The impact of commercialization of rice on household welfare in rural Vietnam

Cazzuffi, Chiara; McKay, Andrew; Perge, Emilie

doi:10.35188/unu-wider/2018/572-5

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“…Overall, rice marketing channels in Vietnam have developed remarkably since the economic renovation introduced in the late 1980s . There was a significant increase in the number of rice farmers participating in national rice markets (Cazzuffi and McKay, Cazzuffi and McKay ; Minot and Goletti ). The proportion of households selling rice countrywide increased from 42.8 percent in 1992–1993 to 54 percent in 2008.…”

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“…farm size and location) (Zivenge and Karavina ) and the farmers' sociodemographic characteristics, such as their educational level (Escobal and Cavero ) and age (Fischer and Qaim ), which have also been identified as determinants of farmers' marketing channel choice in previous studies of other cases and countries. Farm size is of particular interest in the context of Vietnamese SR production because indications exist that larger farmers tend to sell most of their products at the farm gate to local collectors and wholesalers in the TMC for simplicity reasons (Cazzuffi and McKay ). In contrast, smaller farmers producing a smaller amount of rice prefer to sell their products to farmer associations (MFA) and directly to end consumers (DMC).…”

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

Pham

Theuvsen

Otter

2019

Asian Economic Journal

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Cash crops such as specialty rice and other high‐value varieties produced for domestic and international markets are considered an increasing source of income for smallholder farmers in many Asian countries. The present study focuses on the factors affecting Vietnamese specialty rice farmers' choice of marketing channel and how their choice influences farm performance. The analysis has been conducted using multinomial logit and linear regression models on quantitative data collected from 280 specialty rice farmers in the Red River Delta, one of the main rice production regions in Vietnam. Results reveal that even though local collectors and wholesalers are still the most common recipients of farmers' goods in rural areas, reduction in transaction costs with regard to uncertainty influences farmers to choose modern marketing channels through collective action (via specialty rice farmer associations). This collective marketing channel helps farmers increase average prices received by US$0.028 per kg of paddy. Based on the results, manifold political implications are derived.

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

Pham

Theuvsen

Otter

2019

Asian Economic Journal

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“…Available data indicates that the contribution has declined from about 80 per cent in 2007 to about 68 per cent in 2017 (NBE, 2017). With a gradual increase in agricultural commercialisation, however, the engagement of smallholder farmers in the agricultural input and output markets, including labour markets, has increased considerably (Jaleta, Gebremedhin and Hoekstra, 2009;Cazzuffi, McKay and Perge, 2018). The growth of some agricultural commodities in Ethiopia -like sesame and coffee, among other high value export crops, and commercial crops such as rice, teff and common beans -has been highly dependent on the use of hired labour, especially for selected agronomic practices like weeding, harvesting and threshing.…”

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Hired Labour Use, Productivity, and Commercialisation: The Case of Rice in Fogera Plain of Ethiopia

Alemu¹,

Assaye²

2022

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With the expansion of rice production in Ethiopia’s Fogera Plain, the rural labour market, highly characterised by the casual unskilled labour supply, has flourished. This is mainly associated with the nature of rice production, where certain agronomic practices demand a significant investment of time and thus family labour may not be sufficient. This has created an opportunity for rice farmers to hire labour when they need for extra help, and also for unskilled labourers to gain casual employment. This paper explores the characteristics of rural labour markets, trends in hired labour use and the impact of hired labour on smallholder farmers’ rice productivity and commercialisation using data collected from 723 randomly selected smallholder rice farmers in the Fogera Plain.

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“…These rice-specialist districts have somewhat lower incomes and higher incidence of child malnutrition and poverty (Nguyen 2013). Cazzuffi et al (2018), using panel data from 2008 to 2016 for the whole of Vietnam, found that households selling a higher proportion of the rice they produced did not have significantly higher income or food consumption than those selling less rice, though they accumulated more assets. At the same time, households earning a higher proportion of total income from rice had lower income and no significant difference in asset accumulation.…”

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White Gold: The Commercialisation of Rice Farming in the Lower Mekong Basin

Cramb¹

2020

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The impact of commercialization of rice on household welfare in rural Vietnam

Abstract: This study has been prepared within the UNU-WIDER project on 'Structural transformation and inclusive growth in Vietnam'.

Cited by 15 publications

References 21 publications

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

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

Hired Labour Use, Productivity, and Commercialisation: The Case of Rice in Fogera Plain of Ethiopia

White Gold: The Commercialisation of Rice Farming in the Lower Mekong Basin

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