scholarly journals Increasing smallholder farmers’ market participation through technology adoption in rural Timor‐Leste

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Akter ◽  
Namrata Chindarkar ◽  
William Erskine ◽  
Luc Spyckerelle ◽  
Julie Imron ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Technology Adoption ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Market Participation ◽  
Farmers Market ◽  
Timor Leste

scholarly journals Effect of Market Participation on Food Security Among Smallholder Sorghum Farmers in Kwara State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 330-336
Author(s):  
M F SALAMI ◽  
K K OSASONA ◽  
G O AKINSOLA ◽  
S U O AKANBI1 , M.T. DUROSAY ◽  
S U A AKANBI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Regression Model ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Market Participation ◽  
Farmers Market

It is paradoxical to note that food insecurity remains a menace among many African farmers’ households. There are arguments for and against smallholder farmers' market participation as a pathway for ensuring household food security. The paper therefore examined the market participation- food security relationship using smallholder sorghum farmers in Kwara State, as a case study. Primary data were obtained from 112 sorghum farming households using the semi-structured interview survey method. Descriptive statistic (frequencies and percentages), Crop output market participation index, Logistic regression model and Tobit regression model was used to analyse the data obtained. The result revealed that market participation positively and significantly contributes to the food security status of the sorghum farmers. Also, household size, farm output quantity, access to market information, access to credit and farm power types were the factors influencing the level of market participation in the study area. Therefore, all factors that will aid farmers' market participation should be pursued.

scholarly journals Smallholder Farmers’ Market Participation: Concepts and Methodological Approach from Sub-Saharan Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olutosin A. Otekunrin ◽  
Siaka Momoh ◽  
Idris A. Ayinde
Keyword(s):  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Market Participation ◽  
Farmers Market ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Productive Assets ◽  
Appreciable Reduction

This paper reviews the empirical evidence on smallholder farmers’ market participation focusing on cash/food crops and livestock in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with special attention on the methodological approaches employed in this region in an attempt to x-ray these methods, identifying their advantages and limitations and possible means smallholder farmers would be able to transit from subsistence to commercialised agriculture capable of lifting them out of poverty trap that seems to have engulfed many rural SSA. This paper recommends interventions geared towards improving smallholder farmers’ organisation, producers’ association and ensuring appreciable reduction in transaction costs and also improving farmers’ access to productive assets and improved technologies capable of stimulating profitable smallholders’ market participation.

Use of wealth ranking to analyse factors influencing smallholder farmers' market participation in northern Mozambique

2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 669-683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryann Green ◽  
Gastão Lukanu ◽  
Steve Worth ◽  
Peter L Greenfield
Keyword(s):  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Market Participation ◽  
Farmers Market ◽  
Factors Influencing
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