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| Ohajianya, D.O.; Ugochukwu, Albert I.. |
| This study determined the factors (related to fixed and variable transaction costs) influencing the decision to participate in sweet potato markets by a random sample of 320 small holder farmers in south eastern Nigeria. Data were collected with structured and validated questionnaire, and analyzed using the ordered probit analysis procedure. Participation decisions revealed that marketing experience, farm size, membership of cooperatives/social organizations, extension contact, farming experience and road conditions to the nearest town had positive relationship with decision to be autarkic other than buyer and to be seller other than autarkic, and were significant at 1% level of probability. The coefficient of age, household size, and output were also... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Ordered probit; Transaction costs; Market participation; Potato; Autarkic; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108936 |
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| Gebremedhin, Berhanu; Jaleta, Moti. |
| The literature on commercial transformation of smallholders makes little distinction between market orientation (production decision based on market signals) and market participation (sale of output). However, policy implications to enhance commercial transformation of subsistence agriculture drawn from the analysis of the determinants of household market participation alone could be inadequate, if in fact, the determinants of market orientation and market participation are not the same or not consistent with each other. This paper analyzes the determinants of market orientation and market participation in Ethiopia separately and examines if market orientation translates into market participation. Empirical results show that the determinants of market... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Commercialization; Smallholders; Market orientation; Market participation; Marketing; C21; C24; Q12; Q13. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96159 |
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| Jaleta, Moti; Gebremedhin, Berhanu. |
| Most studies on smallholder market participation decisions analyze crop or livestock market participation separately. However, in mixed crop-livestock farming systems, smallholders’ participation decisions in crop and livestock markets may not be separate as a household’s position in one market may be influenced by its position in the other. Where there is limited income from off-farm and/or non-farm activities, household cash requirements for crop production or household consumption are usually met by selling livestock. Similarly, livestock purchase is usually financed by income from crop sales. However, to what extent the position in one market influences the other is still not well explored in the literature. The aim of this paper is to investigate the... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Market participation; Market position; Crop-livestock system; Smallholder; Ethiopia; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/96168 |
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| Pender, John L.; Alemu, Dawit. |
| In this paper, we develop a theoretical farm household model of food crop production and marketing decisions, derive testable hypotheses concerning the determinants of these decisions, and test these hypotheses, using data on cereal production and marketing collected from a nationally representative survey of 7,186 farm households in Ethiopia. Focusing on production and marketing decisions for teff and maize, the two most important crops in Ethiopia, we find that most producers of these crops are either autarkic or net buyers (especially for maize) and that net buyers and autarkic households are poorer in many respects than net sellers. This implies that interventions to increase cereal productivity will favorably affect distribution for most producers.... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Smallholder production; Commercial behavior; Market participation; Cereal crops; Ethiopia; Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42354 |
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| Randela, Rendani; Alemu, Zerihun Gudeta; Groenewald, Jan A.. |
| This paper uses data collected from 177 small-scale farming households in Mpumalanga in an effort to identify factors that significantly influence the degree of commercialisation or market participation. A logistic regression model was applied within the transaction costs framework. Results support the hypothesis that transactions costs rank among the main determinants of commercialisation. The following variables were statistically significant: age, ability to speak/understand English, region, ownership of transport, access to market information, distance to market, dependency ratio, trust, land size and ownership of livestock. Increases in the latter four have negative effects on commercialisation. The negative relationship between land size and... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Market participation; Household commercialisation; Logistic regression; Transaction costs. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47656 |
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| Omiti, John M.; Otieno, David Jakinda; Nyanamba, Timothy O.; McCullough, Ellen B.. |
| Participation in commercial agriculture holds considerable potential for unlocking suitable opportunity sets necessary for providing better incomes and sustainable livelihoods for small-scale farmers. This study examined factors that influence the intensity of market participation among smallholder farmers in Kenya. Data was obtained through a rapid rural appraisal and a household survey. A truncated regression model was applied in the analysis. Results showed that farmers in peri-urban areas sold higher proportions of their output than those in rural areas. Distance from farm to point of sale is a major constraint to the intensity of market participation. Better output price and market information are key incentives for increased sales. These findings... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Smallholder farmers; Intensity; Market participation; Kenya; Marketing. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56958 |
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| Kan, Iddo; Kimhi, Ayal; Lerman, Zvi. |
| This article examines the decision of farmers to sell part of their farm output on the market, using data from the Republic of Georgia. A two-level empirical model is used, in which endowments and resource allocation decisions determine farm output and non-farm income, and these in turn determine market participation. We found, as expected, that farm output affects market participation positively, while non-farm income affects it negatively. Landholdings have an indirect positive effect on market participation, through its positive effect on farm output. Education has a negative effect on market participation, mainly through its positive effect on non-farm income. |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Commercialization; Market participation; Farm output; Non-farm income; Resource allocation; Farm Management; O12; P23; P25. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/7179 |
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| Kan, Iddo; Kimhi, Ayal; Lerman, Zvi. |
| This article examines the decision of farmers to sell part of their farm output on the market, using data from the Republic of Georgia. A two-level empirical model is used, in which endowments and resource allocation decisions determine farm output and non-farm income, and these in turn determine market participation. We found, as expected, that farm output affects market participation positively, while non-farm income affects it negatively. Landholdings have an indirect positive effect on market participation, through its positive effect on farm output. Education has a negative effect on market participation, mainly through its positive effect on non-farm income. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Commercialization; Market participation; Farm output; Non-farm income; Resource allocation; Agricultural Finance; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/112608 |
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| Bai, Junfei; Wahl, Thomas I.; McCluskey, Jill J.. |
| This study relates the social-demographic characteristics of urban Chinese consumers to their consumption of fluid milk. A Tobit model is estimated drawing on individual consumer survey data collected in urban Qingdao in China in 2005. The major results of this study indicate that fluid milk consumption in urban Qingdao is much higher compared to China’s national level. The effect of increased income on milk consumption is positive, as expected. The expansion of modern food retailers also appears to play a positive role by facilitating consumers’ fluid milk consumption and influencing their food shopping patterns. The young and old consume significantly more fluid milk than the middle-aged. Health consciousness of the elderly and the openness of youth to... |
| Tipo: Article |
Palavras-chave: China; Fluid milk consumption; Market participation; Qingdao; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118535 |
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| Uchezuba, I.D.; Moshabele, E.; Digopo, D.. |
| Livestock farming significantly contributes to income generation and the improvement of the livelihoods of the rural poor in the Northern Cape. However, profitability and sustainability in the sector are constrained by low returns to investment due to a number of factors. The study investigates the factors influencing mainstream market participation among small-scale farmers in the five districts of the province. The main aim is to calculate the probability of small-scale farmers selling their livestock to more profitable mainstream markets, for example auction pens, against the odds of selling to informal speculators. A binary logistic regression model is applied to primary data collected from 60 sampled households in the districts of Kgalagadi, Pixley ka... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Speculators; Partial effects; Conditional probability; Market participation; Mainstream market; Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/53382 |
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