INTRODUCTION: More than two decades after the initiation of agricultural market reforms in eastern and southern Africa (ESA), governments in the region are increasingly using parastatal grain marketing boards (GMBs) and/or strategic grain reserves (SGRs) to directly influence the prices faced by farmers and consumers (Jayne Chapoto, and Govereh 2007). In Zambia, the government through the Food ...

Biofuel production has been a greatly discussed topic in Brazil. In 2004, these debates led the country to develop new policies and implement a national program for biodiesel use and production (PNPB) with the intent to foster a sustainable rural development. In this context, the present study aims to assess the impacts of the PNPB on rural development in the Brazilian Legal Amazon, in a region...

Fodder shrubs are highly attractive to farmers as protein supplements for their dairy cows because they require little or no cash. Nor do they require land as they are grown along boundaries, pathways, and across the contour to curb soil erosion. But like many agroforestry and natural resource management practices, fodder shrubs are “knowledge intensive”, that is, they require considerable skil...

Peasant agriculture has been neglected as modern farming occupied its space in the production of basic foods. Exclusion of smallholders in LDCs is the outcome of declining prices for basic foods now produced and marketed globally by developed countries. This is an effect of globalization: it responds to advances in information technologies, communications, and biotechnology. Productivity gains ...

Farmers face many challenges to benefit from marketing opportunities. Agricultural e-commerce is a relatively new way for smallholders sell agricultural products buyers, including agribusinesses, retailers, restaurants, and consumers. creates better market access higher transparency in the value chain. There are three research objectives of this study: explore difference perceived value, attitu...

We test the ‘efficient-but-poor’ hypothesis by estimating determinants of smallholders' choice over cash or food crops and whether their crop affects technical efficiency poverty using national household panel data in Nigeria. employ stochastic frontier analyses correcting for sample selection about farmers' choice. Our results indicate that smallholders are generally efficient resource allocat...

Abstract We witness a promotion of hybrid partnerships, where actors with different competences and resources collaborate for smallholder inclusive value chain development. To better understand the functioning these we used institutional theory studied context global emerging regional food chains in Ghana, blending logics by key Innovation Platforms Public Private Partnerships, their effect on ...

Sustainable palm oil certification has become a global demand, particularly in the market. However, implementation of both Roundtable Palm Oli (RSPO) and Indonesian Oil (ISPO) schemes is relatively slow. This study aims to analyze what extent incentives can accelerate sustainable certification, from sources those be arranged, types are appropriate for smallholders. The research uses quantitativ...

This study aims to describe the independent smallholders' oil palm farming and social conditions of ISPO-certified farmers. who are members KUD Mutiara Bumi. Descriptive quantitative data were used needs smallholders received ISPO certificates. The results showed that average production was 23,788 Kg/Ha/Year with an selling price IDR. 1,578/Kg. land use is 3.12 Ha/Farmer, number trees 132/Ha, f...

Smallholder farmers have two basic decisions to make regarding selling their surplus produce: selling at farmgate at low prices or travelling to a market centre where higher prices are offered while incurring some transaction costs. Whichever decision is made has implications for poverty alleviation efforts. Previous studies have ignored modelling participation and market choice simultaneously....