Commercialization of smallholder agriculture in some areas of Ethiopia

Commercialization of smallholder agriculture in some areas of Ethiopia by Samuel Gebreselassie. Download PDF EPUB FB2

The significance of smallholder agriculture Agriculture is a major factor in sustainable global resource management in terms of land, water, biodiversity, and emissions to land, water, and the atmosphere.

Agriculture is not just rural, but occurs on and within the margins of urban areas and major cities. Production depends on resource-File Size: 3MB. Commercialization of Smallholder Agriculture in Ghana: A Tobit Regression Analysis Article (PDF Available) in African journal of agricultural research Vol.

7(14):pp. April with. In areas with high population densities, smallholder farmers usually cultivate less than one hectare of land, which may increase up to 10 ha or more in sparsely populated semi-arid areas, sometimes in combination with livestock of up to 10 animals (Dixon etFile Size: KB.

Commercialization of smallholder farmers and its welfare outcomes: Evidence from Durgapur Upazila of Rajshahi District, Bangladesh.

commercialization of agriculture is important in the. Small-Scale Agriculture. Smallholder agriculture is particularly susceptible to gene flow and contamination by transgenes, if they are introduced (Bøhn et al., ; Jacobson and Myhr, ; Aheto et al.,; Chilcutt and Tabashnik, ; Royal Society of Canada, p.

In fact, since then, there have been only few new studies explicitly looking at the link between agricultural commercialization and nutrition and the evidence remains inconclusive.

21 The present study is an attempt to shed some light on this rather controversial, yet important, relationship using data from three countries in sub-Saharan Africa. by: Agriculture is the economic and social mainstay of some million smallholder farmers, and in developing countries, the sector is the largest source of incomes, jobs and food security.

Sustainable, inclusive growth in the agriculture and food sectors creates jobs – on farms, in markets, cities, towns and villages, and throughout the farm-to.

Abstract This report focuses on the potential and opportunities for smallholder commercialization in Zambia. The paper discusses the framework for Zambia's smallholder commercialization strategy, the current state of smallholder agriculture in Zambia, key issues, support from agribusiness to smallholders, and development of potential and opportunities for smallholder commercialization.

Onion crop is one of the most important commercialized horticultural crops among smallholder farmers because they derive benefits such as income, source of food, health care and rural employment.

In developing countries like Ethiopia, most smallholder farmers are characterized by poor market participation due to lack of market information, price volatility related to seasonality of supply, and Cited by: 1.

Despite the reduction in agriculture’s share of GDP, there are sizeable populations that will remain in rural areas and will be dependent to some degree on agriculture.

This is particularly true for SSA, where the population of young people is projected to increase by 95 million between and (UN, ), the majority of whom will Cited by: 3. This report focuses on the potential and opportunities for smallholder commercialization in Zambia. The paper discusses the framework for Zambia's smallholder commercialization strategy, the current state of smallholder agriculture in Zambia, key issues, support from agribusiness to smallholders, and development of potential and opportunities for smallholder commercialization.

the population, with 70% residing in rural areas, depend on agriculture for a livelihood. With horticultural commodities contributing 7% to agricultural Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and smallholder farmers now being one of the major producers, there is need to address an array of challenges they face as they fill this commercial Size: 3MB.

The relationship between rapid population growth and the capacity of our earth has been a matter of controversies for a long time and would continue so in the future. This article is crucial in providing theoretical discourses given by both Multhusians and Boserupians and shows whether the current rural population growth and access to farmland coincides with either Malthusians' or Boserupians.

- There are many factors that may hinder commercialization of Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. The challenges faced by the smallholder farmers such as insufficient infrastructure, lack of technology, poor socio-economic conditions etc.

need to be eradicated. Proper policies should be put in place to ensure food security and achieve effective commercialization without bringing 12 pins. The chapter frames the book in terms of the recent debates on smallholder agriculture and the empirical context of sub-Saharan Africa and presents the aims of the book.

Moreover, it outlines the theoretical basis for the book departing from theoretical perspectives on pro-poor agricultural growth, gender-based differences in agricultural productivity, linkages to the non-farm sector, and.

Downloadable. The paper considers the various and potential meanings of commercialisation (or market-oriented agriculture) for Ethiopia. Much attention has been paid recently to high-tech, large-scale, export-oriented enterprises such as floriculture: butinternational evidence and Ethiopian realities demonstrate that this is only one of many complementary pathways to by: 3.

Intensive agriculture, also known as intensive farming (as opposed to extensive farming) and industrial agriculture, is a type of agriculture, both of crop plants and of animals, with higher levels of input and output per cubic unit of agricultural land area.

It is characterized by a low fallow ratio, higher use of inputs such as capital and labour, and higher crop yields per unit land area. In Ethiopia, smallholder commercialization and integration into the market has been one of the policy directions.

Though Ethiopia managed to raise economic growth recently, there is languished pace of agricultural commercialization. This study investigates malt barley commercialization process through contract farming scheme, and its experience, effect and prospects in : Addisu Bezabeh Ali.

The paper uses three rounds of balanced panel data collected from smallholder farmers in& from rural Tigrai, northern Ethiopia. Random effects dynamic probit and Tobit models were used to assess factors that may explain access, participation, and intensity of participation on the tenant side of the tenancy market.

How the Gender Equality Strategy for Ethiopia’s Agriculture Sector can improve outcomes for all. Specific gender issues in Ethiopian agriculture. The process of developing. The Gender Equality Strategy for Ethiopia’s Agriculture Sector. involved a detailed situation analysis of File Size: KB. A key feature of Viet Nam’s economic transformation has been the dramatic progress made in agriculture.

This chapter focuses specifically on commercialization, a key feature of this. It looks in particular at sales of rice, Viet Nam’s key food crop, as well as households’ engagement in coffee cultivation and aquaculture activities, activities undertaken almost exclusively for sale and.farmer investment in equipment, which will make the Kenyan smallholder more productive, is a crucial first step in establishing the entrepreneurial smallholder irrigation.

The changing face of irrigation in Kenya is truly exemplified by this movement. This book raises many issues while pointing to several promising areas as the way forward.8 African agricultural development paths over the last 30 years Contrary to popular belief, agricultural production in Africa has increased steadily: its value has almost tripled (+%), and is al-File Size: 3MB.