Farm size and non traditional exports: Determinants of participation in world markets

Collins, Jane L.

doi:10.1016/0305-750x(95)00036-c

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“…4 Given Brazil's natural resources and the importance of its agricultural sector for foreign exchange earnings, it is reasonable to expect this upward trend to continue into the foreseeable future. Export horticulture can lead to relatively fast economic growth and potentially to poverty alleviation compared to traditional agricultural production for a number of reasons, including: generally higher and more stable prices (generating higher incomes); greater labour intensity in production (generating higher rates of employment); associated processing activities, such as the establishment of packing houses and fruit processing (entailing higher investment rates and additional employment generation); and, sometimes, limited economies of scale that may favour smallerscale producers (potentially widening market access) (Carter et al, 1993;Collins, 1995;Dolan and Sutherland, 2002;Humphrey, 2008;McCulloch and Ota, 2002). For these reasons Weinberger and Lumpkin (2007: 1464, 1472 argue that 'FFV production is usually lucrative compared to staple crops' and that consequently, 'Horticulture .…”

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The global retail revolution, fruiticulture and economic development in north-east Brazil

Selwyn

2013

Review of International Political Economy

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Rapidly expanding world fruiticulture markets provide developing country producers with new income opportunities and much development literature and policy is orientated towards facilitating export production in these countries. However, it has been widely observed that the global retail revolution is accelerating the exclusion of small producers from export markets and (increasingly) from many domestic retail chains due to rising entry barriers. Small producers are thus often only able to sell their produce on to relatively low price 'traditional' markets. This paper is based on data collected from a recently emerged fruiticulture sector in north-east Brazil. It shows that (a) export fruiticulture does generate significant economic benefits, (b) that modern domestic retail markets are increasingly demanding and exclusionary, but also, and counter to much of the literature concerned with export promotion, that (c) small-farms producing fruiticulture products for 'traditional' domestic markets do generate positive local economic impacts. Policymakers should, therefore, consider new ways of assisting smaller producers to enter these markets.

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Section: Horticulture Upgrading and Economic Developmentmentioning

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The global retail revolution, fruiticulture and economic development in north-east Brazil

Selwyn

2013

Review of International Political Economy

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“…This fact per se highlights the importance of improved cultivars and the need to invest in varietal improvement research, since it requires fewer behavioral changes compared to adopting new crop management practices. In terms of farmers' receptiveness to these improved technologies, small-scale farmers, particularly small landowners, tend to be late adopters due to skepticism about the cost of improved and hybrid seeds and capital and risk constraints compared with largerscale farmers with large cultivated areas (Collins 1995).…”

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Impact of improved vegetable cultivars in overcoming food insecurity

Dias

2010

Euphytica

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Breeding is probably as old as agriculture itself. Early vegetable breeders developed landrace cultivars by selection of favorable variations in horticultural traits, yield and resistance to diseases and other problems. Later new breeding methods were developed, including hybridization techniques, culminating with the use of recently developed molecular tools, all leading to our modern improved vegetable cultivars. Great emphasis on protection of cultivars by seed companies, including development of F 1 hybrids, plant cultivar protection and patenting have been done. There were 392 vegetable crops cultivated worldwide but only slightly over one half of the total number of them have attracted commercial breeding attention. In recent times, there have been challenges and new trends in the breeding domain. These include an unrelenting movement away from well supported public breeding institutions to a breeding world dominated by private entities, and an increase in size of the companies in the private sector, with emphasis on the major vegetable crops.

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“…International evidence shows that 'self-supervising' qualities of family labour can be successfully deployed for high-value crops on small plots (Feder, 1985;Collins, 1995). Conradie et al (1996) demonstrated the potential profitability of smallholder horticulture in South Africa but to succeed, small-scale producers required the same access to supply services, processing facilities and product markets as large-scale farmers.…”

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Smallholder irrigation schemes in South Africa: A review of knowledge generated by the Water Research Commission

Averbeke

Denison

Mnkeni

2011

WSA

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The status and characteristics of the 302 smallholder irrigation schemes found in South Africa are discussed and knowledge on South African smallholder irrigation schemes generated by the Water Research Commission (WRC) over a period of nearly 20 years is reviewed. Themes covered include planning, design and technology; plot-holders and their livelihoods; institutions and organisations; support services; agronomic practices; and revitalisation. The availability of guidelines on most of these aspects is highlighted. Gaps in the knowledge of social, human and economic aspects of smallholder irrigation schemes are pointed out.

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Farm size and non traditional exports: Determinants of participation in world markets

Cited by 24 publications

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The global retail revolution, fruiticulture and economic development in north-east Brazil

The global retail revolution, fruiticulture and economic development in north-east Brazil

Impact of improved vegetable cultivars in overcoming food insecurity

Smallholder irrigation schemes in South Africa: A review of knowledge generated by the Water Research Commission

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