Sales location among semi-subsistence cassava farmers in Benin: A heteroskedastic double selection model
In much of rural Africa, high transaction costs limit farmers’ market participation and thus their potential for income growth. Transaction costs can affect not only whether a farmer sells product but also whether sales occur at the farm gate or at a market. If production behavior is related to a ch...
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| author | Takeshima, Hiroyuki Winter-Nelson, Alex |
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| description | In much of rural Africa, high transaction costs limit farmers’ market participation and thus their potential for income growth. Transaction costs can affect not only whether a farmer sells product but also whether sales occur at the farm gate or at a market. If production behavior is related to a chosen sales location, then analysis of interventions can be improved by explicit consideration of the decision of where to sell. This article develops a double‐selection model that explains consumption and production decisions by semi‐subsistence farmers who first decide whether to be a seller and then whether to sell at the farm gate or at an off‐farm location before deciding on production and consumption. The study tests the validity of this dual‐criteria model against a single‐criterion model in which a grower first decides to be a seller and then decides production, consumption, and sales location simultaneously. The results suggest that the dual‐criteria model provides more information than the single‐criterion model using a sample of cassava producer in Benin. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1531782024-11-15T08:53:01Z Sales location among semi-subsistence cassava farmers in Benin: A heteroskedastic double selection model Takeshima, Hiroyuki Winter-Nelson, Alex transaction costs supply balance cassava In much of rural Africa, high transaction costs limit farmers’ market participation and thus their potential for income growth. Transaction costs can affect not only whether a farmer sells product but also whether sales occur at the farm gate or at a market. If production behavior is related to a chosen sales location, then analysis of interventions can be improved by explicit consideration of the decision of where to sell. This article develops a double‐selection model that explains consumption and production decisions by semi‐subsistence farmers who first decide whether to be a seller and then whether to sell at the farm gate or at an off‐farm location before deciding on production and consumption. The study tests the validity of this dual‐criteria model against a single‐criterion model in which a grower first decides to be a seller and then decides production, consumption, and sales location simultaneously. The results suggest that the dual‐criteria model provides more information than the single‐criterion model using a sample of cassava producer in Benin. 2012-11 2024-10-01T13:55:45Z 2024-10-01T13:55:45Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153178 en Limited Access Wiley Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Winter-Nelson, Alex 2012. Sales location among semi-subsistence cassava farmers in Benin: A heteroskedastic double selection model. Agricultural Economics 43(6): 655-670 |
| spellingShingle | transaction costs supply balance cassava Takeshima, Hiroyuki Winter-Nelson, Alex Sales location among semi-subsistence cassava farmers in Benin: A heteroskedastic double selection model |
| title | Sales location among semi-subsistence cassava farmers in Benin: A heteroskedastic double selection model |
| title_full | Sales location among semi-subsistence cassava farmers in Benin: A heteroskedastic double selection model |
| title_fullStr | Sales location among semi-subsistence cassava farmers in Benin: A heteroskedastic double selection model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sales location among semi-subsistence cassava farmers in Benin: A heteroskedastic double selection model |
| title_short | Sales location among semi-subsistence cassava farmers in Benin: A heteroskedastic double selection model |
| title_sort | sales location among semi subsistence cassava farmers in benin a heteroskedastic double selection model |
| topic | transaction costs supply balance cassava |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153178 |
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