Welfare impacts of smallholder farmers’ participation in multiple output markets: Empirical evidence from Tanzania
| Autor: | Mateete A. Bekunda, Bekele Hundie Kotu, Julius Manda, Carlo Azzarri, Shiferaw T. Feleke, Lieven Claessens |
|---|---|
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
Male
050204 development studies Tanzania Agricultural economics Medicine and Health Sciences Empirical evidence media_common Multidisciplinary Food security Farmers biology 05 social sciences Eukaryota Agriculture Fabaceae Plants Agricultural Methods Middle Aged Livelihood Legumes Crop Production Professions Experimental Organism Systems Income Medicine Agricultural Workers Female 050202 agricultural economics & policy Research Article Adult Public infrastructure Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Science Crops Diversification (marketing strategy) Research and Analysis Methods Zea mays Young Adult Model Organisms Plant and Algal Models 0502 economics and business Life Science Humans Grasses Nutrition Models Statistical Organisms Biology and Life Sciences biology.organism_classification Maize Diet Intercropping Food Food Security People and Places Animal Studies Household income Population Groupings Business Welfare Crop Science Cereal Crops |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 5, p e0250848 (2021) PLoS ONE 16 (2021) 5 PLoS ONE, 16(5) |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| Popis: | A relatively large body of literature has documented the welfare effects of smallholder farmers’ participation in single-commodity output markets. However, limited empirical evidence is available when smallholder farmers participate in multiple-commodities output markets. We tried to fill this gap in the literature by estimating the impacts of smallholder farmers’ contemporaneous participation in both maize and legume markets vis-à-vis in only maize or legume markets using household-level data from Tanzania. Applying a multinomial endogenous switching regression model that allows controlling for observed and unobserved heterogeneity associated with market participation in single-commodity and multiple-commodity markets, results showed that smallholder farmers’ participation in both single–and multiple–commodity markets was positively and significantly associated with household income and food security. Moreover, the greatest benefits were obtained when farmers participated in multiple-commodity markets, suggesting the importance of policies promoting diversification in crop income sources to increase welfare and food security. Our findings also signal the complementary–rather than substitute–nature of accessing multiple-commodity markets for enhancing household livelihoods under a specialization strategy. Finally, important policy implications are suggested, from promoting and supporting public infrastructure investments to expanding road networks to reduce transportation costs, especially in remote communities, to enhance smallholder farmer access to profitable maize and legume markets in Tanzania. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|