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dc.contributor.authorBussolo, Maurizioen_US
dc.contributor.authorGodart, Olivier N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorLay, Jannen_US
dc.contributor.authorThiele, Raineren_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T14:21:23Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T14:21:23Z-
dc.date.issued2007en_US
dc.identifier.citationAgricultural economics 0169-5150 37 2007 2/3 293-303en_US
dc.identifier.pidoi:10.1111/j.1574-0862.2007.00275.x-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/4138-
dc.description.abstractEmploying household survey data covering the periods 1992-1993, 1995-1996, and 1999-2000, this article shows for the case of Uganda that a coffee market liberalization followed by a price boom was associated with substantial reductions in poverty, which could even be sustained when prices went down again. Coffee is not planted by the richest farmers and the gains from higher coffee prices accrued to poorer and richer coffee farmers alike. Nor were poorer farmers hurt disproportionately when prices fell. In addition, we find strong spillovers from coffee production to other agriculture, which tends to favor the poor, and to nonagricultural activities. These multiplier effects are concentrated in coffee regions. In an economic environment characterized by a booming agricultural sector, coffee farmers were able to accommodate the negative price shock, in particular through agricultural diversification. General agricultural growth also cushioned possible negative multiplier effects in coffee regions. Overall, the case of coffee in Uganda thus lends support to the view that agricultural trade liberalization is beneficial for the poor.en
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.subject.jelI32-
dc.subject.ddc330-
dc.subject.stwKaffeeen_US
dc.subject.stwPreisen_US
dc.subject.stwLändliche Armuten_US
dc.subject.stwUgandaen_US
dc.titleThe impact of coffee price changes on rural households in Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.ppn55760947Xen_US
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen-
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