Smallholders, institutional services, and commercial transformation in Ethiopia

cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.donorCanadian International Development Agencyen_US
cg.coverage.countryEthiopiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ETen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierBerhanu Gebremedhin: 0000-0002-3168-2783en_US
cg.creator.identifierDirk Hoekstra: 0000-0002-6111-6627en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-0862.2009.00414.xen_US
cg.issn0169-5150en_US
cg.issn1574-0862en_US
cg.issues1en_US
cg.journalAgricultural Economicsen_US
cg.subject.ilriAGRICULTUREen_US
cg.volume40en_US
dc.contributor.authorGebremedhin, Berhanuen_US
dc.contributor.authorJaleta, Motien_US
dc.contributor.authorHoekstra, Dirken_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-01-04T14:16:05Zen_US
dc.date.available2010-01-04T14:16:05Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/338en_US
dc.titleSmallholders, institutional services, and commercial transformation in Ethiopiaen_US
dcterms.abstractThis article examines the role of institutional services of credit, input supply, and extension in the overall commercial transformation process of smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia. Survey data collected in 2006 from 309 sample households in three districts of Ethiopia are used for the analyses. Tobit regression models are used to measure the effect of access to services on the intensity of inputs use for fertilizer and agrochemicals. A probit model is used to measure these effects on the adoption of improved seeds. Intensity of use of seeds is analyzed using an ordinary least squares model. Logarithmic Cobb–Douglass functions are estimated to analyze the effect of access to services on crop productivity. Heckman's two-stage estimation is used to examine determinants of household market participation and the extents of participation. Results show that access to institutional support services plays a significant role in enhancing smallholder productivity and market orientation. Our results imply that expanding and strengthening the institutional services is critical for the intensification and market orientation of smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia. In particular, appropriate incentives and regulatory systems are urgently needed to encourage the involvement of the private sector in the provision of agricultural services.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Accessen_US
dcterms.available2009-11-23en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGebremedhin, B.; Jaleta, M.; Hoekstra, D. 2009. Smallholders, institutional services, and commercial transformation in Ethiopia. Agricultural Economics. v. 40(s1). p. 773 - 787.en_US
dcterms.extentpp. 773-787en_US
dcterms.issued2009-11en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserveden_US
dcterms.publisherWileyen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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