Determinants of smallholder commercialization of food crops: Theory and evidence from Ethiopia

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dc.creatorPender, John L.
dc.creatorAlemu, Dawit
dc.date2007
dc.date2024-11-21T09:50:22Z
dc.date2024-11-21T09:50:22Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T14:57:32Z
dc.descriptionIn this paper, we develop a theoretical farm household model of food crop production and marketing decisions, derive testable hypotheses concerning the determinants of these decisions, and test these hypotheses, using data on cereal production and marketing collected from a nationally representative survey of 7,186 farm households in Ethiopia. Focusing on production and marketing decisions for teff and maize, the two most important crops in Ethiopia, we find that most producers of these crops are either autarkic or net buyers (especially for maize) and that net buyers and autarkic households are poorer in many respects than net sellers. This implies that interventions to increase cereal productivity will favorably affect distribution for most producers. The econometric analysis shows that increasing production of teff and maize is the most important factor contributing to increased sales, and that increased smallholder access to roads, land, livestock, farm equipment, and traders is key to enabling increased smallholder production and commercialization of these crops.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/160266
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/90490
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourcePender, John L.; Alemu, Dawit. Determinants of smallholder commercialization of food crops: Theory and evidence from Ethiopia. IFPRI Discussion Paper 745. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160266
dc.subjectsmallholders
dc.subjectsmall farmers
dc.subjecthousehold consumption
dc.subjectmarket access
dc.subjectcereal crops
dc.subjectland management
dc.titleDeterminants of smallholder commercialization of food crops: Theory and evidence from Ethiopia
dc.typeWorking Paper

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