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1. Finding default? Understanding the drivers of default on contracts with farmers’ organizations under the World Food Programme Purchase for progress pilot

Author:
Upton, Joanna; Lentz, Erin
Source:
Agricultural economics 2017 v.48 no.S1 pp. 43-57
ISSN:
0169-5150
Subject:
farms,   etc   ; United Nations; farmers; issues and policy; market prices; Eastern Africa;     Show all 6 Subjects
Abstract:
... During the past two decades, food assistance policy has shifted toward local or regional food purchases and away from purchases from donor countries. Although most local and regional procurement occurs through hard tendering processes open to large‐scale firms and farms, there is growing interest in identifying how and whether to procure from smallholder farmer organizations (FOs). To date, little ...
DOI:
10.1111/agec.12385

2. Improving the speed of adoption of agricultural technologies and farm performance through farmer groups: evidence from the Great Lakes region of Africa

Author:
Ainembabazi, John Herbert; van Asten, Piet; Vanlauwe, Bernard; Ouma, Emily; Blomme, Guy; Birachi, Eliud Abucheli; Nguezet, Paul Martin Dontsop; Mignouna, Djana Babatima; Manyong, Victor M.
Source:
Agricultural economics 2017 v.48 no.2 pp. 241-259
ISSN:
0169-5150
Subject:
farms,   etc   ; farmers; issues and policy; models; Burundi; Great Lakes region; Rwanda;     Show all 7 Subjects
Abstract:
... The article examines the effect of membership in farmer groups (MFG) on adoption lag of agricultural technologies and farm performance in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda. We use duration and stochastic production frontier models on farm household data. We find that the longer the duration of MFG, the shorter the adoption lag and much more so if combined with extension service ...
DOI:
10.1111/agec.12329

3. Quota prices as indicators of comparative advantage in supply‐managed industries

Author:
Rajsic, Predrag; Fox, Glenn
Source:
Agricultural economics 2017 v.48 no.2 pp. 165-174
ISSN:
0169-5150
Subject:
farms,   etc   ; agricultural products; consumer demand; eggs; industry; issues and policy; models; prices;     Show all 8 Subjects
Abstract:
... The Canadian dairy, egg, broiler, and turkey industries operate under supply management, a policy regime that sets product prices and allocates production among provinces and ultimately among farms through quotas. The Canadian Farm Products Agencies Act requires that comparative advantage be used to guide the allocation of new quota when increases in consumer demand necessitate increased productio ...
DOI:
10.1111/agec.12323

4. Food versus fuel: examining tradeoffs in the allocation of biomass energy sources to domestic and productive uses in Ethiopia

Author:
Mekonnen, Dawit; Bryan, Elizabeth; Alemu, Tekie; Ringler, Claudia
Source:
Agricultural economics 2017 v.48 no.4 pp. 425-435
ISSN:
0169-5150
Subject:
farms,   etc   ; agricultural productivity; agroforestry; basins; cattle manure; crops; energy efficiency; equations; feces; fuelwood; households; issues and policy; labor; models; Ethiopia;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... Rural households in Ethiopia have limited options to meet their domestic energy needs because they lack access to modern fuels and technologies. Domestic use of certain fuel sources, such as cow dung, can hinder agricultural outcomes and productivity. This article explores the tradeoffs between domestic and productive uses of biomass energy sources in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia using a nonseparabl ...
DOI:
10.1111/agec.12344

5. Nonfarm employment, agricultural intensification, and productivity change: empirical findings from Uganda

Author:
Amare, Mulubrhan; Shiferaw, Bekele
Source:
Agricultural economics 2017 v.48 no.S1 pp. 59-72
ISSN:
0169-5150
Subject:
farms,   etc   ; agricultural productivity; econometrics; employment; fertilizers; income; intensive farming; issues and policy; labor; models; small-scale farming; soil water; surveys; water management; Uganda;     Show all 15 Subjects
Abstract:
... This article uses panel data from the Living Standards Measurement Study‐Integrated Surveys on Agriculture for Uganda to assess the farm‐level effects of nonfarm employment on agricultural intensification and productivity change. A sample selection model is used to account for both unobserved heterogeneity and potential simultaneity between agricultural production and nonfarm income. Results show ...
DOI:
10.1111/agec.12386