Efficiency and profits of emerging medium-scale farms in Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia’s commercial horticultural sector

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.contributor.donorEuropean Commissionen
cg.contributor.donorForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office, United Kingdomen
cg.contributor.donorBill & Melinda Gates Foundationen
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierFantu Bachewe: 0000-0001-7376-5096
cg.creator.identifierBart Minten: 0000-0002-2183-1845
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134266en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.number156en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorBachewe, Fantu Nisraneen
dc.contributor.authorMinten, Barten
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-22T12:12:34Zen
dc.date.available2024-05-22T12:12:34Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143219
dc.titleEfficiency and profits of emerging medium-scale farms in Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia’s commercial horticultural sectoren
dcterms.abstractWe study production practices of larger and more capital-intensive farmers (“horti-preneurs”) in horticultural commercial clusters in the central Rift Valley of Ethiopia. Attracted by profitable vegetable markets, more educated farmers rent in land for vegetable production from a large number of smallholders to meet rapidly growing urban vegetable demand. We find that these hortipreneurs obtain more than double the profit per unit of land compared to smallholders. Compared to smallholders, horti-preneurs grow different vegetables – particularly those that require more upfront investments – and in the case that they grow the same crops as smallholders, we find that they use significantly more inputs, such as fertilizer, agro-chemicals, and labor; have higher production costs; and obtain better yields. Moreover, they are also more efficient and able to produce better quality vegetables and obtain better prices. This increasing emergence of more efficient medium-scale farmers in supplying local urban markets challenges the traditional smallholder model in Africa, at least for horticulture.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBachewe, Fantu Nisrane; and Minten, Bart. 2021. Efficiency and profits of emerging medium-scale farms in Africa: Evidence from Ethiopia’s commercial horticultural sector. ESSP Working Paper 156. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134266.en
dcterms.extent18 p.en
dcterms.isPartOfESSP Working Paperen
dcterms.issued2021-02-01
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.133909en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/134266en
dcterms.subjectfood productionen
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.subjectvegetable growingen
dcterms.subjectvegetablesen
dcterms.subjecthorticultural sectoren
dcterms.subjecthorticultureen
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjectirrigationen
dcterms.subjectvegetable cropsen
dcterms.subjectfarmsen
dcterms.subjectfood pricesen
dcterms.subjectpricesen
dcterms.subjectprofiten
dcterms.subjectfarm sizeen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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