Signalling change: Micro insights on the pathways to agricultural transformation

Most studies of agricultural transformation document the impact of agricultural productivity on macroeconomic indicators of development. Much less is known about the micro-scale changes within the farming sector that signal a transformation precipitated by exogenous agricultural productivity growth....

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Autores principales: Parvathi, Priyanka, Amare, Mulubrhan, Nguyen, Trung Thanh, Barrett, Christopher B.
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145746
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author Parvathi, Priyanka
Amare, Mulubrhan
Nguyen, Trung Thanh
Barrett, Christopher B.
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Nguyen, Trung Thanh
Parvathi, Priyanka
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description Most studies of agricultural transformation document the impact of agricultural productivity on macroeconomic indicators of development. Much less is known about the micro-scale changes within the farming sector that signal a transformation precipitated by exogenous agricultural productivity growth. This study identifies early trends in the agricultural sector that indicate an onset of structural change. We also comparatively analyse the patterns of micro-level changes between Sub-Saharan African (SSA) farmers and rural smallholders in Southeast Asia (SEA). We use panel data from the Living Standard Measurement Study – Integrated Survey on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) on Uganda and Malawi and from the Thailand Vietnam Socio-economic panel (TVSEP). We apply a fixed effects instrumental variable regression to identify the exogenous component of the agricultural productivity shock. Results indicate that exogenous increases in lagged agricultural income improve average village off-farm income and trigger a change in cultivation patterns within the agrarian sector in both SEA and SSA. However, we find that the patterns of transformation are not uniform across countries.
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spelling CGSpace1457462025-12-08T10:11:39Z Signalling change: Micro insights on the pathways to agricultural transformation Parvathi, Priyanka Amare, Mulubrhan Nguyen, Trung Thanh Barrett, Christopher B. structural adjustment microeconomic analysis agricultural sector livestock production nonfarm income agricultural transformation smallholders agricultural mechanization agricultural development farm size Most studies of agricultural transformation document the impact of agricultural productivity on macroeconomic indicators of development. Much less is known about the micro-scale changes within the farming sector that signal a transformation precipitated by exogenous agricultural productivity growth. This study identifies early trends in the agricultural sector that indicate an onset of structural change. We also comparatively analyse the patterns of micro-level changes between Sub-Saharan African (SSA) farmers and rural smallholders in Southeast Asia (SEA). We use panel data from the Living Standard Measurement Study – Integrated Survey on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) on Uganda and Malawi and from the Thailand Vietnam Socio-economic panel (TVSEP). We apply a fixed effects instrumental variable regression to identify the exogenous component of the agricultural productivity shock. Results indicate that exogenous increases in lagged agricultural income improve average village off-farm income and trigger a change in cultivation patterns within the agrarian sector in both SEA and SSA. However, we find that the patterns of transformation are not uniform across countries. 2019-01-31 2024-06-21T09:04:58Z 2024-06-21T09:04:58Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145746 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Parvathi, Priyanka; Amare, Mulubrhan; Nguyen, Trung Thanh; and Barrett, Christopher B. 2019. Signalling change: Micro insights on the pathways to agricultural transformation. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1803. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145746
spellingShingle structural adjustment
microeconomic analysis
agricultural sector
livestock production
nonfarm income
agricultural transformation
smallholders
agricultural mechanization
agricultural development
farm size
Parvathi, Priyanka
Amare, Mulubrhan
Nguyen, Trung Thanh
Barrett, Christopher B.
Signalling change: Micro insights on the pathways to agricultural transformation
title Signalling change: Micro insights on the pathways to agricultural transformation
title_full Signalling change: Micro insights on the pathways to agricultural transformation
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title_full_unstemmed Signalling change: Micro insights on the pathways to agricultural transformation
title_short Signalling change: Micro insights on the pathways to agricultural transformation
title_sort signalling change micro insights on the pathways to agricultural transformation
topic structural adjustment
microeconomic analysis
agricultural sector
livestock production
nonfarm income
agricultural transformation
smallholders
agricultural mechanization
agricultural development
farm size
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145746
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