Determinants of Rice Farmer Participation in the Direct Marketing Channel in Ghana
| Autor: | Emmanuel Donkor, Eunice Adu Donkor, Muhammad Imran Siddique, Elena Garnevska |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Naturräume für Freizeit und Erholung Naturreservate Energie 050204 development studies media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development TJ807-830 Developing country Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 transaction cost theory Ghana Renewable energy sources Agricultural economics 0502 economics and business Sustainable agriculture ddc:333 GE1-350 double hurdle model Rice farmers media_common random maximization theory Transaction cost Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry Poverty reduction 05 social sciences Payment rice marketing Environmental sciences rice farmers Direct marketing 050202 agricultural economics & policy business Communication channel |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 9 Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 5047, p 5047 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su13095047 |
| Popis: | Enhancing smallholder farmers’ access to reliable, ready, and direct marketing channels is a prerequisite for sustainable food supply and poverty reduction in the developing countries including Ghana. However, it is a great challenge for smallholder farmers to access direct marketing channels in Ghana. This paper analyzes the factors that influence smallholder rice farmers’ participation, and the intensity of participation, in direct marketing channels using primary data from 199 farmers in three rice-growing districts in the Northern Region of Ghana. A double hurdle model was used in the empirical analysis. The study findings show that a lower percentage of farmers sold their rice output to processors (direct marketing). Farm size, the price of rice output per 85 kg bag, access to market information, and access to credit increased farmers’ participation in direct marketing channels, whereas payment period and ownership of a bicycle reduced their participation. The study concludes that improving farmers’ access to market information and credit availability would enhance participation in direct marketing channels. The Government of New Zealand |
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