Minor millets in Tamil Nadu, India: Local market participation, on-farm diversity and farmer welfare
| cg.authorship.types | CGIAR single centre | en |
| cg.coverage.country | India | |
| cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2 | IN | |
| cg.coverage.region | Southern Asia | |
| cg.coverage.region | Asia | |
| cg.creator.identifier | Hiroyuki Takeshima: 0000-0002-1761-408X | |
| cg.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1017/s1355770x12000368 | en |
| cg.identifier.project | IFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division | |
| cg.identifier.publicationRank | B | |
| cg.isijournal | ISI Journal | en |
| cg.issn | 1355-770X | en |
| cg.issn | 1469-4395 | en |
| cg.issue | 5 | en |
| cg.journal | Environment and Development Economics | en |
| cg.reviewStatus | Peer Review | en |
| cg.volume | 17 | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Takeshima, Hiroyuki | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Nagarajan, Latha | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-10-01T13:55:50Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2024-10-01T13:55:50Z | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153234 | |
| dc.title | Minor millets in Tamil Nadu, India: Local market participation, on-farm diversity and farmer welfare | en |
| dcterms.abstract | Although farmer market participation raises income, it often also reduces on-farm varietal diversity. However, for under-utilized crops like minor millets, market participation may actually encourage growers to increase on-farm diversity through better access to new varieties exchanged at local markets and higher returns from varieties already grown. We test this hypothesis in two different agro-ecological niches, the Plains and the Hills in southern India. Empirical results based on propensity score matching indicate that, in the less fertile dryland plains, market participation improved on-farm varietal diversity of minor millets and increased net revenues – albeit with insignificant welfare effects on farm households. On the other hand, in the fertile hill ecosystems, market development had no effect on varietal diversity. Insights from such a comparison could help design suitable policy interventions for on-farm conservation of under-utilized crops in their own agro-ecosystems through active stakeholder participation. | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Limited Access | |
| dcterms.available | 2012-10-19 | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Takeshima, Hiroyuki; Nagarajan, Latha 2012. Minor millets in Tamil Nadu, India: Local market participation, on-farm diversity and farmer welfare. Environment and Development Economics 17(5): 603-632 | en |
| dcterms.extent | pp. 603-632 | en |
| dcterms.issued | 2012-10 | |
| dcterms.language | en | |
| dcterms.license | Copyrighted; all rights reserved | |
| dcterms.publisher | Cambridge University Press | en |
| dcterms.replaces | https://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/3751 | en |
| dcterms.subject | farmer participation | en |
| dcterms.subject | farmers | en |
| dcterms.subject | farmer income | en |
| dcterms.subject | millets | en |
| dcterms.subject | markets | en |
| dcterms.subject | ecology | en |
| dcterms.subject | conservation agriculture | en |
| dcterms.type | Journal Article |