Market access by smallholder farmers in Malawi: implications for technology adoption, agricultural productivity, and crop income
In Malawi, maize is the major crop and food staple. Given limited off-farm employment opportunities, much-needed increases in household income for improving food security must come from gains in agricultural productivity through better technology and more profitable crops. In the past, agricultural...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
1997
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| author | Zeller, Manfred Diagne, Aliou Mataya, Charles |
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| description | In Malawi, maize is the major crop and food staple. Given limited off-farm employment opportunities, much-needed increases in household income for improving food security must come from gains in agricultural productivity through better technology and more profitable crops. In the past, agricultural policy promoted hybrid maize and, more recently, tobacco to increase smallholder income. This paper presents an analysis of what determines the adoption of these two crops and what kind of income effects follow from adoption. Apart from factor endowment and exposure to agroecological risks, differences in the household's access to financial and commodity markets significantly influence its cropping shares and farm income. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1611672025-11-06T07:19:42Z Market access by smallholder farmers in Malawi: implications for technology adoption, agricultural productivity, and crop income Zeller, Manfred Diagne, Aliou Mataya, Charles employment tobacco food security maize smallholders In Malawi, maize is the major crop and food staple. Given limited off-farm employment opportunities, much-needed increases in household income for improving food security must come from gains in agricultural productivity through better technology and more profitable crops. In the past, agricultural policy promoted hybrid maize and, more recently, tobacco to increase smallholder income. This paper presents an analysis of what determines the adoption of these two crops and what kind of income effects follow from adoption. Apart from factor endowment and exposure to agroecological risks, differences in the household's access to financial and commodity markets significantly influence its cropping shares and farm income. 1997 2024-11-21T09:53:54Z 2024-11-21T09:53:54Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161167 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Zeller, Manfred; Diagne, Aliou; Mataya, Charles. 1997. Market access by smallholder farmers in Malawi;implications for technology adoption, agricultural productivity, and crop income. FCND Discussion Paper 35. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161167 |
| spellingShingle | employment tobacco food security maize smallholders Zeller, Manfred Diagne, Aliou Mataya, Charles Market access by smallholder farmers in Malawi: implications for technology adoption, agricultural productivity, and crop income |
| title | Market access by smallholder farmers in Malawi: implications for technology adoption, agricultural productivity, and crop income |
| title_full | Market access by smallholder farmers in Malawi: implications for technology adoption, agricultural productivity, and crop income |
| title_fullStr | Market access by smallholder farmers in Malawi: implications for technology adoption, agricultural productivity, and crop income |
| title_full_unstemmed | Market access by smallholder farmers in Malawi: implications for technology adoption, agricultural productivity, and crop income |
| title_short | Market access by smallholder farmers in Malawi: implications for technology adoption, agricultural productivity, and crop income |
| title_sort | market access by smallholder farmers in malawi implications for technology adoption agricultural productivity and crop income |
| topic | employment tobacco food security maize smallholders |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161167 |
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