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Buyers' response to third‐party quality certification: Theory and evidence from Ethiopian wheat traders

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract When quality attributes of a product are not directly observable, third‐party certification (TPC) enables buyers to distinguish between quality levels and reward sellers accordingly. We study the adoption of TPC by traders in smallholder‐based agricultural value chains in low‐income countries, where traders aggregate products from many small ...
Gashaw T. Abate, Tanguy Bernard, Erwin Bulte, Jérémy Do Nascimento Miguel, Elisabeth Sadoulet   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors Affecting the Choice and Level of Adaptation Strategies Among Smallholder Farmers in KwaZulu Natal Province. [PDF]

Sustainability
Naicker M, Naidoo D, Hlatshwayo SI, Ngidi MS.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Beyond health protection: Estimating the impact of public health insurance on home‐based livestock raising in rural China

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Livestock often serves as self‐insurance against health shocks for rural households in developing countries. However, little is known about how public health insurance affects livestock production decisions. This paper fills the gap by examining the impact of China's New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme (NRCMS) on household‐level livestock ...
Ran Li
wiley   +1 more source

Factors influencing livestock ownership and herd intensity among smallholder farmers in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. [PDF]

Heliyon
Manyike JZ, Taruvinga A, Zhou L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Rural land rental markets in developing countries: Can survey design innovations improve land market participation statistics?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract A longstanding puzzle in the African land rental market literature is the often‐observed discrepancy between the number of tenants (renters‐in) and the much smaller number of landlords (renters‐out) in survey data. If this discrepancy derives from systematic biases in survey data responses on rental market participation, then the existing body
Gashaw T. Abate, Kibrom A. Abay, Jordan Chamberlin, Samuel Sebsibie   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strengthening oil palm smallholder farmers' resilience to future industrial challenges. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Hendrawan D, Chrisendo D, Musshoff O.
europepmc   +1 more source

Information flow and the adoption of soil‐improving and water conservation measures, and household welfare: Insights from a randomized controlled trial in Uganda

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Extension services are designed to facilitate the flow of information from researchers to farmers. However, information failures continue to impede the diffusion of soil‐improving and water conservation technologies in Sub‐Saharan African countries. We use a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to examine the impact of an extension‐based campaign
Esther Gloria Mbabazi, Awudu Abdulai, Enoch M. Kikulwe, Elisabetta Gotor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adaptation strategies of smallholder farmers to climate variability and change in Konso, Ethiopia. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Gashure S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Reproductive and Productive Performance of Indigenous Dairy Cows under Smallholder Farmers Management System in North

, 2018
Bernabas Ayeneshet, Mesele Abera, Zewdu Wondifraw   +2 more
openalex   +1 more source

Progress and Poverty: Walter Rodney's Legacy

The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The conventional view of human progress states that the more humanity makes progress, the less poverty is entrenched. But, global development is currently characterized by a persistent combination of economic progress and growing relative poverty. This endemic inequality has puzzled economists for years.
Franklin Obeng‐Odoom
wiley   +1 more source