Factors influencing smallholder farmers’ bean production and supply to market in Burundi

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen
cg.coverage.countryBurundi
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BI
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionMiddle Africa
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierEliud Abucheli Birachi: 0000-0003-3444-549Xen
cg.identifier.urlhttps://www.ajol.info/index.php/acsj/article/download/74193/64843en
cg.issue4en
cg.journalAfrican Crop Science Journalen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ciatBEANSen
cg.subject.ciatMARKETSen
cg.volume19en
dc.contributor.authorBirachi, Eliud Abuchelien
dc.contributor.authorOchieng, J.en
dc.contributor.authorWozemba, D.en
dc.contributor.authorRuraduma, Capitolineen
dc.contributor.authorNiyuhire, M.C.en
dc.contributor.authorOchieng, D.en
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-27T15:36:08Zen
dc.date.available2018-08-27T15:36:08Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/96957
dc.titleFactors influencing smallholder farmers’ bean production and supply to market in Burundien
dcterms.abstractCommon bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) is a major staple food in Burundi; thus increasing its production and marketing has the potential for raising incomes of the farming households. In the country, bean outputs have been declining for decades, yet demand for the crop in East Africa has surged considerably. This study was conducted in Burundi to assess the determinants of quantity produced and marketed by smallholder farmers. A total of 380 farmers obtained through a multistage sampling technique, constituted the study sample. Constraints to production and supply of beans to markets include lack of productive assets, lack of improved varieties and inadequate use of fertilisers. Results with regard to these constraints indicate that a unit increase in the value of productive assets is likely to lead to about 10 percent increase in production of beans; while changing to improved bean varieties may increase production by 22%. In addition, a kilogram increase in fertiliser use is likely to raise bean quantities produced by about 10%. Constraints that affect quantities of beans marketed by farmers include levels of production and losses due to transport problems. Thus, an increase in quantity produced will lead to an almost 30% increase in marketed quantities, while reduction in transport losses will lead to an increase in marketed quantities by about 12%. However, an increase in quantity of beans stored for food will lead a reduction in marketed beans by about 19%, implying that storage of beans may not be targeted at the market but for food security purposes. Efforts that promote collective action among farmers while encouraging increasing the proportion of land under beans are likely to enhance bean production and consequently marketable surplus.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBirachi, E., Ochieng, J., Wozemba, D., Ruraduma, C., Niyuhire M.C., & Ochieng, D. (2011). Factors influencing smallholder farmers’ bean production and supply to market in Burundi. African Crop Science Journal, 19(4): 335-342en
dcterms.extent335-342en
dcterms.issued2011en
dcterms.publisherAfrican Crop Science Societyen
dcterms.subjectphaseolus vulgarisen
dcterms.subjectcommon beansen
dcterms.subjectmarketingen
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjectproductionen
dcterms.subjectfertilizersen
dcterms.subjectvarietiesen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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