2562
cg.creator.identifierFrancesco Caracciolo: 0000-0001-9430-7529
cg.creator.identifierElisabetta Gotor: 0000-0003-0533-3077
cg.creator.identifierViola Di Cori: 0000-0002-2352-5630
cg.creator.identifierEnoch Kikulwe: 0000-0003-2433-1704
cg.creator.identifierMarta Kozicka: 0000-0002-2323-3689
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2020.1816616en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2042-1338en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalAfrican Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Developmenten
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatBANANAen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatPESTS AND DISEASESen
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatSMALLHOLDER FARMERSen
cg.volume14en
dc.contributor.authorGotor, Elisabettaen
dc.contributor.authorCori, Viola dien
dc.contributor.authorPagnani, Tizianaen
dc.contributor.authorKikulwe, Enoch Mutebien
dc.contributor.authorKozicka, Martaen
dc.contributor.authorCaracciolo, Francescoen
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-02T14:48:39Zen
dc.date.available2020-11-02T14:48:39Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/110030
dc.titlePublic and private investments for banana Xanthomonas Wilt control in Uganda: The economic feasibility for smallholder farmersen
dcterms.abstractBanana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW) poses a serious threat to livelihoods and food security for millions of households in Africa. Despite considerable investments in Uganda by the Government and other national and international stakeholders, the disease persists in the country after periods of significant resurgence. Building on the Agricultural Innovation Systems framework, this paper reviews the role of the major stakeholders involved in controlling the disease in Uganda. Next, using household survey data, it analyzes economic costs and benefits of adopting an integrated BXW control package for the Ugandan smallholder farmers. After 2015, there has been a significant reduction in both public and private investments in BXW management, which may contribute to future disease resurgence. Our analysis reveals a high level of partial adoption of BXW recommended practices, and just a third of farmers adopting a full control package. This means significant economic losses for non- adopters, as indicated by our findings that households adopting the full package registered a net balance of US$65 per acre higher than non-adopters. We find that disproportionally large costs need to be borne at the beginning of the process, while the benefits are distributed over time, which may present a barrier to adoption by resource-poor smallholders.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2020-10-15
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGotor, E.; Di Cori, V.; Pagnani, T.; Kikulwe, E.; Kozicka, M.; Caracciolo, F.(2020) Public and private investments for banana Xanthomonas Wilt control in Uganda: The economic feasibility for smallholder farmers. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development. Online first paper (15 October 2020). ISSN: 2042-1338en
dcterms.extentpp. 135-146en
dcterms.issued2022-01-02
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherInforma UK Limiteden
dcterms.subjecttechnologyen
dcterms.subjectxanthomonasen
dcterms.subjectdisease controlen
dcterms.subjectbest practicesen
dcterms.subjectcost benefit analysisen
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen
dcterms.subjecttecnologíaen
dcterms.subjectcontrol de enfermedadesen
dcterms.subjectanálisis de costos y beneficiosen
dcterms.subjectdevelopmenten
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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