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A Hedonic Analysis of Cattle Prices in the Central Corridor of West Africa: Implications for Production and Marketing Decisions
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Williams,   Timothy O.; Okike,   Iheanacho; Spycher,   Ben.
Detailed weekly sales transactions data for the period January 2000-June 2001 from three frontier markets in the central corridor of West Africa were analyzed to identify the factors influencing short-run, intra-year cattle prices. The empirical results indicate that in addition to market location and seasonality of supply and sales, market participants show systemic preferences for specific cattle attributes (sex, weight, condition and finish) and are willing to pay premium prices consistent with their preferences. Communicating this information to producers can assist them to tailor their production and marketing decisions to meet market expectations and thereby improve their competitiveness, profitability and intra-regional livestock trade. Innovative...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Livestock markets; Hedonic price model; Market information; West Africa; Livestock Production/Industries; C21; D4; Q13; Q17.
Ano: 2006
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25423

PASTORALISTS NON‐RESPONSIVENESS TO LIVESTOCK MARKETS IN EAST POKOT, KENYA
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Vincent,   Ng’eno; Korir,   M.K.; Nyangweso,   P.M.; Kipsat,   Mary J.; Lagat,   B.K.
One of the major challenges facing the state‐owned Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) in Kenya has been the inadequate supply of quality live animals for meat processing. It has been observed that the live animal throughput is inadequate and, as a result the existing meat processing facilities operate at less than 50% of their operational capacities. This has increased the fixed costs of operation thereby decreasing the export abattoirs competitiveness in the domestic and export markets. Overcoming the constraint of supply shortage of quality live animals requires, among other things, understanding the livestock producers’ marketing behaviour. This study was conducted with the main objective to assess the determinants of market off‐take rates for cattle and...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Pastoralists; Livestock markets; Market participation; East Pokot; Kenya; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries.
Ano: 2010
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/97090

Policy Options for Improving Market Participation and Sales of Smallholder Livestock Producers: A case study of Ethiopia
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Ehui,   Simeon K.; Benin,   Samuel; Paulos,   Zelekawork.
Market access plays an essential role in assuring better income and welfare levels for smallholder livestock producers, and thus contributes to poverty alleviation. This is even more so in the Ethiopian context where livestock play an essential role in the economy. Making use of the Heckman estimation procedure, this paper identifies policy and technology options to increase participation and sales of smallholder producers in livestock markets in Ethiopia, based on data from 934 household surveys conducted between 1999 and 2001 in the highlands of Tigray and Amhara regions in northern Ethiopia. The analysis demonstrates that physical capital (ownership of different species of livestock and landholding) and financial capital (crop income and non-farm...
Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation
Palavras-chave: Market participation and sales; Livestock markets; Ethiopian smallholder farmers; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2009
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51789

Public Price Reporting in the Cash Market for Live Cattle: A Spatial Market Approach
Provedor de dados: 31
Autores: Fausti,   Scott W.; Diersen,   Matthew A.; Qasmi,   Bashir A.
Legislative authorization for the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 was renewed in October of 2006. One of the cited justifications for implementing mandatory reporting was that the voluntary reporting system for the slaughter cattle cash market was unable to provide accurate and timely market information. We extend the spatial market analysis literature by developing a methodology for detecting distortions in spatial relationships across related price series. Using spatially linked regional markets, we compare state-level mandatory price-reporting data to the U.S. Department of Agriculture voluntarily reported state data to determine if the spatial relationship between price-reporting mechanisms was disrupted by market distortions prior to...
Tipo: Journal Article
Palavras-chave: Public price reporting; Spatial markets; Market integration; Price transparency; Price discovery; Livestock markets; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing.
Ano: 2007
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/44707