Market channel participation amongst smallholder rice farmers in the northern region of Ghana

IF 2.4 Q2 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY
Abdul-Jalil Ma-Azu, A. Abdul‐Rahaman, A. Zakaria, C. Y. Lamptey
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Abstract

PurposeThis study examines the drivers of marketing channel participation amongst smallholder rice farmers in the northern region of Ghana.Design/methodology/approachUsing a sample of 397 smallholder rice farmers drawn from a multistage sampling procedure, the study employed multivariate probit (MVP) model in the empirical estimations. In this context, the model assumes that a rice farmer should at least participate in one market channel.FindingsThe study reveals that the wholesaler market channel is the most commonly used channel among farmers, followed by the aggregator channel. However, the processor market channel is the least patronized one in the study area. The results also show statistically significant correlation coefficients in four out of the six possible combinations, implying that market channel participation among smallholder farmers is not mutually exclusive. Rice market channel participation is positively and significantly influenced by age, gender, household headship, access to credit, extension service, irrigation, improved seed and access to price information.Research limitations/implicationsThis study is limited in extending the analysis to include the impact of market channels on some outcome measures. This is due to data limitation.Originality/valueThe findings of this study add to the growing literature on smallholder market channel participation in Ghana.
加纳北部地区小农户参与市场渠道
目的本研究考察了加纳北部地区小农户参与营销渠道的驱动因素。设计/方法/方法使用从多阶段抽样程序中抽取的397名小农户的样本,该研究在经验估计中采用了多变量probit(MVP)模型。在这种情况下,该模型假设稻农至少应该参与一个市场渠道。研究发现,批发商市场渠道是农民最常用的渠道,其次是聚合渠道。然而,处理器市场渠道是研究领域中被光顾最少的渠道。结果还显示,在六种可能的组合中,有四种组合具有统计学意义的相关系数,这意味着小农户之间的市场渠道参与并非相互排斥。水稻市场渠道的参与受到年龄、性别、户主、获得信贷、推广服务、灌溉、改良种子和获得价格信息的机会的积极和显著影响。研究局限性/含义本研究仅限于将分析扩展到包括市场渠道对某些结果指标的影响。这是由于数据限制。独创性/价值这项研究的发现为越来越多的关于加纳小农户市场渠道参与的文献增添了内容。
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CiteScore
4.60
自引率
37.50%
发文量
58
期刊介绍: The Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies publishes double-blind peer-reviewed research on issues relevant to agriculture and food value chain in emerging economies in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe. The journal welcomes original research, particularly empirical/applied, quantitative and qualitative work on topics pertaining to policies, processes, and practices in the agribusiness arena in emerging economies to inform researchers, practitioners and policy makers
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