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An Analysis of Welfare Effect of Market Participation of Smallholder Farm Households in Guinea

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  • Alhassane Camara

    (International Food Policy Research Institute, West and Central Africa Office, Dakar,Senegal)

Abstract

Limited empirical studies on agricultural commercialization effect at household level are not conclusive because of the difficulty in setting up a convincing empirical causal relationship. In addition, their outcomes are heavily specific to location and policy environment, which makes almost any generalization impossible. This paper contributes to this literature by investigating the potential welfare impact of smallholder farmers’ participation in the cereals market in Guinea. Fitting an Endogenous Switching Model to the national household survey data, results show that the participation significantly increases household income. For poor and land-constrained smallholders, commercialization seems to be profitable. In the context of increasing population, rapid urbanization and high incidence of poverty, this research adds evidence that supports an agricultural transformation in Guinea through market-orientation as the cornerstone of rural development and poverty alleviation.

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  • Alhassane Camara, 2017. "An Analysis of Welfare Effect of Market Participation of Smallholder Farm Households in Guinea," Economic Research Guardian, Weissberg Publishing, vol. 7(1), pages 2-23, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:wei:journl:v:7:y:2017:i:1:p:2-23
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    1. GACHUHI, Martha Wanjiru & OWUOR, George & GATHUNGU, Edith, 2021. "Determinants Of Intensity Of Soybean Commercialization Among Smallholder Farmers In Butere, Kenya," Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics (RAAE), Faculty of Economics and Management, Slovak Agricultural University in Nitra, vol. 24(2), October.

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    Keywords

    Market participation; Agricultural commercialization; Endogenous Switching Model; Welfare;
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    JEL classification:

    • I30 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General
    • Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets

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