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Commercialization of Smallholders: Is Market Participation Enough?

Gebremedhin, Berhanu; Jaleta, Moti - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE; … - 2010

The literature on commercial transformation of smallholders makes little distinction between market orientation … in Ethiopia separately and examines if market orientation translates into market participation. Empirical results show …

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HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY AND COMMERCIALIZATION AMONG SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN KENYA

Kirimi, Lilian; Gitau, Raphael; Olunga, Millicent - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013

Commercialization is often viewed as an avenue to improve household food security due to its comparative advantages over subsistence production. However, there are arguments for and against smallholder commercialization as a pathway for ensuring household food security. This paper sought to...

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Crop-Livestock Interactions in Smallholders’ Market Participation: Evidence from Crop-Livestock Mixed Systems in Ethiopia

Jaleta, Moti; Gebremedhin, Berhanu - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE; … - 2010

. However, in mixed crop-livestock farming systems, smallholders’ participation decisions in crop and livestock markets may not … of this paper is to investigate the interactions of crop and livestock output market participation of smallholders, by … collected in 2009 from 1075 sample households in ten districts of the four major regions of Ethiopia is used for the analyses …

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Determinants and Extent of Use of Minimum Tillage Practices among Zambian Smallholder Crop Farmers from 2008 to 2012

Ngoma, Hambulo; Mulenga, Brian P.; Jayne, Thomas S. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013

This study used nationally representative pooled cross-sectional household data to assess determinants of farmers’ decisions to use minimum tillage and how much land is cultivated using minimum tillage between 2008 and 2012 in Zambia. Empirical results from the Double Hurdle model show that...

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PASTORALISTS NON‐RESPONSIVENESS TO LIVESTOCK MARKETS IN EAST POKOT, KENYA

Vincent, Ng’eno; Korir, M.K.; Nyangweso, P.M.; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE; … - 2010

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...

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Strategies to Promote Market-Oriented Smallholder Agriculture in Developing Countries: A Case of Kenya

Omiti, John M.; Otieno, David Jakinda; McCullough, Ellen; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2008

Smallholder Agriculture is key to livelihoods of many rural households in developing and transition economies. In Kenya, small farms account for over 75% of total agricultural production and nearly 50% of the marketed output. Despite favourable trends in global development drivers such as rising...

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Sweet Potato Marketing Among Smallholder Farmers: The Role of Collective Action

Mukundi, Eric; Mathenge, Mary K.; Ngigi, Margaret - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013

increase agriculture productivity hence promoting food security and poverty eradication. However, participation of smallholders …

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Policy Imperatives of Commercial Transformation of Smallholders: Market Orientation Versus market Participation in Ethiopia

Gebremedhin, Berhanu; Jaleta, Moti - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013

participation. This paper analyzes the determinants of market orientation and market participation in Ethiopia separately and …-pronged approach: improving market orientation of smallholders at production level, and facilitation of market entry and participation …

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Does commercialization of smallholder horticulture reduce rural poverty? Evidence based on household panel data from Kenya

Muriithi, Beatrice W. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013

This study utilize two-wave household level panel data spanning 5 years on smallholder vegetable producers in Central and Eastern Kenya to assess the effects of commercialization of horticulture on two major poverty outcomes: household income and asset holdings. Methods that exploit panel nature...

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Agricultural Technology Adoption and Rural Poverty: Application of an Endogenous Switching Regression for Selected East African Countries

Asfaw, Solomon; Shiferaw, Bekele A. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE; … - 2010

income and consumption expenditure in rural Ethiopia and Tanzania. The study utilizes cross-sectional farm household level … data collected in 2007 from a randomly selected sample of 1313 households (700 in Ethiopia and 613 in Tanzania). We …

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