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An Ordered Probit Model Analysis of Transaction costs and Market Participation by Sweet Potato Farmers in South Eastern Nigeria.
Ohajianya, D.O.; Ugochuckwu, A. - 2011
participate in sweet potato markets by a random sample of 320 small holder farmers in south eastern Nigeria. Data were collected …, farming experience and road conditions to the nearest town had positive relationship with decision to be autarkic other than … buyer and to be seller other than autarkic, and were significant at 1% level of probability. The coefficient of age …
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Transaction costs and smallholder farmers’ participation in banana markets in the Great Lakes Region of Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Jagwe, John; Machethe, Charles Lepepeule; Ouma, Emily - In: African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 05 (2010) 2
In this study, the Heckman procedure was used to analyze the way transaction costs affect smallholder farming households’ participation in banana markets in the Great Lakes region of central Africa. The results reaffirm that fixed transaction costs largely determine a farmer’s...
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Explaining marketing strategies among Bolivian potato farmers
Larochelle, Catherine; Alwang, Jeffrey R. - In: Quarterly journal of international agriculture 54 (2015) 3, pp. 285-308
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A Return of the Threshing Ring? A Case Study of Machinery and Labor-Sharing in Midwestern Farms
Artz, Georgeanne M.; Colson, Gregory; Ginder, Roger G. - 2010
Machinery-sharing provides an alternative for smaller producers to obtain the efficiencies of large farming operations and remain competitive in an increasingly concentrated agricultural industry. This research uses a multiple case study design to examine the motivations for sharing equipment...
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Efficiency And Equity Impacts Of The Rental Market For Cropland In Vietnam And Sources Of Transaction Costs Impeding The Market
Huy, Hoang; Lyne, Michael; Ratna, Nazmun; Nuthall, Peter - New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society … - 2013
This research investigates the efficiency and equity impacts of the cropland rental market in rural Vietnam and attempts to identify the determinants and importance of transaction costs impeding this market. A generalised ordered logit model with shifting thresholds accounting for effects of...
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A Return of the Threshing Ring? A Case Study of Machinery and Labor-Sharing in Midwestern Farms
Artz, Georgeanne M.; Colson, Gregory; Ginder, Roger G. - In: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 42 (2010) 04
Machinery-sharing provides an alternative for smaller producers to obtain the efficiencies of large farming operations and remain competitive in an increasingly concentrated agricultural industry. This research uses a multiple case study design to examine the motivations for sharing equipment...
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Smallholder farmers' decision and level of participation in the potato market in Uganda
Sebatta, Christopher; Mugisha, Johnny; Katungi, Enid; … - In: Modern economy 5 (2014) 8, pp. 895-906
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Supplier dynamics in horticultural export chains : evidence from Ecuador ; revised version
Romero, Cristina; Wollni, Meike - 2015 - Revised version
In this paper we study the dynamics of smallholder participation in export value chains focusing on the example of small-scale broccoli producers in the highlands of Ecuador. We analyze the extent of participation over an 11-year time period using correlated random effects and diff-GMM models...
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Farmers' access to markets : the case of cotton in Pakistan
Ali, Akhter; Abdulai, Awudu; Rahut, Dil Bahadur - In: Asian economic journal : journal of the East Asian … 31 (2017) 2, pp. 211-232
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Growing cotton to produce food : unravelling interactions between value chains in southern Mali
Dissa, Arouna; Bijman, Jos; Slingerland, Maja; Sanogo, … - In: Development policy review 40 (2022) 5, pp. 1-18
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