What is it about?
Vegetable production is of great importance in terms of nutrition improvement, income generation and food security. Vegetable farmers receive asymmetrical and incomplete market information which is costly.Mobilizing farmers into groups so as to access viable market information while enhancing their bargaining power is one way to overcome this challenge. However the extent to which this has been achieved has not yet been evaluated. This study sought to evaluate the effect of market access through farmer organizations towards improving smallholder income
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Why is it important?
This is important because farmer organizations have potential to contribute to adoption of sustainable and productive management practices and increase the incomes of the members and more specifically active members who participate in collective marketing as indicated in the findings.
Perspectives
This article changed people perspective on farmers' organization importance in market access. Writing it was inspiring, together with other co-authors who had devoted much.This article lead to establishment of better policies of strengthen farmer organizations’ capacity in sourcing, disseminating agricultural market information and market access.
Aika Aku
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This page is a summary of: Effect of market access provided by farmer organizations on smallholder vegetable farmer’s income in Tanzania, Cogent Food & Agriculture, December 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/23311932.2018.1560596.
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