Smallholders, institutional services, and commercial transformation in Ethiopia

cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.donorCanadian International Development Agencyen
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierBerhanu Gebremedhin: 0000-0002-3168-2783en
cg.creator.identifierDirk Hoekstra: 0000-0002-6111-6627en
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-0862.2009.00414.xen
cg.issn0169-5150en
cg.issn1574-0862en
cg.issues1en
cg.journalAgricultural Economicsen
cg.subject.ilriAGRICULTUREen
cg.volume40en
dc.contributor.authorGebremedhin, Berhanuen
dc.contributor.authorJaleta, Motien
dc.contributor.authorHoekstra, Dirken
dc.date.accessioned2010-01-04T14:16:05Zen
dc.date.available2010-01-04T14:16:05Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/338
dc.titleSmallholders, institutional services, and commercial transformation in Ethiopiaen
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
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.available2009-11-23en
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
dcterms.extentpp. 773-787en
dcterms.issued2009-11en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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