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Spatial integration of Vegetable Markets in West Africa: Case of Tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum) between Benin and Burkina Faso
Adeoti, Razack; Koffi-Tessio, Egnonto M.; Coulibaly, O.; … - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013
The instability of world prices of traditional cash crops led to the promotion of nontraditional crops. Among the latter, vegetable farming is positioned as strategic cropping for meeting urban and periurban food consumption in most West African countries. Seasonality differences between coastal...
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The Role of a Warehouse Receipt System in an Agricultural Commodity Exchange. A Case Study of the Malawian Agricultural Commodity Exchange
Vyver, A. van der; Nordier, A. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013
In many Western countries and elsewhere, agriculture commodity exchanges have been in existence for centuries. However, Africa did not follow the same route for various reasons. It was only in the mid-1990’s that farmers and stakeholders again started to ask, how should we go about to market...
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Cropping Intensification and Technical Inefficiency of Maize-Based Farming Households in Southern-Guinea Savanna (SGS) of Nigeria
Salau, S.A. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013
Maize is a main staple food in Nigeria, high productivity and efficiency in its production are critical to food security and poverty alleviation in the country. Thus, this paper estimates cropping intensification, the levels of technical efficiency of 252 maize–based farming households in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207627
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Impact of Information and Communication Technology-based Market Information Services on Smallholder Farm Input Use and Productivity: The Case of Kenya
Ogutu, Sylvester O.; Okello, Julius J.; Otieno, David J. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013
reverse this scenario. This study uses Propensity Score Matching (PSM) technique to evaluate the impact of participation in an … has positive and significant impact on the usage of improved seeds and fertilizers. It also improves land and labour … productivity, but has negative and significant impact on the usage of hired and family labour. These findings have vital policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207630
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Factors Affecting the Hedging Decision of Maize Farmers in Gauteng Province
Mofokeng, Maine; Vink, Nick - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013
The maize industry in South Africa has a long history of government intervention, fuelled by the two Marketing Acts (of 1937 and 1968). After the introduction of the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act (Act 47 of 1996), farmers were exposed to international maize prices, i.e. to the forces of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207638
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Analysis of Effectiveness of Modern Information and Communication Technologies on Maize Marketing Efficiency in Selected Markets of Malawi
Tione, S. E.; Katengeza, Samson P.; Mangisoni, Julius H. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013
Developing countries have been promoting initiatives that aim at reducing information asymmetry among market players especially smallholder farmers. Using co-integration error correction models, the study assessed effectiveness of modern Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) based...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207640
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Comparative Analysis of Resource Use Efficiency among Various Production Scale Operators in Cassava-Based Mixed Cropping Systems of Ogun and Oyo States of South west, Nigeria
Obayelu, A. E.; Afolami, C. A.; Agbonlahor, M.U. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013
The efficiency with which farmers use available resources is very important in agricultural production. This study examines the resource use efficiency of cassava-based mixed crop farmers in Ogun and Oyo States, Nigeria. Cross-sectional data were collected from 265 cassava-based farmers (150 in...
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Effect of Credit Constraint on Profit of Small Scale Rice-Based Farmers in Niger State, Northwestern Nigeria
Odu, O.O.; Okoruwa, V.O. - African Association of Agricultural Economists - AAAE - 2013
Credit constraint occurs when a farmer cannot increase expenditure on inputs in order to maximize profit due to lack of farm credit or high cost of credit. Farming households are confronted with credit constraint that results in low crop output and profit. Using a non-parametric measure of...
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Analysing policy-induced effects on the performance of irrigated rice
Touré, Ali A.; Groenewald, Jan; Seck, Papa Abdoulaye; … - In: African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 08 (2013) 1
Improving local rice production capacity is a key element on the agenda of most countries in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU). There are several reasons for this drive: (1) the high levels of rice imports, which constitute a burden on the countries’ financial...
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DYNAMICS OF AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS IN SUB-SAHARA AFRICA: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF RUBBER AND COCOA FROM NIGERIA
Nwachukwu, Ifeanyi Ndubuto - In: International Journal of Food and Agricultural … 2, 3
The study analyzed empirically the dynamics of rubber and cocoa exports from Nigeria within 1961 – 2010. It specifically estimated the determinants of their export performance and determined the degree of export diversification of the agricultural sector. Both export crops were chosen...
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