Big tractors, but small farms: Tractor hiring services as a farmer-owner’s response to an under-developed agricultural machinery market

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GH
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSub-saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierXinshen Diao: 0000-0003-4843-1670
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Ghana Strategy Support Program
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.placeAccra, Ghanaen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorHoussou, Nazaireen
dc.contributor.authorAsante-Addo, Collinsen
dc.contributor.authorDiao, Xinshenen
dc.contributor.authorKolavalli, Shashidharaen
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-01T02:55:20Zen
dc.date.available2024-08-01T02:55:20Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/151110
dc.titleBig tractors, but small farms: Tractor hiring services as a farmer-owner’s response to an under-developed agricultural machinery marketen
dcterms.abstractThe debate about agricultural mechanization in Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) has largely ignored the role of the capital service market in spreading the use of mechanical technologies. Yet, custom machinery hiring ser-vices have been essential for the widespread use and ownership of tractors and other agricultural machines in many countries where small farms are dominant. Using survey data collected in 2013, this paper suggests that tractor services can play a key role in the adoption of tractor use among Ghanaian farming households. Medium and large-scale farmers own tractors in the survey districts, while most small-scale farmers access tractors through hire services. Farmers expand their farm size when they acquire a tractor, but not to such an extent as to fully utilize the capacity of the machine. They engage in hiring-out tractor services to increase the scale of tractor use and make profits. Medium-scale farmers offer the bulk of tractor services. These farmers will be key for spreading agricultural mechanization in Ghana.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHoussou, Nazaire; Asante-Addo, Collins; Diao, Xinshen and Kolavalli, Shashidhara. 2015. Big tractors, but small farms: Tractor hiring services as a farmer-owner’s response to an under-developed agricultural machinery market. GSSP Working Paper 39. Washington, DC and Accra, Ghana: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/151110en
dcterms.extent13 pagesen
dcterms.isPartOfGSSP Working Paperen
dcterms.issued2015-05-05
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/129173en
dcterms.subjecttractorsen
dcterms.subjectmedium size farmsen
dcterms.subjectservicesen
dcterms.subjectfarm inputsen
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjectmarketsen
dcterms.subjecttractor service provisionen
dcterms.subjectmechanizationen
dcterms.subjectfarm sizeen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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