The role of farmers’ organisations in enhancing economic efficiency in potato production in Musanze District, Rwanda.
2013
Murasa, Alphonse
This study to identify the role of farmers’ organizations in enhancing economic efficiency in potato production in Rwanda was carried out in Musanze district. The study aimed to analyse the contribution of farmers’ organisations in improving economic efficiency in potato production in Rwanda. The study was conducted in four sectors of Musanze district. A sector is an administrative entity equivalent to a Gombolora of Uganda. The analytical tools used included descriptive statistics, the probit model and the stochastic production frontier. The results indicate that cooperative members had significantly (p<0.01) higher education levels than the non members. The results further indicated that cooperative members were older (p<0.01) and accessed more extension services than the non members (p<0.01). Factors that significantly increased the likelihood of farmer participation in the cooperative include age of the household head (p<0.01), education level of the head (p<0.05), access to extension services (p<0.01), total land owned (p<0.05) and price of land (p<0.01). Household size (p<001) and experience in growing potatoes (p<0.1) reduced the probability of farmers to join a cooperative.
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