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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
A Unified Approach to the Estimation of Demand for Improved Seed in Developing Agriculture
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| Autores: |
Langyintuo, Augustine S.
Hamazakaza, Petan
Nawale, Edah
Mekuria, Mulugetta
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| Data: |
2006-06-14
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| Ano: |
2006
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| Palavras-chave: |
Agricultural household model
Consumer goods characteristics
Production inputs
Technology attributes
Non-separability
Censored equations
Zambia
Crop Production/Industries
C21
D1
O3
Q12
Q16
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| Resumo: |
This paper proposes a new approach for estimating the demand for seed within a developing country context where only improved seeds are sold but adoption rates for improved varieties low. A farmer views an improved seed firstly as a derived input embodying production attributes and secondly, as a technology embodying consumption characteristics. He therefore jointly decides on its adoption and the quantity of seed required to plant a predetermined area. Drawing on the theory of demand for consumption goods characteristics and production input attributes, this paper specified and estimated non-separable household demand and consumption models using data collected from 300 farm households in Zambia during the 2003/04 crop season. The estimated results suggest that adoption rate, distance to market, level of household grain self-sufficiency, seed hand-outs and household wealth are significant in determining farmers' seed purchase decisions. Appropriate intervention strategies for increased over-all improved seed demand are recommended. It is concluded that apart from contributing to the literature on modelling farm level seed demand, the model provides a holistic approach for the joint estimation of determinants of improved variety adoption and seed demand relevant for better targeting to increase the impacts of maize breeding research in developing countries.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
22485
http://purl.umn.edu/25332
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
International Association of Agricultural Economists>2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia
Contributed Paper
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| Formato: |
20
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