An Economic Assessment of Banana Genetic Improvement and ...

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Table 5.23 Percentage of planting material supplied and received, by type
of transaction and stratum, Uganda
Elevation
Exposure
Transaction type
Low High Exposed Not exposed
All
Supplied material
For cash 10.6 21.4 22.7 5.6 11.3
Not for cash 89.1 78.7 77.3 94.0 88.4
Received material
Cash payment 24.0 0.0 27.5 14.3 23.0
No cash payment 76.0 100.0 72.5 85.7 77.0
Notes: Computed over all cultivars listed as having had transfers or receipts. The total number of observations
for supplied planting material is N = 1,29 3, while the total number of observations for received planting
material is N = 244. Some of the percentages do not add up because of missing values.
Table 5.24 Average farm-gate and market bunch prices across banana cultivars (Ush)
Elevation
Exposure
Bunch price Low High Exposed Not exposed
All
Farm gate 1,296*** 1,999*** 1,203*** 1,516*** 1,425
Market 2,328 4,363 1,709 2,689 2,649
Notes: The total number of observations across cultivars in all strata for farm-gate price is N = 914, and for
market price it is N = 187. *** indicates statistical significance at the 1 percent level in the difference of
means across elevation and exposure strata.
made evident in farmers’ responses to hypothetical
questions about the amounts they
would be willing to pay or accept in cash for
planting materials. Little variation in their
responses was observable, and where variation
was observed, it was associated with
respondents rather than cultivars.
Differences in the values of cultivars are
better reflected in output prices for banana
bunches at the farm gate or in the market.
Banana bunches differ in size, cluster composition,
size and shape of fruit, and visible
indicators of consumption quality, such as
cooking quality. The average price of banana
bunches at the farm gate and market is
reported in Table 5.24. here> 5.24near