Market incentives, farmers' response and a policy dilemma : A case study of chat production in the Eastern Ethiopian Highlands
| Autor: | Johann F. Kirsten, Tesfaye Lemma Tefera, Sylvain Perret |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Economics and Econometrics
Economic growth Plante stimulante media_common.quotation_subject Cash crop Geography Planning and Development Catha edulis Agricultural economics Scarcity Economics Revenu media_common Food security business.industry Livelihood Peasant Dilemma Incentive sécurité alimentaire Agriculture E16 - Économie de la production production business Agronomy and Crop Science |
| Zdroj: | Annual Conference Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, Bloemfontein, South Africa,18-20 september 2002 Agrekon |
| Popis: | This paper discusses the reasons for and effects of the dramatic expansion of chat production as a cash crop in the Hararghe Highlands of Ethiopia. Despite the Ministry of Agriculture's deliberate attempt to discourage chat production, farmers continue to shift their scarce resources into chat production. Using data generated by a rural livelihood survey front 197 randomly selected households, economic and non-economic factors contributing to the expansion of chat production are identified and its food and nutritional security impact analysed. The case study confirms once more the power of market incentives in encouraging agricultural activity of peasant farmers even in the absence of functional research and extension systems. The case study shows that households producing chat have good food security status and thus the situation presents a policy dilemma: Should the government promote or discourage chat production? |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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