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Examining the determinants of global and local price passthrough in cereal markets : evidence from DCC-GJR-GARCH and panel analyses

Guo, Jin; Tanaka, Tetsuji - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 8 (2020) 27, pp. 1-22

Existing literature has not yet identified the common determinants of price volatility transmission in agricultural commodities from international to local markets and has rarely investigated the role of self-sufficiency measures in the context of national food security. We analyzed several...

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Consumption smoothing and price enhancement motives for grain storage : empirical perspectives from rural Ethiopia

Tesfaye, Wondimagegn; Gebremariam, Gebrelibanos - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 8 (2020) 25, pp. 1-19

Consumption smoothing and temporal price arbitrage are the two main economic motives for grain storage in semi-subsistence economies. Nonetheless, little has been documented on the determinants of households' grain storage behavior. Using a rich panel data from maize producing households in...

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Weather index insurance for managing drought risk in smallholder agriculture : lessons and policy implications for sub-Saharan Africa

Tadesse, Million A.; Shiferaw, Bekele; Erenstein, Olaf - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 3 (2015), pp. 1-21

provide real value to smallholders. Finally, the review acknowledges that the suggested conceptual solutions, especially …

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Agricultural technology adoption, commercialization and smallholder rice farmers' welfare in rural Nigeria

Awotide, Bola Amoke; Karimov, Aziz A.; Diagne, Aliou - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 4 (2016) 3, pp. 1-24

This study assessed the determinants of intensity of adoption of Improved Rice Varieties (IRVs) and the effect of market participation on farmers' welfare in Nigeria using the Tobit and Heckman two-stage models, respectively. The sample consists of crosssectional data of 600 rice farmers...

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Farmgate versus market centre sales : a multi-crop approach

Abu, Benjamin Musah; Issahaku, Haruna; Nkegbe, Paul Kwame - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 4 (2016) 21, pp. 1-16

simultaneously determine the choice of market. These imply that policies that enhance productivity of these smallholders and market …

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Factors influencing willingness to participate in multi-stakeholder platform by smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana : implication for research and development

Martey, Edward; Etwire, Prince M.; Wiredu, Alexander Nimo; … - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 2 (2014), pp. 1-15

Innovation platforms are established to facilitate open communication and collaboration among various actors usually within a value chain to promote collective resource management. The concept of innovation platform as a strategy of entry point for operationalization, validation and...

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Livelihood assets' influence on Ugandan farmers' control practices for Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW)

Pagnani, Tiziana; Gotor, Elisabetta; Kikulwe, Enoch; … - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 9 (2021), pp. 1-19

This study analyzes the influence of livelihood assets on Ugandan farmers' decisions to control Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW), a disease that has threatened banana production and the livelihoods of Ugandan farmers since 2001. The BXW control strategy is based on the simultaneous implementation...

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Does market access improve dietary diversity and food security? : evidence from Southwestern Ethiopian smallholder coffee producers

Usman, Muhammed Abdella; Callo-Concha, Daniel - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 9 (2021), pp. 1-21

, most smallholders are subsistence farmers who have poor access to markets. This study used primary data from a household …

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Microfinance services for smallholder farmers: an assessment from rice farmers’ expectations in Central Benin

Dossou, Smith A. R.; Aoudji, Augustin K. N.; Houessou, … - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 8 (2020) 20, pp. 1-15

This study analyzed the adequacy between credit supply and the expectations of rice farmers in Central Benin to define policies for improved agricultural-oriented financial services. A survey was conducted in October 2016 among 120 rice farmers randomly selected from six rice-farming villages....

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The impact of agricultural cooperatives membership on the wellbeing of smallholder farmers: empirical evidence from eastern Ethiopia

Ahmed, Musa Hasen; Mesfin, Hiwot Mekonnen - In: Agricultural and Food Economics : AFE 5 (2017) 6, pp. 1-13

This study evaluated the impact of agricultural cooperative membership on the wellbeing of smallholder farmers using cross-sectional data collected from the eastern part of Ethiopia. Using consumption per adult equivalent as a wellbeing indicator, we measured the impact of agricultural...

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