Horticulture Exports, Agro-Industrialization and Farm-Nonfarm Linkages with the Smallholder Farm Sector : Evidence from Senegal

In this paper we address the question of farm-nonfarm linkages at the household level for a case-study in Senegal. We examine whether increasing off-farm employment opportunities for rural households - resulting from increased horticulture exports and associated agro-industrialization - has benefitted the smallholder farm sector through investment linkages. We use data from a household survey in the main horticulture export region in Senegal. We find that access to unskilled employment in the export agro-industry has contributed to alleviation farmers' liquidity constraints, resulting in increased smallholder agricultural production