Growth of modern service providers for the African agricultural sector: An insight from a public irrigation scheme in Ghana

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.contributor.donorSyngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agricultureen
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GH
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierHiroyuki Takeshima: 0000-0002-1761-408X
cg.creator.identifiershashi kolavalli: 0000-0002-9625-0463
cg.creator.identifierJohn Agandin: 0000-0002-8183-4095
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Ghana Strategy Support Program
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.number1678en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorTakeshima, Hiroyukien
dc.contributor.authorAgandin, Johnen
dc.contributor.authorKolavalli, Shashidharaen
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:23:13Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:23:13Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/147721
dc.titleGrowth of modern service providers for the African agricultural sector: An insight from a public irrigation scheme in Ghanaen
dcterms.abstractThis paper describes how modern service providers have emerged in the African agricultural sector, a subject that has been vastly understudied. The paper looks at providers of modern rice mills, power tillers, combine harvesters, and production services at a highly productive rice irrigation scheme in Ghana. These service providers earn net profits that are greater than the profits they would likely achieve from simply expanding rice production without investing in respective machines, suggesting that higher returns primarily induce the emergence of these modern providers. Surpluses and experiences from their years of rice production are likely to have provided the primary finance and knowledge required for entry. The service providers emerged by exploiting both the economies of scale and the economies of scope, keeping rice production as the primary source of income, instead of specializing only in service provisions. Key policy implications are also discussed.en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTakeshima, Hiroyuki; Agandin, John; and Kolavalli, Shashidhara. 2017. Growth of modern service providers for the African agricultural sector: An insight from a public irrigation scheme in Ghana. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1678. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147721en
dcterms.extent60 pagesen
dcterms.isPartOfIFPRI Discussion Paperen
dcterms.issued2017
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/153541en
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/146282en
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/150234en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/131415en
dcterms.subjectpower toolsen
dcterms.subjectmillsen
dcterms.subjectagricultural sectoren
dcterms.subjectriceen
dcterms.subjectcombine harvestersen
dcterms.subjectirrigation schemesen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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