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Table 5.9 Most common banana cultivar sold, prices, and time to market,
by elevation, Uganda
Elevation
Low
High
All
Households participating as sellers
Most common cultivar sold
(percent of all cultivars sold)
Nakitembe
(10.52)
Mbwazirume
(8.74)
Nakitembe
(9.54)
Average farm-gate price (Ush) 798.26 863.93 803.75
Households participating as buyers
Time taken to reach point of purchase (hours) 1.12*** 0.65*** 1.07
Average market price (Ush) 1,643.49 1,874.78 1,649.11
Note: *** indicates statistical significance at the 1 percent level in the difference of means or distributions
across elevations within countries.
principal banana plots are generally the
same as those most widely planted (percentage
of mats). Among them, the endemic
cooking bananas predominate. Even the
most popular banana cultivars occupy less
than 10 percent of all mats grown by all
farmers surveyed, however, reflecting the
high diversity of banana cultivars found
within and among farms in Uganda.
Cooking types are the most frequently
sold and purchased banana cultivars at the
market. Thus, cooking bananas, a food staple,
are important generators of cash in
local markets. No significant differences in
average farm-gate prices and average market
prices are observable among major cultivars
sold or purchased across elevation
(Table 5.9). Households in the lowlands take
longer to reach the point of purchase. Bicycles
are the most frequent means of transportation
of banana bunches to/from point
of sale/purchase.