Overcoming smallholder farmers’ post-harvest constraints through harvest loans and storage technology: insights from a randomized controlled trial in Tanzania

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationWorld Banken
cg.contributor.affiliationPurdue Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZ
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierShiferaw Feleke: 0000-0002-0759-4070
cg.creator.identifierTahirou Abdoulaye: 0000-0002-8072-1363
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2022.102851en
cg.identifier.iitathemeSOCIAL SCIENCE & AGRICUSINESS
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0304-3878en
cg.issue102851en
cg.journalJournal of Development Economicsen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaAGRIBUSINESSen
cg.subject.iitaAGRONOMYen
cg.subject.iitaFOOD SECURITYen
cg.subject.iitaHANDLING, TRANSPORT, STORAGE AND PROTECTION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSen
cg.subject.iitaMAIZEen
cg.subject.iitaMARKETSen
cg.subject.iitaPOST-HARVESTING TECHNOLOGYen
cg.subject.iitaSMALLHOLDER FARMERSen
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 1 - No povertyen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.volume157en
dc.contributor.authorChanna, H.en
dc.contributor.authorRicker-Gilbert, J.en
dc.contributor.authorFeleke, S.en
dc.contributor.authorAbdoulaye, Tahirouen
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-07T09:34:20Zen
dc.date.available2022-04-07T09:34:20Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/119278
dc.titleOvercoming smallholder farmers’ post-harvest constraints through harvest loans and storage technology: insights from a randomized controlled trial in Tanzaniaen
dcterms.abstractMaintaining staple grains throughout the year and managing liquidity are two major challenges that smallholder farmers face at harvest. We implemented a randomized controlled trial in Tanzania that was designed to address these post-harvest constraints. First, we offered treated farmers two hermetic (airtight) storage bags, which helped preserve grain quantity and quality. Second, we offered other treated farmers a loan at harvest, which reduced the liquidity constraints they faced. Repayment was due with interest six months from harvest when maize prices were traditionally higher. We did not find a significant impact of the storage intervention. However, those offered the loan stored 29 percent more and sold 50 percent more maize on average in the lean season compared to farmers in the control group. Nevertheless, an unexpected maize export ban in Tanzania likely attenuated the outcomes of both interventions. This highlighted the challenges surrounding agricultural financial products in the developing world.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2022-03-03
dcterms.bibliographicCitationChanna, H., Ricker-Gilbert, J., Feleke, S. & Abdoulaye, T. (2022). Overcoming smallholder farmers’ post-harvest constraints through harvest loans and storage technology: insights from a randomized controlled trial in Tanzania. Journal of Development Economics, 157: 102851, 1-25.en
dcterms.extent1-25en
dcterms.issued2022-06
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.subjectstorageen
dcterms.subjectmicrofinanceen
dcterms.subjectmaizeen
dcterms.subjectmarketsen
dcterms.subjecttanzaniaen
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjectpostharvest lossesen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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