Farm – Level Determinants of Agricultural Commercialization

Okezie, Chukwukere Austin; Sulaiman, Jamalludin; Nwosu, A. C.

doi:10.5923/j.ijaf.20120202.01

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“…The concept used in this study is also supported by other studies made on commercialization of agriculture (Chukwukere et al, 2012;Farouque and Takeya, 2008;von Braun et al, 1994). Therefore, based on the abovementioned framework, the analytical model was developed on the hypotheses that farmers' level of participation could be influenced by a set of farm and non-farm characteristics.…”

Section: Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworksupporting

confidence: 74%

Determinants of Market Participation among Smallholder Mango Producers in Assosa Zone of Benishangul Gumuz Region in Ethiopia

Hagos

Dibaba

Bekele

et al. 2019

International Journal of Fruit Science

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Commercial transformation of smallholder agriculture entails production decisions based on market signals and significant participation in output markets. Consequently, this research attempts to contribute to the understanding of smallholder commercialization of mango production and analyzing factors determining the extent of smallholders' participation in output market. The study was based on the cross-sectional data collected from 150 sample households which were randomly selected from 6 rural kebeles. Both descriptive statistics and econometric analysis were used to identify and analyze factors that determine the extent of smallholders' participation in output market. Accordingly, out of the included 16 variables, 10 were found to significantly influence the quantity of mango sold. The Tobit truncated regression model results showed that the determinant of mango volume of sale includes resources ownership (land allocated for mango and land fragmentation), households assets ownership (number of productive mango trees and mango seedling availability), access to institutions (farmers club membership), social-network (critical support from non-relatives within the village and brokers), and economic (previous income from mango sale, Income from livestock sale, and mango market price) are the significant determinants of mango market participation. Given the current high market demand for Assosa mango, there is a room to enhance the level of mango commercialization, thereby enhancing mango market participation. To improve quantity of mango sold policies and development, endeavors must target at improving household resource endowment, creating market linkage and synergy among mango value-chain actors, and strengthening the existing mango nursery sites and infra-structure.

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confidence: 74%

Determinants of Market Participation among Smallholder Mango Producers in Assosa Zone of Benishangul Gumuz Region in Ethiopia

Hagos

Dibaba

Bekele

et al. 2019

International Journal of Fruit Science

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“…Here, the commercialization of pulse production was analyzed from the output side. The concept used in this study is also supported by other studies made on commercialization of agriculture (von Braun, 1994;Chukwukere et al, 2012) that they define output commercialization of smallholder agriculture in terms of not only cash crop but also food crops sales. According to Strasberg et al (1999) andvon Braun andKennedy (1994), commercialization index for crop production can be defined as:…”

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confidence: 55%

Commercialization of Smallholder Pulse Producers in East Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia

Tilahun¹,

Haji²,

Zemedu³

et al. 2019

SAR

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This study examines pulse producers' commercialization using a cross-sectional data obtained from 385 randomly and proportionately selected sampled households from East Gojjam zone, Amhara National Regional State of Ethiopia. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and econometric model to characterize sample households and identify factors affecting pulse output commercialization. The mean commercial index for the sample households was 0.345 which indicates that on average a household sold 34.5% of his/her total pulse produce. As a result, farm households' output commercialization levels fall in semi-commercial farming system. Two limit Tobit model result indicated that farm households' crop output commercialization was positively and significantly influenced by access to improved seed, cooperative membership, land size, access to market information and pulse yield and was negatively and significantly influenced by family size and livestock owned. Based on the findings, improved seed/new varieties should be released and accessed to smallholder farmers, deliver market information timely, land owned allocation should be intensified so that smallholder producers can increase their crop output commercialization, strengthening the existing farmers' cooperatives and finally cut and carry livestock feeding system should be practiced in order to manage farm land properly.

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“…The relevance of agriculture is seen in its immense contribution towards the growth of the Nigeria economy through provision of food for the increasing population, account for 70% of total employment, 40% of total exports, and onethird of GDP, supply of adequate raw materials to the growing industrial sector, generation of foreign exchange earnings, and, provides market for products from agrarian sector (Okezie et al 2012;Nnamerenwa, 2012). Nigeria policy strategy was for agriculture to be used to enhance economic growth (Manyong et al 2003).…”

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Trends in financing crop production under selected policies, programmes and schemes in Nigeria (1980-2016)

Nnamdi Ogechukwu Aruocha,

Michael Uchendu Agunannah,

Kingson Njoku

2023

GSC Adv. Res. Rev.

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The study analyzed trends in financing crop production under financing policies of programmes, institution and schemes in Nigeria from the period 1980- 2016. Specifically the study analyzed the trend in growth rates of selected agricultural financing policies such as the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (ACGSF) and Agricultural Development Programme (ADP) and crop output; and compared the funds provided by these selected agricultural financing policies. Data were analyzed using trend analysis and z- test, The study showed that crop output and funds provided for crop production under ACGSF and ADP increased overtime within the reference period and were all significant at p<0.01 level. The study shows a compound growth of 5.3% per annum for crop output, 1.8% per annum for ACGSF, and 1.2% per annum for ADP. The study also showed that the growth in crop output and in the financing polices of programmes, institution and schemes were slow. ACGSF significantly allocated more funds for crop production than were done under ADP within the reference period. The study recommends that government should enhance the growth in crop output by ensuring rapid and sustained increase in the allocation of credit for crop production through financing policies of schemes, institutions and programmes. Efforts must be geared towards ensuring that a healthy balance is strike by governments’ financing of crop production through institutions, programmes and schemes.

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Farm – Level Determinants of Agricultural Commercialization

Cited by 18 publications

References 9 publications

Determinants of Market Participation among Smallholder Mango Producers in Assosa Zone of Benishangul Gumuz Region in Ethiopia

Determinants of Market Participation among Smallholder Mango Producers in Assosa Zone of Benishangul Gumuz Region in Ethiopia

Commercialization of Smallholder Pulse Producers in East Gojjam Zone, Ethiopia

Trends in financing crop production under selected policies, programmes and schemes in Nigeria (1980-2016)

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