Sales location among semi-subsistence cassava farmers in Benin: A heteroskedastic double selection model

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.coverage.countryBenin
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BJ
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.creator.identifierHiroyuki Takeshima: 0000-0002-1761-408X
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-0862.2012.00610.xen
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankA
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0169-5150en
cg.issn1574-0862en
cg.issue6en
cg.journalAgricultural Economicsen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume43en
dc.contributor.authorTakeshima, Hiroyukien
dc.contributor.authorWinter-Nelson, Alexen
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-01T13:55:45Zen
dc.date.available2024-10-01T13:55:45Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/153178
dc.titleSales location among semi-subsistence cassava farmers in Benin: A heteroskedastic double selection modelen
dcterms.abstractIn much of rural Africa, high transaction costs limit farmers’ market participation and thus their potential for income growth. Transaction costs can affect not only whether a farmer sells product but also whether sales occur at the farm gate or at a market. If production behavior is related to a chosen sales location, then analysis of interventions can be improved by explicit consideration of the decision of where to sell. This article develops a double‐selection model that explains consumption and production decisions by semi‐subsistence farmers who first decide whether to be a seller and then whether to sell at the farm gate or at an off‐farm location before deciding on production and consumption. The study tests the validity of this dual‐criteria model against a single‐criterion model in which a grower first decides to be a seller and then decides production, consumption, and sales location simultaneously. The results suggest that the dual‐criteria model provides more information than the single‐criterion model using a sample of cassava producer in Benin.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.available2012-07-30
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTakeshima, Hiroyuki; Winter-Nelson, Alex 2012. Sales location among semi-subsistence cassava farmers in Benin: A heteroskedastic double selection model. Agricultural Economics 43(6): 655-670en
dcterms.extentpp. 655-670en
dcterms.issued2012-11
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/3667en
dcterms.subjecttransaction costsen
dcterms.subjectsupply balanceen
dcterms.subjectcassavaen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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