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

Otekunrin, Olutosin Ademola; Momoh, S.; Ayinde, I. A.

doi:10.12944/carj.7.2.02

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“…While utility is not observed directly from the actions of economic agents, it can nonetheless be observed through choices made. Markets are also considered very important within the subsistence strategy of rural households (Otekunrin et al 2019). Due to this, market channel choices among farmers have been studied based on the specific agricultural product, crop or livestock.…”

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The Market Channel Preference Among Smallholder Cocoyam Farmers in South Africa: A Food Security Perspective

Nwafor¹

2020

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Market channel choice makes important contributions to the incomes and other livelihood attributes among smallholder farmers in developing countries. Often considered from a number of perspectives, the dominant view articulated suggests an advantageous integration into formal market channels. This position is questioned as it has implications for smallholder farmers’ food security and rural incomes. Using a mixed methods approach, the study collected primary data from 174 smallholder farmers and applied both a descriptive and multinomial logit regression model to analyze factors contributing to cocoyam production and market channel choices among respondents in the study area. Findings indicate that financial returns and available markets were key factors in cocoyam production, while amount received was a driver of market channel choice among 89% of respondents who sold directly at farm-gate. Farmers’ age (p=0.044), household size (p=0.043), distance to market (p=0.021), additional income (p=0.017) and amount received (p=0.014) were significant variables (p<.05) in the determinants of market channel choice. The study recommended improving market information provision and strengthening farmer associations which will enable smallholder farmers in rural communities to make informed choices with respect to produce price, access other markets and consolidate their collective market bargaining position.

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The Market Channel Preference Among Smallholder Cocoyam Farmers in South Africa: A Food Security Perspective

Nwafor¹

2020

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“…According to Mumba (2019), agricultural commercialization refers to a transition from traditional farming to a more market-oriented system. On the other hand, market participation is also viewed as an integration of subsistence farmers into input and output markets with the aim of boosting income levels (Otekunrin et al, 2019). However, Osmani and Hossain (2015) emphasized that commercialization usually takes a long transformation process; from subsistence to semi-commercial, and then to fully commercialized agriculture, with the main aim of achieving food selfsufficiency whereas market participation only involves the sale of output in the market outlet (Gebremedhin and Jaleta, 2010).…”

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Effect of market participation on household welfare among smallholder goat farmers in Botswana

Ngwako

Mthenge

Gido

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J. Agribus. Rural Dev.

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Goat farming is a major livelihood activity for most smallholder farmers in Botswana. To ensure sustainable livelihoods for these farmers, a shift from the prevalent traditional and subsistence system to a more market-oriented one is considered necessary. Market participation is widely viewed as an effective means of addressing poverty which is particularly rampant in most rural areas of Botswana and other developing countries. Little evidence is however available on the link between market participation and household welfare, especially among livestock and, in particular, small stock farmers. This paper evaluates the effect of market participation on household welfare among smallholder goat farmers. Estimating an endogenous switching regression model, the results show a positive and significant effect of market participation on household income for both participant and non-participant farmers. This effect was found to be more pronounced among the non-participants had they decided to sell. The results suggest that goat farmers should be encouraged to engage in market participation other than their traditional ways of keeping goats. This implies that existing policies and programs that increase market participation and encourage market-oriented farming should be revised in order to provide efficient and sustainable support. Furthermore, the study recommends that information on goat markets should reach rural areas where most farmers reside and are unable to access technology.

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“…Middlemen are conversant with market operations and have direct access to markets and agricultural market information (AMI), and have links with buyers and traders of agricultural produce. Middlemen benefit more while farmers sell their crops (Molony, 2008; Otekunrin, Momoh, & Ayinde, 2019). Farmers have no good knowledge of market operations as they occasionally reach markets while selling their crops.…”

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“…Scholars (eg, Ismail et al, 2015; Magesa et al, 2014; Otekunrin et al, 2019) have acknowledged an information gap where smallholders have poor access to AMI. Thus, it is important to bridge such a gap by developing the capabilities of smallholders in agricultural marketing to make them more active market participants.…”

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Access and use of agricultural market information by smallholder farmers: Measuring informational capabilities

Magesa

Kisangiri

2020

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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While farmers sell their crops, middlemen provide a linkage between them, markets and buyers. Middlemen have good knowledge of working conditions of markets and have access to agricultural market information. Due to poor access to markets and agricultural market information by smallholders, there is a feeling that middlemen benefit more while farmers sell their crops. Good access to markets and market information may help farmers bypass middlemen while selling crops and thus benefit more. Thus, it is best to improve the informational capabilities (ICs) of farmers in agricultural marketing. Thus, this research measured ICs of farmers accessing market information, through a program NINAYO, while selling their crops. The research utilized the informational, psychological, social, and economic dimensions of the empowerment framework in identifying capability indicators to formulate survey questions. Data were collected from smallholders in six regions in Tanzania. The analysis utilized measures of life satisfaction and results showed that about half of the variation in the dependent variable, satisfaction with capabilities, was explained by the model. Backward elimination analysis confirmed that life satisfaction is multidimensional. Robustness test confirmed a positive relationship between satisfaction and capabilities. Overall, results confirmed ICs are multidimensions, their improvement empowers farmers in agricultural marketing.

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

Cited by 42 publications

References 58 publications

The Market Channel Preference Among Smallholder Cocoyam Farmers in South Africa: A Food Security Perspective

The Market Channel Preference Among Smallholder Cocoyam Farmers in South Africa: A Food Security Perspective

Effect of market participation on household welfare among smallholder goat farmers in Botswana

Access and use of agricultural market information by smallholder farmers: Measuring informational capabilities

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