discuss the opportunity to combine horizontal diversification and vertical diversification (especially, cocoa processing) in …This paper is aimed at identifying complementary sources of income for cocoa farm households in the Central West of … Côte d’Ivoire. Our methodology con- sists of four successive stages: (i) a need assessment of cocoa households and …

In the existing literature, the effects of contract farming on household welfare were examined with mixed results. Most … contracts on farm income, as well as spillovers on other household income sources. We use survey data collected with an … large positive effects on total household income in a similar magnitude, yet through quite different mechanisms. Farmers …

surveys to study the impact of crop diversification on household welfare, measured by real adult equivalent consumption and … that crop diversification is a welfare enhancing strategy that increases household consumption, food security and dietary …Crop diversification is a farm level strategy to augment income, improve food security, and mitigate risks attributable …

effects of the FRA's maize marketing activities on smallholder farm household welfare. Results suggest that FRA activities …

implications for other dimensions of household welfare were hardly examined. We add to this literature by using panel data from … smallholder vegetable farmers in Kenya and econometric models with household fixed effects to estimate average and heterogeneous …

effects alone. Very little is known about the effects on farm household diets. Besides, most existing studies that have looked … supermarket contracting on farm household income and diets. Supplying supermarkets has increased household income by 66%, and is …

Household Survey (VARHS) panel data set from 2008-16 to consider the specific impacts of increased commercialization of rice … significant impact of commercialization on household assets, a longer term welfare measure. However, we do not find much impact on … household income and food consumption. The results also show heterogeneous effects across different types of households, with …