Linking farmers to markets: Assessing small-scale farmers' preferences for an official phytosanitary regime in the Kyrgyz Republic

Saparova, Gulkaiyr; Khan, Ghulam Dastgir; Joshi, Niraj Prakash

doi:10.1016/j.eap.2023.12.016

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“…Investment in infrastructure, including roads, storage facilities, and market linkages, was also emphasized as essential for improving food availability and reducing waste. Empirical evidence such as given in [32][33][34][35][36] suggests that these interventions can increase crop yield and farm income. As respondent No.…”

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Addressing Food Insecurity in South Sudan: Insights and Solutions from Young Entrepreneurs

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Sokout,

Nakajima

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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This study explores food insecurity in South Sudan through the lens of young entrepreneurs, revealing insights into understanding the causes, coping strategies, and innovative solutions. Analyzing survey responses reveals a complicated problem linked to poverty, conflict, climate change, and economic instability. We surveyed 19 standout candidates selected from 325 South Sudanese participants from the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR’s) hybrid training on entrepreneurship and agribusiness, who successfully passed the assessment criteria to attend a workshop in Hiroshima, Japan, in February 2024. These participants clearly depicted the dire circumstances, with widespread food insecurity, heavy reliance on humanitarian aid, and prevalent malnutrition, especially in conflict-affected regions like Yambio. Conflict, climate shocks, economic instability, and inadequate infrastructure emerged as primary drivers of food insecurity. Despite these challenges, young entrepreneurs express a keen desire to contribute to solutions, advocating for sustainable agriculture, entrepreneurship, and education initiatives. During conflict, coping strategies vary from reducing meal frequency to diversifying diets and engaging in subsistence farming. The innovative solutions proposed include sustainable agricultural practices, value chain development, and technology adoption. The study underscores the urgent need for comprehensive strategies addressing the root causes of food insecurity while empowering communities and young entrepreneurs to foster resilience. Sustained support in youth agri-business capacity building and entrepreneurial skills development, increased agricultural investment, infrastructure enhancement, and targeted youth empowerment initiatives are emphasized. Through collaborative efforts, South Sudan can progress towards achieving resilience and improving food security.

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Addressing Food Insecurity in South Sudan: Insights and Solutions from Young Entrepreneurs

Shams,

Sokout,

Nakajima

et al. 2024

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Factors influencing farmers' preference for farmland consolidation in Nepal: Evidence from randomized conjoint experiment

Pun,

Joshi,

Pun

2024

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Marketing contracts and technical efficiency of citrus production

Zhang,

2024

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PurposeThis study examines the impacts of marketing contracts (written contracts, verbal contracts and no contracts) on technical efficiency, taking citrus production in Jiangxi Province, China, as an example.Design/methodology/approachWe first use a stochastic production frontier (SPF) model to calculate the technical efficiency scores of citrus production at the individual level. Then, we use a multinomial endogenous switching regression (MESR) model, which mitigates selection bias issues arising from observed and unobserved factors, to estimate the treatment effects of marketing contract choices on technical efficiency. Data used in this study were collected from a survey of citrus farmers conducted between October and November 2022 in Jiangxi Province, China.FindingsThe SPF model estimates show that the mean technical efficiency score of citrus production is 0.616, ranging between 0.021 and 0.894. The MESR model estimates reveal that the technical efficiency scores for written and oral contract users are 18.3 and 10.5% higher, respectively, compared to citrus farmers with no marketing contracts. Additionally, the average technical efficiency score for written contract users exceeds that of oral contract users by 2.5%. We also find that farmers with higher household incomes and less farming experience were more likely to use written contracts. At the same time, those endowed with better education, larger farm sizes and better production conditions were more likely to use verbal contracts.Originality/valueFarmers seeking marketing contracts for product sales need to adjust their production behaviour in advance to meet the product attributes required by market buyers. However, little is known about whether marketing contract users are more efficient in farm production than non-users. This study provides the first attempt to investigate the associations between different types of marketing contracts and technical efficiency.

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Linking farmers to markets: Assessing small-scale farmers' preferences for an official phytosanitary regime in the Kyrgyz Republic

Cited by 3 publications

References 35 publications

Addressing Food Insecurity in South Sudan: Insights and Solutions from Young Entrepreneurs

Addressing Food Insecurity in South Sudan: Insights and Solutions from Young Entrepreneurs

Factors influencing farmers' preference for farmland consolidation in Nepal: Evidence from randomized conjoint experiment

Marketing contracts and technical efficiency of citrus production

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