Effect of transaction costs on market participation among smallholder cassava farmers in Central Madagascar

Okoye, Benjamin; Abass, Adebayo; Bachwenkizi, B.; Asumugha, G.N.; Alenkhe, B.; Ranaivoson, R.; Randrianarivelo, Roger; Rabemanantsoa, N.; Ralimanana, I.

doi:10.1080/23322039.2016.1143597

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“…It is hypothesized that as women grow older they tend to participate in more bean production activities. This concurs with the findings of Okoye et al [34] of age being a positive driver in participation in agricultural activities. On the contrary, age of men was associated with decreasing men efforts geared toward bean production by 5.4%.…”

Section: Factors Affecting Men and Women Participation In Bean Producsupporting

confidence: 82%

“…This could partly be attributed to the fact that once farming is the main source of income for men, it will tend to occupy most of their time hence increasing participation. This is in line with the finding s of [34] who found farming as an occupation as an influential factor in men participation in Nigerian agricultural production. Distance to market has a negative association to women in bean production [26,27].…”

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Is bean really a women’s crop? Men and women’s participation in bean production in Uganda

Nakazi

Njuki²,

Ugen

et al. 2017

Agric & Food Secur

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Background: Common bean one of the grain legumes that was traditionally considered a subsistence crop and therefore a woman's crop in Uganda was prioritized for commercialization. This has transformed the crop from being a subsistence crop (food security crop) to a commercial crop with more men engaged in its production. Little is known about the possibility of gender conflicts in production activities as the crop finds market. Methods:The study uses gender-disaggregated survey data from 500 men and 625 women in central Uganda. Both bivariate and multivariate methods were used to access the notion of bean being a women's crop based on gender participation intensities (a pairwise t test and Tobit regression model).Results: Seventy-three percent male-headed and 87% female-headed households had membership in farmers groups. Bean crop was majorly owned by women. Seventy-five percent of the studied bean plots were intercropped with other crops. On average, both men and women operated at one bean plot per season estimated. Winnowing (4.26), post-harvest handling and storage (4.25), sorting (4.22), planting (4.04) and weeding (4.00) were the five top most activities that rural women heavily participated in. The following are the top most five activities that men participated in: site selection (3.94), spraying against pests and diseases (3.81), bush clearing (3.77), fertilizer application (3.73) and harvesting beans (3.73). Bean consumption (1.3%), marketability (17.5%), distance to plot (8.1%), education (1.3%) and color (18.1%) had significant influence on women participation intensities. Household size (5.8%), farming as primary occupation (42.7%) and bean color (30.8%) had significant influence on men bean participation intensities. Conclusions:The study revealed there was significantly no bean production activity that was purely done by only men or only done by women. Thus, bean cannot be classified as a women's crop based on participation intensities since men offered support in a number of activities. In order to close the gender gap in bean production, there is need to target both men and women with gendered interventions and address issues of traditional norms.

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Section: Factors Affecting Men and Women Participation In Bean Producsupporting

confidence: 82%

Section: Factors Affecting Men and Women Participation In Bean Producsupporting

confidence: 81%

Is bean really a women’s crop? Men and women’s participation in bean production in Uganda

Nakazi

Njuki²,

Ugen

et al. 2017

Agric & Food Secur

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“…This situation was similar to Okoye et al . (2016), Romero and Wollni (2018), Pingali et al . (2019), and Pham et al .…”

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Marketing efficiency and determinants of marketing channel choice by rice farmers in rural Tanzania: Evidence from Mbeya region, Tanzania

Mgale

Yunxian

2020

Aus J Agri & Res Econ

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Rice production is an increasing source of income and food security for smallholder farmers in many parts of Tanzania. Improving market access for rice farmers is essential to raise rural incomes and reduce poverty. This paper aims to determine the most efficient rice marketing channel and analyse the factors affecting marketing channel choices by smallholder rice farmers. Marketing efficiency was tested using Acharya and Aggarwal's composite index method. A multinomial logit model was used to analyse the marketing channel choices. The results showed that the millerwholesaler marketing channel is the most efficient. The results show that most farmers in rural areas still sell their rice to local collectors because of failure, fear or inability by farmers to venture out of the farm gate into the markets. The findings suggest that there is a need to improve rural infrastructure, market information systems, smallholder access to productive assets, prudent use of credit and strengthening collective action through well-organised farmer groups in the country.

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“…For instances changes in taxation could deter farmers from optimal production of vegetables for both domestic and export markets. Inadequate institutional sustenance, insufficient market information and impoverished market involvement of farmers generate transaction costs that increased overall production costs (Okoye et al, 2016). Finally, financial risks emanate when farmers seek capital required for vegetable production.…”

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Economic Instruments to Fund Solid Waste Management Services: Analysis and Recommendations for Jordan

2020

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This paper examines the relationship between gender and perceived risks of commercial oriented smallholder farmers in Kilifi County. A sample of 332 smallholder vegetable farmers was selected from the study area. A 5point Likert scale and factor analysis approaches were used to rank and analyze risks encountered by farmers. Thereafter, a chi-square test was used to evaluate the mean scores of risks across gender. Gender was categorized -based on who manages the vegetable farms -into male managed (37%), female managed (24%) and jointmanagement (39%). Results from the study show that marketing risks are more frequent for male farmers while the joint-management group mostly experience financial risks. Additionally, severity of financial risks is greater for male farmers as compared to female farmers. The study concludes that female farmers were not prone to financial and marketing risks which implied that financial availability and marketing opportunities are still scarce to empower women in the vegetable sector. The study recommends implementation of policies that will help in minimizing the gravity of financial risks that affect both male and female farmers. Policies that are tailor-made to address gender specific financial constraints, more so in the informal sector, should be implemented in order to promote access to affordable financial support. Additionally, female empowerment programs should be implemented in order to increase their participation in domestic and high value markets.

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Effect of transaction costs on market participation among smallholder cassava farmers in Central Madagascar

Cited by 43 publications

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Is bean really a women’s crop? Men and women’s participation in bean production in Uganda

Is bean really a women’s crop? Men and women’s participation in bean production in Uganda

Marketing efficiency and determinants of marketing channel choice by rice farmers in rural Tanzania: Evidence from Mbeya region, Tanzania

Economic Instruments to Fund Solid Waste Management Services: Analysis and Recommendations for Jordan

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