Trade, value chain technology and prices: Evidence from dairy in East Africa

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dc.creatorIgnowski, Liz
dc.creatorMinten, Bart
dc.creatorSwinnen, Johan
dc.creatorVan Campenhout, Bjorn
dc.creatorVandevelde, Senne
dc.date2021-02-01
dc.date2024-05-22T12:15:52Z
dc.date2024-05-22T12:15:52Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:24:08Z
dc.descriptionAgricultural value chains, particularly in the developing world, have been going through drastic changes over the past decades. Differences in world market participation and access to value chain technologies might however have resulted in uneven experiences across countries. In this paper, we explore their impact on milk prices in the value chain, using the example of two East African countries, Ethiopia and Uganda. We develop a conceptual framework and then validate the model using unique primary price data collected at several levels in the dairy value chains in both countries. We find that prices are overall significantly lower in Uganda than Ethiopia, reflecting their respective net exporting and importing status. Moreover, despite shorter value chains, we find much more significant effects of distances from the capital (the major end destination) on milk prices in Ethiopia than in Uganda. This is likely linked to the widespread presence of milk chilling centers in Uganda. While i
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143663
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/103298
dc.languageen
dc.publisherLICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237456
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12638
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134764
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceIgnowski, Liz; Minten, Bart; Swinnen, Johan; Van Campenhout, Bjorn; and Vandevelde, Senne. 2021. Trade, value chain technology and prices: Evidence from dairy in East Africa. LICOS Discussion Paper 422/2021. Leuven, Belgium: LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance. https://feb.kuleuven.be/drc/licos/publications/dp/dp422
dc.subjectvalue chains
dc.subjectagricultural value chains
dc.subjecttechnology
dc.subjectfood prices
dc.subjectprices
dc.subjectdairy industry
dc.titleTrade, value chain technology and prices: Evidence from dairy in East Africa
dc.typeWorking Paper

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