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| Chongtham, Iman Raj; University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Agriculture and Ecology, Denmark; Neergaard, Andreas de; University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Agriculture and Ecology, Denmark; Pillot, Didier; Institut des Régions Chaudes, Agrinatura, Montpellier SupAgro, France. |
| Organic agriculture in Uganda is developing at a fast pace and despite this trend Uganda is still unable to produce enough fresh and dry organic fruits mainly pineapple to meet the exporters demand. This current research investigated the strategies of farmers at production level by assessing the pros and cons of fruit growing, organic agriculture and fruit drying in order to understand the underlying causal factor for the low production of organic dry fruits in a major fruit producing district of Uganda.The study was carried out in two separate and distinctive areas; one which only produces and export fresh organic pineapple and the other which exports dried fruits (mainly pineapple and papaya). About 10% of the farmers in the two study areas were surveyed... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Agricultultural economics; Conventional agriculture; Decision; Dried fruits; Export; Household; Organic agriculture; Coffee husk. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.jarts.info/index.php/jarts/article/view/2010082734328 |
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