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Globalization and Smallholders: The Adoption, Diffusion, and Welfare Impact of Non-Traditional Export Crops in Guatemala

Carletto, Calogero; Kirk, Angeli; Winters, Paul C.; … - In: World Development 38 (2010) 6, pp. 814-827

diffusion processes of non-traditional exports (NTX) among smallholders. Based on the analysis, NTX production appeared to have … delivered less prosperity to adopters than initially promised. Smallholders may lack capacity to overcome difficulties that …

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Smallholder Marketing Behavior and Urban Consumption Patterns in Eastern and Southern Africa

Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource … - 2010

Accurate information on farmer and consumer behavior is the foundation for identifying public investments and policies that can effectively promote national food security and income growth objectives. This policy brief summarizes recent findings from a study on smallholder crop marketing...

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Trade liberalization under CAFTA: an analysis of the agreement with special reference to agriculture and smallholders in Central America

Morley, Samuel - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"This paper is a description and an analysis of trade liberalization under CAFTA. It shows that in the short run the impact of the agreement is likely to be small... Since the U.S. already grants tariff-free access under the CBI, trade liberalization in the CAFTA treaty appears to be asymmetric,...

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Development domains for Ethiopia: capturing the geographical context of smallholder development options

Chamberlin, Jordan; Pender, John; Yu, Bingxin - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"The choices that smallholder farmers are able to make are strongly conditioned by the geographic conditions in which they live. The importance of this fact for rural development strategy is not lost on policy makers. For example, the government of Ethiopia frequently frames policy discussions...

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Non-Traditional Export Crops and Household Livelihood Strategies: Panel Data Evidence from Guatemala

Kilic, Talip; Carletto, Calogero - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009

This study uses a unique panel dataset that spans a 20-year period (1985-2005), and estimates the effect of household non-traditional agricultural export (NTX) adoption on changes in livelihood orientation and participation in non-farm employment in Santiago Sacatepéquez municipality of...

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STRATEGIES FOR SMALLHOLDERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: COMMERCIALISATION, DIVERSIFICATION AND EXIT

Brooks, Jonathan; Cervantes-Godoy, Dalila; Jonasson, Erik - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009

This paper proposes a strategic framework for policies to assist smallholders in developing countries. It describes the … on smallholders, and the consequent need for policies to facilitate rather than impede adjustment. A key premise of the … framework is that, for the majority of smallholders, the long term (i.e. inter-generational)future lies outside the sector …

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Non-Traditional Export Crops in Guatemala: Short-Term Tool or Long-Term Strategy for Poverty Alleviation?

Carletto, Calogero; Kilic, Talip; Kirk, Angeli - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2009

This study is the first to document the long-term welfare effects of household non-traditional agricultural export (NTX) adoption. We use a unique panel dataset, which spans the period of 1985-2005, and employ difference-in-differences estimation to investigate the long-term impact of NTX...

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Globalization and Smallholders: The Adoption, Diffusion, and Welfare Impact of Non-traditional Export Crops in Guatemala

Carletto, Calogero; Kirk, Angeli; Winters, Paul; Davis, … - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2008

processes of non-traditional exports among smallholders. Adoption was initially widespread and rapid, which led NTX to be hailed … adopters than initially promised. While smallholders may be enticed into entering into NTX markets when conditions are …

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Provision of Livestock as a Catalyst for Improved Income Generation on Small Farms in Western Kenya

Juma, Alfred; Roberts, Tim - International Farm Management Association - IFMA - 2005

Many of the Groups supported had humble origins. Some were originally formed by women who got together because of their desperate situation and started 'merry go rounds' by which they each contributed a small amount of money each month and then supported members in turn either in a crisis...

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A Reappraisal of the Role of Agriculture in Economic Growth in Melanesian Countries

Fleming, Euan M.; Fleming, Pauline - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006

Fortunes in the agricultural sectors of four of the largest South Pacific countries are traced in recent decades by estimating the single factoral terms of trade index. The single factoral terms of trade are measured for agriculture in four Melanesian countries-Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon...

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