A Value Chain and Market Integration Analysis of the Cassava Market in the Democratic Republic of Congo
A Value Chain and Market Integration Analysis of the Cassava Market in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Author: Njingulula Paulin Mumbeya

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages:

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This study aims to test the performance of agricultural markets in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Although the DRC is classified as the fifth biggest producer of cassava, nearly 70 percent of its population living mainly in urban areas is suffering from food shortages. Since the markets are poorly integrated, food prices are very volatile. Small agricultural producers obtain low prices for their products, while vulnerable household's consumers experience high prices. Over the last few years, the price of cassava has increased considerably, from US.

Spatial Food and Nutrition Security Typologies for Agriculture and Food Value Chain Interventions in Eastern DRC 
Spatial Food and Nutrition Security Typologies for Agriculture and Food Value Chain Interventions in Eastern DRC 

Author: Marivoet, Wim

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 2020-11-07

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To guide the design of future agriculture and food value chain interventions, this paper combines two existing spatial food and nutrition security typologies and applies them to the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Apart from estimating absolute and relative inefficiencies along the food system from agricultural potential to nutrition, the integration of both typologies resulted in nine unique low efficiency profiles across the territories and major cities of the Greater Kivu region and Tanganyika. In addition to low utilization efficiency observed in some areas, most PICAGL intervention zones, especially Uvira and Kalemie, suffer from significant market constraints and therefore could substantially benefit from food value chain development. Although this paper relies on the most recent and spatially disaggregated data (which is a major improvement with respect to agricultural statistics of the country), the proposed typologies cannot uncover all bottlenecks hindering the development of agricultural value chains in the region.

Socio-economic Study of Cassava Value Chain in Rwanda
Socio-economic Study of Cassava Value Chain in Rwanda

Author: Emmanuel Gasangwa

Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing

Published: 2014-03

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9783659477874

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The study was undertaken to analyze socio-economic study of cassava value chain in Rwanda, because Cassava serves as a main source of food in the region especially amongst the poor persons and it is also the main source of income for many rural economies in the region. But it was limited on the cassava value chain based the objectives of the study were to evaluate impact of cassava production, to analyze the structure and coordination of cassava value chain, to assess cassava marketing constraints, to determine profitability of cassava smallholder farmers and to recommend possible strategies that policymakers can use to assist small-scale producers in their efforts to access high-value markets in cassava value chain. To attain these objectives, the researcher used the Cobb-Douglas production function to test some statistical hypotheses. Furthermore, the result of the statistical analysis shows that investing in cassava production enterprise is profitable. Therefore, farmers' participation in profitable cassava value chain networks by strengthening coordination, using improved cassava varieties and introduction of cassava processing technologies was recommended.

Cassava
Cassava

Author: Felix I. Nweke

Publisher: IITA

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 93

ISBN-13: 9781311037

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Introduction; The smallholder socioeconomic environment; Cassava production with purchased inputs; Cassava production response to use of purchased inputs; Production for sale; Household cash income generation; Impact of high-yielding varieties on cassava cash income; Summary of observations and conclusion.