Seasonality and smallholder market participation in Malawi: A baseline report
Smallholder farmers in low and middle income countries often sell the bulk of their marketable surplus immediately after the harvest, when prices are at their lowest. As part of a field experiment that tests the effectiveness of both income and expenditure planning to nudge farmers into delaying sal...
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2022
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| author | Van Campenhout, Bjorn Nabwire, Leocardia |
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| description | Smallholder farmers in low and middle income countries often sell the bulk of their marketable surplus immediately after the harvest, when prices are at their lowest. As part of a field experiment that tests the effectiveness of both income and expenditure planning to nudge farmers into delaying sales of cash crops, we collected detailed information about market participation from a sample of about 3,500 semi-subsistence farmers in Malawi. In this report, we use this data to describe the situation at baseline, before the intervention was implemented. The focus is on three crops that are (also) important to obtain cash. We provide a detailed account of sales transactions in 2021 and also inquire about price expectations in the near future. We also provide suggestive evidence that prices obtained in the past influence price expectations. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1409372025-11-06T06:18:57Z Seasonality and smallholder market participation in Malawi: A baseline report Van Campenhout, Bjorn Nabwire, Leocardia income expenditure farmers surpluses smallholders cash crops markets market access prices Smallholder farmers in low and middle income countries often sell the bulk of their marketable surplus immediately after the harvest, when prices are at their lowest. As part of a field experiment that tests the effectiveness of both income and expenditure planning to nudge farmers into delaying sales of cash crops, we collected detailed information about market participation from a sample of about 3,500 semi-subsistence farmers in Malawi. In this report, we use this data to describe the situation at baseline, before the intervention was implemented. The focus is on three crops that are (also) important to obtain cash. We provide a detailed account of sales transactions in 2021 and also inquire about price expectations in the near future. We also provide suggestive evidence that prices obtained in the past influence price expectations. 2022-09-12 2024-04-12T13:36:55Z 2024-04-12T13:36:55Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140937 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Van Campenhout, Bjorn; and Nabwire, Leocardia. 2022. Seasonality and smallholder market participation in Malawi: A baseline report. Malawi Strategy Support Program (MaSSP) September 2022. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136366. |
| spellingShingle | income expenditure farmers surpluses smallholders cash crops markets market access prices Van Campenhout, Bjorn Nabwire, Leocardia Seasonality and smallholder market participation in Malawi: A baseline report |
| title | Seasonality and smallholder market participation in Malawi: A baseline report |
| title_full | Seasonality and smallholder market participation in Malawi: A baseline report |
| title_fullStr | Seasonality and smallholder market participation in Malawi: A baseline report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Seasonality and smallholder market participation in Malawi: A baseline report |
| title_short | Seasonality and smallholder market participation in Malawi: A baseline report |
| title_sort | seasonality and smallholder market participation in malawi a baseline report |
| topic | income expenditure farmers surpluses smallholders cash crops markets market access prices |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140937 |
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