Influence of institutional factors on smallholder farmers ’ marketing channel choices

2011 ◽  
pp. 101-117
Author(s):  
Bridget Jari ◽  
Gavin Fraser ◽  
Ajuruchukwu Obi
Keyword(s):  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Marketing Channel ◽  
Institutional Factors

scholarly journals Choice of Modern Food Distribution Channels and Its Welfare Effects: Empirical Evidence from Taiwan

Agriculture ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 499
Author(s):  
Yun-Cih Chang ◽  
Min-Fang Wei ◽  
Yir-Hueih Luh
Keyword(s):  
Control Function ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Distribution Channel ◽  
Marketing Channel ◽  
Distribution Channels ◽  
Food Distribution ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Farm Households ◽  
Farm Household ◽  
Decomposition Approach

The determinants and/or economic effects of modern food distribution channels have attracted much attention in previous research. Studies on the welfare consequences of modern channel options, however, have been sparse. Based on a broader definition of modern food distribution channels including midstream processors and downstream retailers (supermarkets, hypermarkets, brand-named retailers), this study contributes to the existing body of knowledge by exploring the distributional implications of farm households’ choice of modern food distribution channels using a large and unique farm household dataset in Taiwan. Making use of the two-step control function approach, we identify the effect of modern food distribution options on farm households’ profitability. The results reveal selling farm produce to modern food distributors does not produce a positive differential compared to the traditional outlets. Another dimension of farm household welfare affected by the choice of modern food distribution channel is income inequality. We apply the Lerman and Yitzhaki decomposition approach to gain a better understanding of the effect of the marketing channel option on the overall distribution of farm household income. The Gini decomposition of different income sources indicates that the choice of modern food distribution channels results in an inequality-equalizing effect among the farm households in Taiwan, suggesting the inclusion of smallholder farmers in the modern food distribution channels improves the overall welfare of the rural society.

scholarly journals Analysis of Factors Influencing Marketing Channel Choices by Smallholder Farmers: A Case Study of Paddy Product in Wet and Dry Season of Prey Veng Province, Cambodia

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Rachana Chiv ◽  
Fengying Nie ◽  
Shu Wu ◽  
Sokea Tum
Keyword(s):  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Marketing Channel ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Marketing Channels ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Large Irrigation ◽  
The Right

This study analyzes factors influencing marketing channels that were chosen by paddy smallholder farmers in the wet and dry season. The aims focused on determining the factors influence marketing channel choices to be able to reveal out the need for smallholder farmers to increase their productions and investments to formulate policies to enhance them such as increasing revenue, poverty alleviation, food security, and sustainable development. The primary data was collected through structured and semi-structured interviews with 216 smallholder farmers cultivated in both seasons, 12 collectors, 12 traders, 12 millers, 6 wholesalers, and 6 retailers by analyzed with Multinomial Logit. Results revealed that socio-economic, institutional, and marketing factors were different statistically significant influence into marketing channel choices in both seasons. These findings relate to factors that need to resolve and stimulate smallholder farmers to choose the right marketing channels by suggestion to policymakers. The outcomes of policies aim to stimulate and encourage extension office to support, sharing experiences, and knowledge to smallholder farmers who older, low experiences, and low educations. To improve extension services by the focus on telecommunications, storage facilities, and rural infrastructures. Moreover, urge smallholder farmers to market participation, and enhance market competitions. Finally, the policymakers should work efforts to improve and enhance the ongoing investments in the water supporting such as small, medium, large irrigation systems, and so forth for reducing the constraints.

The Choice of Marketing Channel by Maize and Pigeonpea Smallholder Farmers: Evidence from the Northern and Eastern Zones of Tanzania

Agrekon ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
FE Mmbando ◽  
E Wale ◽  
LJS Baiyegunhi ◽  
MAG Darroch
Keyword(s):  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Marketing Channel

scholarly journals Towards high value markets: a case study of smallholder vegetable farmers in Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Maspaitella ◽  
Elena Garnevska ◽  
Muhammad I. Siddique ◽  
Nicola Shadbolt
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Marketing Channel ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Vegetable Farmers ◽  
Bivariate Correlation ◽  
Vegetable Farming ◽  
Technical Innovations ◽  
Farmer Groups

The expansion of modern markets has significant implications for agriculture in many developing countries that provides both opportunities and challenges for smallholder farmers. The purpose of this paper is to analyse key determinants affecting farmers’ participation in high value markets, compared to traditional market. Face to face interviews based on a questionnaire were conducted with a sample of 126 smallholder vegetable farmers in the Manokwari region. Binary logistic regression and bivariate correlation analysis were used in this study. The results suggested that age, education level, vegetables cultivated area and membership in farmer groups/cooperatives were the key determinants that had significant effects on the smallholder farmers’ decision about marketing channel participation. In addition, the income generated from vegetable farming was positively correlated to high value market participation. Some implications that need to be prioritized in agricultural development strategies include improving technical innovations and empowering collective actions through cooperatives or farmer groups.

Determinants of Smallholder Farmers' Marketing Channel Choice: Evidence from the Vietnamese Rice Sector

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thai Thuy Pham ◽  
Ludwig Theuvsen ◽  
Verena Otter
Keyword(s):  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Marketing Channel ◽  
Channel Choice

scholarly journals Marketing Channel Selection by Smallholder Farmers

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Djalalou-Dine A. A. Arinloye ◽  
Stefano Pascucci ◽  
Anita R. Linnemann ◽  
Ousmane N. Coulibaly ◽  
Geoffrey Hagelaar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Marketing Channel ◽  
Channel Selection

scholarly journals Determinants of Rice Farmer Participation in the Direct Marketing Channel in Ghana

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 5047
Author(s):  
Eunice Adu Donkor ◽  
Elena Garnevska ◽  
Muhammad Imran Siddique ◽  
Emmanuel Donkor
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Direct Marketing ◽  
Marketing Channel ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
Marketing Channels ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Lower Percentage ◽  
Market Information

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.

scholarly journals Analysis of the marketing channels of Coffee

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-28
Author(s):  
Fery Murtiningrum ◽  
Gracia Gabrienda
Keyword(s):  
Raw Materials ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Marketing Channel ◽  
Production Quality ◽  
Marketing Channels ◽  
Selling Price ◽  
Coffee Production ◽  
Coffee Plantations ◽  
Marketing Margins

In Bengkulu Province, the area of coffee plantations reached 124,510 hectares spread in several districts with production reaching 60,790.08 tons per year (BPS, 2018). Most coffee production (Coffea Spp) is produced by smallholder farmers. Nearly a quarter of the coffee production was produced by Rejang Lebong Regency, namely: 13,459 tons with a total plantation area of 27,828.12 hectares of coffee plantations. Constraints in the development of coffee are in the case of coffee marketing channels that have not been maximized by farmers, transportation due to the topography of the area and the location of the factory that is far away, low marketing production, quality of coffee (quality ), and capital that influences the selling price of the coffee. This situation is certainly inseparable from the influence of the factors of the coffee industry production itself, namely in the form of capital, raw materials, labor, transportation, marketing and income of business owners that also affect the income of workers. For this reason, researchers are interested in researching the marketing channels of Coffee in Rejang Regency. Lebong, and analyze the efficiency of the Coffee marketing channel in Rejang Lebong Regency. From the results of the study, it was found that the coffee marketing channel occurred in Rejang Lebong Regency had 5 types of marketing channels. Marketing margins and the biggest profits are obtained by large traders.

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