Macroeconomic effects of semi-subsistence agricultural productivity growth: Evidence from Benin and extension to the WAEMU countries

Gero, Abraham Amoussouga; Egbendewe, Aklesso Y.G.

doi:10.1016/j.sciaf.2019.e00222

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“…Additional activities to increase the selling value are farmers' efforts to get bigger profits. These must be supported by public policies that promote growth in the productivity of food crops that may be more effective in achieving better economic performance and poverty reduction (Gero and Egbendewe, 2020). One of the similar examples is a program set by the Indian government in support of increasing agricultural productivity, by building Agri-Clinic and Agri-Business Centers with the factors of planning orientation, work orientation, personal efficacy, market orientation, location, business acumen, dynamism, service orientation, in-depth knowledge, achievement motivation, social networks, interest, internal control, marketing strategy and innovativeness.…”

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The Behavior and Performance of Cashew Market in South Buton Regency, Indonesia

Zarliani

Wardana

Amiruddin

2020

Caraka Tani J. Sustain. Agric.

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<p>Some of the major problems in cashew marketing performance are low production, inefficient marketing system and low income received by farmers. In addition, farmer with a low bargaining position will only receive prices from market players in the midst of increasing demand and competition in the market. The aim of this study is to examine the behavior and performance of the cashew market in South Buton Regency, Indonesia. Furthermore, the marketing channels, margins, costs and benefits received by each agency were used to analyze the technical and economic efficiency. In addition, random and snowball sampling techniques were applied to determine the farmers and traders, respectively. The results showed that the behavior of market price was based on the cost analysis, supply and demand, as well as the expected benefit. Meanwhile, the transactions were made partially (initial payment before and after the products were sold) and some in cash. The market players were unique in providing cooperate capital to farmers. Moreover, the market performance shows an efficient system from the two channel patterns formed, close distance indicates a technically efficient system and low marketing cost indicates economic efficiency.</p>

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The Behavior and Performance of Cashew Market in South Buton Regency, Indonesia

Zarliani

Wardana

Amiruddin

2020

Caraka Tani J. Sustain. Agric.

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“…In fact, it acts as a catalyst in the structural transformation and economic diversification of a country, especially developing countries (Iorember & Jelilov, 2018). Improving agricultural growth by increasing agricultural productivity to reduce poverty, combat food and nutrition insecurity, and improve trade (Collier & Dercon, 2014; Gero & Egbendewe, 2020). In Burkina Faso, as in other African countries, agriculture is characterized by subsistence and cash crops.…”

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Labor differentiation and cotton productivity in Burkina Faso

Zong‐naba,

N'gbo,

Combary

2024

African Development Review

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Agriculture is a very important sector in Africa's economic development, particularly in Burkina Faso, as it employs a large proportion of the population. Given the importance of labor in this sector, a good allocation of the different types of labor could help increase agricultural productivity in Burkina Faso. This research contributes to the literature by determining the specific contributions of each type of labor in enhancing cotton productivity. The sample of this research is 477 cotton farms, and a semiparametric stochastic frontier model has been used in the analysis. The results show that the proportion of wage labor has a nonlinear effect and contributes to improving cotton productivity when the number of educated people in the household increases. But family labor decreases cotton productivity when the number of educated people in the household increase. The comparison between the findings of the semiparametric and parametric frontier shows that technical efficiency is 72.44% when education is used as the channel through which production factors affect cotton productivity. However, this technical efficiency is 54.96% when production factors directly affect cotton productivity in the parametric frontier model. Promoting education in rural areas will help to increase the number of people educated and consequently improve cotton productivity.

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Modeling the Impact of Cotton Production on Economic Development in Benin: A Technological Innovation Perspective

Najib

Fei²,

Dilanchiev³

et al. 2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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This research provides an in-depth understanding of cotton production in Benin. The analysis explored the effects of cotton production on economic growth using a vector error correction model (VECM). Prior to the VECM, a descriptive analysis was conducted on a time series database collated over 56 years (1965–2021) from national and international organizations including World Bank, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the National Accounts. Depending on the availability of the information over this period, the data were trimmed down to enable a better overview of the trend for variable of interest. Thus, the review of the trend for agricultural land (hectares) for cotton observed from 1965 to 2021 revealed that the trend evolves over the years in three different patterns, while the yields demonstrate four patterns over the same period. For the VECM analysis that permits to understand the long- and short-term relation, the time bound covers 30 years from 1990 to 2019 given the availability of data for all the variables used for the model. The findings highlighted that a strong and positive connection is found between cotton export and economic growth and a long-term relation between the human capital and the economic growth in Benin. A rapid human capital development will increase quality of the employment generation, and the country’s economy will adjust upward. Furthermore, a short-run coefficient unveils feedback necessary in a relative level of investment to bring back the economic growth to equilibrium. From these findings discussed in this study, the government of Benin is commended to diversify the production of cotton through a town target policy.

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Macroeconomic effects of semi-subsistence agricultural productivity growth: Evidence from Benin and extension to the WAEMU countries

Cited by 5 publications

References 22 publications

The Behavior and Performance of Cashew Market in South Buton Regency, Indonesia

The Behavior and Performance of Cashew Market in South Buton Regency, Indonesia

Labor differentiation and cotton productivity in Burkina Faso

Modeling the Impact of Cotton Production on Economic Development in Benin: A Technological Innovation Perspective

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