Farm size and agricultural productivity of nutritious foods: Evidence from Ethiopia

IF 3.4 2区 经济学 Q1 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY
Hannah Ameye, Fantu Nisrane Bachewe, Bart Minten, Seneshaw Tamru
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Agri‐food systems are transforming quickly in Africa. An important issue in the transformation process of agricultural production is the role of small farms. While many authors have looked at this question, one aspect that has received little attention is the role of small farms in the production of nutritious foods, an important topic given the low availability and relatively high prices of nutritious foods and the consequent low level of nutrition security in the continent. Using a unique large‐scale dataset from Ethiopia—one of the largest countries in Africa that has been transforming rapidly—we look at the production of vegetables and dairy products. We find a strong association between farm size and partial productivity measured in terms of output, value of outputs and profit per hectare/cow, with productivity twice to four times as high for larger farms. These farms have substantially higher input expenditures as well as differences in farm technologies compared to small ones. Our findings have important implications for the debate on the role of small farms and nutritional improvements in the continent.
农场规模和营养食品的农业生产力:来自埃塞俄比亚的证据
非洲的农业粮食系统正在迅速转变。在农业生产的转型过程中,一个重要的问题是小农场的作用。虽然许多作者都研究过这个问题,但很少有人关注的一个方面是小农场在营养食品生产中的作用,考虑到营养食品的低可用性和相对较高的价格以及由此导致的非洲大陆营养安全水平低,这是一个重要的话题。利用埃塞俄比亚(非洲最大的国家之一,正在快速转型)独特的大规模数据集,我们研究了蔬菜和乳制品的生产情况。我们发现,农场规模与以产量、产值和每公顷/头牛的利润衡量的部分生产率之间存在很强的联系,大型农场的生产率是大型农场的两到四倍。与小型农场相比,这些农场的投入支出要高得多,而且农业技术也存在差异。我们的发现对关于非洲大陆小农场的作用和营养改善的辩论具有重要意义。
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Journal of Agricultural Economics
Journal of Agricultural Economics 管理科学-农业经济与政策
CiteScore
7.90
自引率
2.90%
发文量
48
审稿时长
>24 weeks
期刊介绍: Published on behalf of the Agricultural Economics Society, the Journal of Agricultural Economics is a leading international professional journal, providing a forum for research into agricultural economics and related disciplines such as statistics, marketing, business management, politics, history and sociology, and their application to issues in the agricultural, food, and related industries; rural communities, and the environment. Each issue of the JAE contains articles, notes and book reviews as well as information relating to the Agricultural Economics Society. Published 3 times a year, it is received by members and institutional subscribers in 69 countries. With contributions from leading international scholars, the JAE is a leading citation for agricultural economics and policy. Published articles either deal with new developments in research and methods of analysis, or apply existing methods and techniques to new problems and situations which are of general interest to the Journal’s international readership.
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