Determinants of shea nut marketing arrangements in northern Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorAkatwetaba, Deborah
dc.contributor.authorOkello, Daniel Micheal
dc.contributor.authorKasharu, Apollo
dc.contributor.authorEgeru, Anthony
dc.contributor.authorMugonola, Basil
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-20T12:10:46Z
dc.date.available2025-06-20T12:10:46Z
dc.date.issued2024-09-30
dc.description.abstractThis study assessed factors influencing shea nut actors’ choices of shea nut marketing arrangements in northern Uganda. An understanding of these factors is vital in influencing the choice of the different marketing arrangements. Cross-sectional data was collected from a sample of 325 shea nut actors. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics and multinomial logit model. The shea nut actors in this study were composed of 78% collectors, 16% traders and 7% processors. About 73% and 43% of shea collectors and traders, respectively, sold their shea nuts and/or products through spot markets, while, 45% of the processors sold their shea nut and/or products through informal contracts. Formal contract was the least common marketing arrangement among all the actors. The probability of choosing each the marketing arrangement were influenced by several factors including experience, education, income level, access to extension, training, access to credit, awareness of innovations in the shea value chain, awareness of value addition supporting institutions, main occupation (farming), distance to the market, access to information and means of transport used (head portage). Efforts to increase formal contract participation should focus on providing extensions and creating awareness about institutions that support value addition. There is need for a location and actor specific approach in promoting the different market arrangements in shea products marketing.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was funded through the ECOLAN Post-Doctoral Research Grant (RU/2018/Post Doc RTP /01) by Dr. Anthony Egeru funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York through the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM). We also acknowledge the shea actors who accepted to participate in this study as well as the two anonymous reviewers who gave valuable comments that greatly improved the paper.
dc.identifier.citationAkatwetaba, D., Okello, D. M., Kasharu, A., Egeru, A., & Mugonola, B. (2024). Determinants of shea nut marketing arrangements in northern Uganda. Discover Agriculture, 2(1), 61.
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s44279-024-00085-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14270/520
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDiscover Agriculture
dc.relation.ispartofseriesvol.2; 61
dc.subjectInformal contracts
dc.subjectFormal contracts
dc.subjectShea nut
dc.subjectShea nut actors
dc.subjectUganda
dc.titleDeterminants of shea nut marketing arrangements in northern Uganda
dc.typeArticle

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