Agrifood market participation, household economies of specialization and diversification: Evidence from Vietnam
Despite the growth of agrifood markets, and gradual structural transformation, smallholders persist in Asia. Such patterns are at odds with the views that market growth should encourage more specialization whereby smallholders’ transition to either larger farmers or specialized non-farm households....
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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| author | Takeshima, Hiroyuki Ajmani, Manmeet Singh Roy, Devesh Fadhillah, Aniq Liu, Yanyan |
| author_browse | Ajmani, Manmeet Singh Fadhillah, Aniq Liu, Yanyan Roy, Devesh Takeshima, Hiroyuki |
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| description | Despite the growth of agrifood markets, and gradual structural transformation, smallholders persist in Asia. Such patterns are at odds with the views that market growth should encourage more specialization whereby smallholders’ transition to either larger farmers or specialized non-farm households. Using the panel household data in Vietnam, this study investigates how participation in agrifood markets affect smallholder households’ economies of scope (EOS) in diversifying into agriculture and non-agricultural income-earning activities. We find that, greater agrifood market participation proxied by the increased food purchase generally increases EOS between agriculture and non-agricultural activities at the household level. Moreover, it leads to greater labor productivity in agriculture, and also increases female household members’ diversifications into both agriculture and non-agricultural income-earning activities. These effects are relatively stronger and more consistent than conventional indicators of agrifood product sales or proximity to the market. The results shed more light on how exactly smallholders in Vietnam persist in the face of agrifood market growth, and what kind of their relations with such a growing market can be promoted in ways that enhance their livelihoods in the short- to medium- terms. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1435032025-12-02T21:03:24Z Agrifood market participation, household economies of specialization and diversification: Evidence from Vietnam Takeshima, Hiroyuki Ajmani, Manmeet Singh Roy, Devesh Fadhillah, Aniq Liu, Yanyan models gender farm income smallholders markets labour productivity economics agrifood sector female labour Despite the growth of agrifood markets, and gradual structural transformation, smallholders persist in Asia. Such patterns are at odds with the views that market growth should encourage more specialization whereby smallholders’ transition to either larger farmers or specialized non-farm households. Using the panel household data in Vietnam, this study investigates how participation in agrifood markets affect smallholder households’ economies of scope (EOS) in diversifying into agriculture and non-agricultural income-earning activities. We find that, greater agrifood market participation proxied by the increased food purchase generally increases EOS between agriculture and non-agricultural activities at the household level. Moreover, it leads to greater labor productivity in agriculture, and also increases female household members’ diversifications into both agriculture and non-agricultural income-earning activities. These effects are relatively stronger and more consistent than conventional indicators of agrifood product sales or proximity to the market. The results shed more light on how exactly smallholders in Vietnam persist in the face of agrifood market growth, and what kind of their relations with such a growing market can be promoted in ways that enhance their livelihoods in the short- to medium- terms. 2020-03-01 2024-05-22T12:14:42Z 2024-05-22T12:14:42Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143503 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133195 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133662 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133278 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147391 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Ajmani, Manmeet; Roy, Devesh; Fadhillah, Aniq; and Liu, Yanyan. 2020. Agrifood market participation, household economies of specialization and diversification: Evidence from Vietnam. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1922. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133704. |
| spellingShingle | models gender farm income smallholders markets labour productivity economics agrifood sector female labour Takeshima, Hiroyuki Ajmani, Manmeet Singh Roy, Devesh Fadhillah, Aniq Liu, Yanyan Agrifood market participation, household economies of specialization and diversification: Evidence from Vietnam |
| title | Agrifood market participation, household economies of specialization and diversification: Evidence from Vietnam |
| title_full | Agrifood market participation, household economies of specialization and diversification: Evidence from Vietnam |
| title_fullStr | Agrifood market participation, household economies of specialization and diversification: Evidence from Vietnam |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agrifood market participation, household economies of specialization and diversification: Evidence from Vietnam |
| title_short | Agrifood market participation, household economies of specialization and diversification: Evidence from Vietnam |
| title_sort | agrifood market participation household economies of specialization and diversification evidence from vietnam |
| topic | models gender farm income smallholders markets labour productivity economics agrifood sector female labour |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143503 |
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