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Market access by smallholder farmers in Malawi: implications for technology adoption, agricultural productivity and crop income

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  • Manfred Zeller
  • Aliou Diagne
  • Charles Mataya

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In Malawi, maize is the major crop and food staple. Given limited off‐farm employment opportunities, much‐needed increases in household income for improving food security must come from gains in agricultural productivity through better technology and more profitable crops. In the past, hybrid maize and more recently, tobacco were promoted by policy for increasing smallholder income. An analysis of determinants of adoption of these two crops and related income effects is presented. Apart from factor endowment and exposure to agroecological risks, differences in the household's access to financial and commodity markets significantly influence its cropping shares and farm income.

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  • Manfred Zeller & Aliou Diagne & Charles Mataya, 1998. "Market access by smallholder farmers in Malawi: implications for technology adoption, agricultural productivity and crop income," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 19(1-2), pages 219-229, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:agecon:v:19:y:1998:i:1-2:p:219-229
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.1998.tb00528.x
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