Access to markets, weather risk, and livestock production decisions: Evidence from Ethiopia
Despite several studies showing the effect of access to markets and weather conditions on crop production, we know quite little on whether and how livestock production systems respond to variation in weather risk and access to markets. In this paper, we study whether and how livestock production res...
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| author | Abay, Kibrom A. Jensen, Nathaniel D. |
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| description | Despite several studies showing the effect of access to markets and weather conditions on crop production, we know quite little on whether and how livestock production systems respond to variation in weather risk and access to markets. In this paper, we study whether and how livestock production responds to (access to) markets and varying weather risk. We also explore whether such responses vary across livelihood zones and livestock production systems. We study these research questions using households’ livestock production, ownership, and marketing decisions of households in Ethiopia. We find that households living close to markets are more likely to engage in market‐oriented livestock production and use modern livestock inputs. We also find that households exposed to more unpredictable weather are less likely to engage in livestock production for markets, rather they are more likely to engage in livestock production for precautionary savings and insurance. Furthermore, greater rainfall uncertainty influences livestock portfolio allocation toward those which can be easily liquidated while also discouraging investment in modern livestock inputs. However, these responses and patterns vary across livelihood zones and production systems; most of these stylized responses and impacts are more pronounced and significant in the arid and semi‐arid lands of Ethiopia, where livestock herding remains a dominant source of livelihood. Those households relying only on livestock production seem more sensitive and responsive to weather risk and weather shocks. The heterogeneity in responses and impacts of weather risk among farming systems and livelihoods highlights the need for more tailored livestock sector policies and interventions. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1080702025-11-12T04:46:12Z Access to markets, weather risk, and livestock production decisions: Evidence from Ethiopia Abay, Kibrom A. Jensen, Nathaniel D. livestock production households markets market access farms livestock food security decision making weather risk animal production Despite several studies showing the effect of access to markets and weather conditions on crop production, we know quite little on whether and how livestock production systems respond to variation in weather risk and access to markets. In this paper, we study whether and how livestock production responds to (access to) markets and varying weather risk. We also explore whether such responses vary across livelihood zones and livestock production systems. We study these research questions using households’ livestock production, ownership, and marketing decisions of households in Ethiopia. We find that households living close to markets are more likely to engage in market‐oriented livestock production and use modern livestock inputs. We also find that households exposed to more unpredictable weather are less likely to engage in livestock production for markets, rather they are more likely to engage in livestock production for precautionary savings and insurance. Furthermore, greater rainfall uncertainty influences livestock portfolio allocation toward those which can be easily liquidated while also discouraging investment in modern livestock inputs. However, these responses and patterns vary across livelihood zones and production systems; most of these stylized responses and impacts are more pronounced and significant in the arid and semi‐arid lands of Ethiopia, where livestock herding remains a dominant source of livelihood. Those households relying only on livestock production seem more sensitive and responsive to weather risk and weather shocks. The heterogeneity in responses and impacts of weather risk among farming systems and livelihoods highlights the need for more tailored livestock sector policies and interventions. 2020-07 2020-04-26T16:55:41Z 2020-04-26T16:55:41Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108070 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133611 Open Access application/pdf Wiley Abay, K. and Jensen, N.D. 2020. Access to markets, weather risk, and livestock production decisions: Evidence from Ethiopia. Agricultural Economics |
| spellingShingle | livestock production households markets market access farms livestock food security decision making weather risk animal production Abay, Kibrom A. Jensen, Nathaniel D. Access to markets, weather risk, and livestock production decisions: Evidence from Ethiopia |
| title | Access to markets, weather risk, and livestock production decisions: Evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_full | Access to markets, weather risk, and livestock production decisions: Evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Access to markets, weather risk, and livestock production decisions: Evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Access to markets, weather risk, and livestock production decisions: Evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_short | Access to markets, weather risk, and livestock production decisions: Evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_sort | access to markets weather risk and livestock production decisions evidence from ethiopia |
| topic | livestock production households markets market access farms livestock food security decision making weather risk animal production |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108070 |
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