Smallholder farmers’ participation in profitable value chains and contract farming : Evidence from irrigated agriculture in Egypt
Key messages The participation of smallholder farmers in high-value and profitable value chains as well as contract farming remains low in Africa. Farmers with limited land resources are more likely to devote a larger share of their land to low-value crops such as cereals while this pattern weaken...
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2023
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| author | Tabe-Ojong, Martin Paul Jr. Abay, Kibrom A. |
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| description | Key messages The participation of smallholder farmers in high-value and profitable value chains as well as contract farming remains low in Africa. Farmers with limited land resources are more likely to devote a larger share of their land to low-value crops such as cereals while this pattern weakens with increasing land size and slightly reverses for high-value crops such as spices and herbs. Smallholders in Egypt face a trade-off between ensuring food security to their house holds and maximizing profit, and land plays a major factor in moderating this trade-off. Younger and wealthier farmers are more likely to participate in the cultivation of high value crops such as spices and herbs as well as contract farming. There exist strong complementarities between participation in high-value value chains and contract farming. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1402862025-11-06T07:10:30Z Smallholder farmers’ participation in profitable value chains and contract farming : Evidence from irrigated agriculture in Egypt Tabe-Ojong, Martin Paul Jr. Abay, Kibrom A. value chains high-value agricultural products farmers crops households smallholders food security land contract farming cereal crops profit age Key messages The participation of smallholder farmers in high-value and profitable value chains as well as contract farming remains low in Africa. Farmers with limited land resources are more likely to devote a larger share of their land to low-value crops such as cereals while this pattern weakens with increasing land size and slightly reverses for high-value crops such as spices and herbs. Smallholders in Egypt face a trade-off between ensuring food security to their house holds and maximizing profit, and land plays a major factor in moderating this trade-off. Younger and wealthier farmers are more likely to participate in the cultivation of high value crops such as spices and herbs as well as contract farming. There exist strong complementarities between participation in high-value value chains and contract farming. 2023-05-16 2024-03-14T12:09:14Z 2024-03-14T12:09:14Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140286 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136548 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Tabe-Ojong, Martin Paul Jr.; and Abay, Kibrom A. 2023. Smallholder farmers’ participation in profitable value chains and contract farming : Evidence from irrigated agriculture in Egypt. MENA Policy Note 22. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136707. |
| spellingShingle | value chains high-value agricultural products farmers crops households smallholders food security land contract farming cereal crops profit age Tabe-Ojong, Martin Paul Jr. Abay, Kibrom A. Smallholder farmers’ participation in profitable value chains and contract farming : Evidence from irrigated agriculture in Egypt |
| title | Smallholder farmers’ participation in profitable value chains and contract farming : Evidence from irrigated agriculture in Egypt |
| title_full | Smallholder farmers’ participation in profitable value chains and contract farming : Evidence from irrigated agriculture in Egypt |
| title_fullStr | Smallholder farmers’ participation in profitable value chains and contract farming : Evidence from irrigated agriculture in Egypt |
| title_full_unstemmed | Smallholder farmers’ participation in profitable value chains and contract farming : Evidence from irrigated agriculture in Egypt |
| title_short | Smallholder farmers’ participation in profitable value chains and contract farming : Evidence from irrigated agriculture in Egypt |
| title_sort | smallholder farmers participation in profitable value chains and contract farming evidence from irrigated agriculture in egypt |
| topic | value chains high-value agricultural products farmers crops households smallholders food security land contract farming cereal crops profit age |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140286 |
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