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

Akter, Sonia; Chindarkar, Namrata; Erskine, William; Spyckerelle, Luc; Imron, Julie; Branco, Lucia Viana

doi:10.1002/app5.329

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“…The estimation results in Table 1 show a positive and significant effect of adoption of improved maize seeds on the quantities of maize sold. Such a result was found by [19,24] and [35] in their work. Indeed, the quantities of maize sold increase by 90.3% when the FF adopts improved maize seeds.…”

Section: Presentation and Interpretation Of Econometric Resultssupporting

confidence: 84%

“…Studies in Asia have also found similar results. In a sample of 700 households in rural Timor-Leste, [24] examine the role of high-yielding maize varieties as one of the main drivers of smallholder farmers market participation. The results reveal significant positive impacts of technology adoption on farmers market participation.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…as a means on which to base this strategy since it remains essential in the transformation of agricultural systems [19][20][21][22][23]. In fact, the productivity gains achieved through the adoption of these technologies improve household food supply on the one hand and, on the other, the production of food surpluses useful for supplying markets [24]. Indeed, increasing the productivity potential and consequently the marketable surpluses of FFs requires, among other things, a substantial diffusion of agricultural innovations.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The promotion of agricultural technological advances, therefore, has the potential to act as a key element that causes high market output. Some authors [35,24,19,36] find that adoption of agricultural technologies has a positive and significant impact on market participation. Although no study in Cameroon has identified the need to explore this relationship.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Adoption of Improved Seeds and Market Participation of Family Farms: The Case of Maize Cultivation in Cameroon

Ngono¹,

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2022

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In most countries of the world, the rural areas is that which is essentially covered of poor. This fact, the fight against poverty in the rural areas is a major challenge for development actors. One of the ways to improve the living conditions of rural people is to further promote the commercial transformation of agriculture, the source of their livelihood, by encouraging them to participate in the markets for agricultural goods. To this end, the adoption of improved agricultural technologies is a lever on which this struggle can be based. This paper assesses the impact of improved maize seed adoption on market participation of Cameroonian Small Farmers. The data are from a sample of 160 adopters and 99 non-adopters of improved maize seed, result from an investigation carried out within the framework of the project of Reinforcement of the Partnerships of the Agronomic research in Cameroon and prepared by the Agricultural Institute of Research for the Development. We use the comparison of means test for the quantities of maize sold and the gamma generalized linear regression model. The result of the test reveals that adopters of improved maize seed have on average 0.065 ton of maize quantity sold moreover than non-adopters. As for the result of the model, it shows that improved maize seeds have a positive and significant impact on market participation. In other words, the results show that the quantity of maize for sale increases by 90.3% for the Farmers that adopt improved maize seed and 89.2% for those do not adopt it. The Cameroonian government must implement policies that make improved maize seeds available to farmers, followed by training in the new agricultural practices and policies for the actual development of road infrastructures to serve the markets.

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“…An empirical challenge exists in establishing a causal relationship (Akter et al 2020) between theileriosis knowledge and dead cattle % which means endogeneity exists. Farmers may not have the liberty of selecting the communication medium used as there is a strain in the veterinary extension services.…”

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Communication medium in theileriosis control: the factors that determine disease knowledge among smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe

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Kubota

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Theileriosis is one of the most important tick-borne diseases that has been affecting farmers and thousands of livestock in Zimbabwe. The main government strategy to combat theileriosis is use of plunge dips with anti-tick chemicals at specified times; however, an increase in number of farmers caused a strain on government services resulting in disease outbreak. One of the key issues that have been highlighted by department of veterinary is the strain in communication and knowledge of the disease with the farmers. Hence, it is important to evaluate the communication between farmers and veterinary services and identify possible areas of strain. A field survey was conducted with 320 farmers in Mhondoro Ngezi, a district badly affected by theileriosis. Face-to-face interviews with smallholders and communal farmers were conducted between September and October 2021, and the data were analyzed using Stata 17. Communal farmers relied mainly on oral communication and had limited knowledge of theileriosis; therefore, dead cattle % was high among them. Though veterinary extension officers were the prime source of information, oral communication medium affected knowledge transferred. The results of this study recommend adoption of communication mediums that encourage retention, such as brochures and posters by veterinary extension services. The government may also partner with private players to ease pressure of increased farming population due to land reform.

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Complementary technology adoption and smallholder commercialization: Panel data evidence from Ethiopia

Tabe‐Ojong,

Geffersa

2024

Applied Eco Perspectives Pol

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Agricultural transformation involves the transition from subsistence agriculture marked by cultivating crops for auto‐consumption to cultivating crops for output markets. This transition from subsistence agriculture to market‐oriented agriculture can be a key policy boost to economic development, but evidence on the key entry points to increasing smallholder commercialization remains scarce. We examine the relationship between the adoption of improved maize varieties (IMVs), inorganic fertilizers, and smallholder commercialization. We model commercialization as a two‐step decision process involving market participation and the extent of participation (sales quantity) conditional on participation. Given these two related steps, we estimate a double‐hurdle model in both linear and non‐linear forms. Employing a three‐wave panel dataset from Ethiopia, we use the household fixed effects and correlated random effects model with the control function approach. We find the adoption of IMVs to be significantly associated with both market participation and the extent of participation. This relationship is also true for fertilizers, where we show a positive association between fertilizer use and commercialization. Given the seeming complementarity in the use of both IMVs and fertilizers, we further estimate their joint adoption. We use the multinomial endogenous switching regression model where we show greater commercialization gains under joint adoption. These findings are in line with a growing literature supporting the bundling of agricultural technologies. Given these insights, we provide empirical and policy support to the scaling of agricultural technologies as they have the potential to induce agricultural transformation by unlocking market opportunities.

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

Cited by 9 publications

References 23 publications

Adoption of Improved Seeds and Market Participation of Family Farms: The Case of Maize Cultivation in Cameroon

Adoption of Improved Seeds and Market Participation of Family Farms: The Case of Maize Cultivation in Cameroon

Communication medium in theileriosis control: the factors that determine disease knowledge among smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe

Complementary technology adoption and smallholder commercialization: Panel data evidence from Ethiopia

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