nep-agr New Economics Papers
on Agricultural Economics
Issue of 2020‒01‒06
28 papers chosen by
  1. Technology Adoption and Value Chains in Developing Countries: Panel Evidence from Dairy in Punjab By Saule Burkitbayeva; Emma Janssen; Jo Swinnen
  2. Livestock production at the nexus of resources competition and ethno-religious cynicism in Nigeria – implicative analysis on food security By BABATUNDE, SIKIRU AKEEM
  3. Children's Willingness to Pay for Environmental Protection By Valentino Dardanone; Carla Guerriero
  4. US Egg Production Data Set By Mendez, Samara
  5. Improving Access to Savings through Mobile Money: Experimental Evidence from African Smallholder Farmers By Batista, Catia; Vicente, Pedro C.
  6. Agricultural transformation and food and nutrition security of farm households in Nigeria By Ecker, Olivier; Hatzenbuehler, Patrick
  7. Farm diversification and climate change: Implications for food security in Northern Namibia By Mulwa, Chalmers; Visser, Martine
  8. Effects of transaction costs on smallholder farmer profitability: A case of the rural-urban vegetable supply chain in Kenya By Baraka, Bensolomon
  9. Technology adoption, gender and household food security among rural households in South Africa By Sikhulumile, Sinyolo
  10. Productivity effects and farmland management: econometric evidence from farmland renting market in China By Mu, Yali; Feng, Shuyi
  11. Modernization of African food retailing and (un)healthy food consumption: Insights from Zambia By Khonje, Makaiko G.; Qaim, Matin
  12. Implication of urban food demand response on agrifood system in Nigeria By Ikudayisi, Adesola A.; Okoruwa, Victor O.
  13. The impact of agriculture trade liberalisation on agricultural total factor Productivity Growth in Africa By Sunge, Regret; Ngepah, Nicholas
  14. Factors Influencing Maize Farmers’ Interest to Purchase Crop Insurance in Swaziland By Mbonane, Nobuhle D.; Makhura, M.N.
  15. Impact of increased food prices on the food security of households in the community of Boukoumbe By Aro, Djalal-Dine A.; Acacha, Hortensia Vicentia
  16. Technical Efficiency of the Small Scale Tea processors in Kenya: a Stochastic Meta-Frontier Approach By Gatimbu, Karambu Kiende; Ogada, Maurice Juma
  17. Determinants of foreign direct investment in the African food and agriculture sector By Kubik, Zaneta; Husmann, Christine
  18. Social comparisons and occupational choices of rural youth in Ethiopia By Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu; Gerber, Nicolas
  19. Consumers’ evaluation of genetically modified (GM) Food: A meta- review and implications for policy regulation in Africa By Animashaun, Jubril O.
  20. Assessment of HIV and AIDS volnerability index and its effect on labour productivity of rural farmers in cross river state By Ewung, B.F.; Ater, P.I.
  21. Stress in Agricultural Lending By Cowley, Cortney
  22. Utilizing the warm glow of giving to nudge the consumption of food items with ethical claims – an experimental online auction By Iweala, Sarah; Lemken, Dominic
  23. The influence of Brazilian exports on price transmission processes in the coffee sector: a Markov-switching approach By Vollmer, Teresa; Cramon-Taubadel, Stephan von
  24. New Risks and Old Problems: The Uncertain Outlook for Irish Agriculture By Conefrey, Thomas
  25. Blockchain in Beef Markets By Jennings, Rob
  26. Market access, food security and nutrition: evidence from selected sub-Saharan African Countries By Usman, Muhammed A.; Haile, Mekbib G.
  27. Agricultural Trucking Challenges By Samson, Jon
  28. Entrepreneurship in agroindustry: opportunity or last resort of young people in the DRC? By Cool, Mangole Dady; Dontsop, Paul
  1. By: Saule Burkitbayeva; Emma Janssen; Jo Swinnen
    Abstract: The adoption of modern technologies in agriculture is crucial for improving the productivity and welfare of poor farmers in developing countries. Not much is known about how value chains do (not) affect technology transfer and/or adoption in domestic food chains in developing countries. Our paper analyzes farm-level technology adoption in the dairy chain in Punjab, India, combining quantitative panel data from representative surveys in 2008 and 2015 with data from targeted interviews with emerging modern dairy farms. Between 2008 and 2015 there were important increases in technology adoption in the form of better hygienic practices, better feed and improved livestock among traditional dairy farms. Especially those farms which lagged behind in 2008 improved their technology. However, the role of vertical coordination in value chains in stimulating technology adoption among these traditional dairy farmers seems to be minor. In contrast, we document the emergence of a group of dynamic modern dairy farms which are much larger, only use modern technology, and are fully integrated in vertically coordinated value chains which support these modern farms' management and investments.
    Date: 2019–01
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ete:ceswps:634342&r=all
  2. By: BABATUNDE, SIKIRU AKEEM
    Abstract: Nigeria is one of the most malnourished and hunger ridden in the league of developing countries; according to reports of Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of United Nations estimated daily animal protein intake for developing countries averaged at 4.5 g/head/day at the beginning of this century which has hardly rose to 10 g/head/day into the second decade of the century in Nigeria; a value comparably low to 35 g/head/day global recommendation. Among middle income level countries where animal protein intake is 16 g/head/day; the intake of 10 g/head/day in Nigeria is still low. World Food Programme (WFP) also reported that one third of children less than five (5) years old in Nigeria are stunted due to poor nutrition and this is twice the rate of such incidence in Thailand and three times that of Tunisia which are also developing countries like Nigeria; all these are strong pointers to malnutrition especially inadequate intake of animal proteins. This call for increase supply of animal protein to address the poor intake; but Nigeria animal protein supply depends on pastoral livestock production on extensive natural grassland. This production system is under challenges of climate and poor production techniques; hence government effort towards improvement via establishment of grazing reserve is a way out. This will allow deliberate efforts to improve productivity of the pastoral cattle, encourage corporate investment in livestock production sub-sector, participation of private foreign investors and adaptive climate change management. Unfortunately, these efforts has been under threats of claims which this paper identified as ethno – religious sentiments. Therefore, this paper discussed Nigeria livestock production, Climate change effects on Nigeria livestock production and its social implications, sources of ethno-religious violence linked to livestock production in Nigeria, grazing reserve bills in Nigeria – the proponents, the opponents and what are the pitfalls, food insecurity – the need for modification and re-introduction of grazing reserves bill in Nigeria then suggested Taylor Grazing Reserve Act of United States as a model for re – introduction of grazing reserves bill in Nigeria.
    Date: 2019–06–29
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:osfxxx:rj2ct&r=all
  3. By: Valentino Dardanone (Università di Palermo); Carla Guerriero (Università di Napoli Federico II and CSEF)
    Abstract: Young generations will bear the cost of present natural capital degradation and, as the recent wave of school climate strikes for climate change proved, do not want their voices to be ignored. Discrete Choice Experiments are increasingly being used for the valuation of environmental goods, nevertheless, they have never been conducted with children. We designed and administered a discrete choice experiment to elicit children, aged 8-19 years, willingness to pay (WTP) for environmental protection projects. Our results suggest that children marginal WTP is higher for projects targeting natural protection in their own country (Italy) and that the utility of environmental protection is greater for females and for older children. Furthermore, we find that individual attitude towards environment negatively affect the probability of choosing the status quo alternative. Given recent findings on transfer of knowledge, attitudes and behaviours towards environmental protection from children to parents, these results are important to support policy makers decisions on how to deal with the issues of natural capital degradation.
    Keywords: Discrete Choice Experiment; Children; Natural Capital; Environmental Protection; Willingness to Pay
    JEL: C93 Q51 D83
    Date: 2019–12–17
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:sef:csefwp:550&r=all
  4. By: Mendez, Samara
    Abstract: Tracking the capability of the egg production industry to supply the food industry with enough cage-free eggs to meet retailers' and restaurants' animal welfare commitments is important to industry groups and farm animal advocacy organizations alike. In this project, we synthesize an analysis-ready data set that tracks the supply of cage-free eggs relative to the overall supply of table eggs in the United States. The data set is based on United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports published monthly from September 2016 to present, with auxiliary annual data from December 2007 to December 2015. The data set will be updated monthly as new USDA reports are released. We supplement these data with definitions and a taxonomy of egg products drawn from USDA and industry publications. The data include flock size and egg production of cage-free hens as well as all table egg laying hens in the US, collected to understand the impact of the industry's cage-free transition on hens. Initial analysis of egg production trends shows that, at the time of publication of this report, 20.3% of all table egg layers lived in cage-free systems. This figure represents an increase of 10.2 percentage points between August 2016 to June 2019, with an increase of 17.1 percentage points over the entire sample period of 2007 to June 2019.
    Date: 2019–08–12
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:osfxxx:cn4yu&r=all
  5. By: Batista, Catia (Universidade Nova de Lisboa); Vicente, Pedro C. (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
    Abstract: Investment in improved agricultural inputs is infrequent for smallholder farmers in Africa. One barrier may be limited access to formal savings. This is the first study to use a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of using mobile money as a tool to promote agricultural investment. For this purpose, we designed and conducted a field experiment with a sample of smallholder farmers in rural Mozambique. This sample included a set of primary farmers and their closest farming friends. We work with two cross-randomized interventions. The first treatment gave access to a remunerated mobile savings account. The second treatment targeted closest farming friends and gave them access to the exact same interventions as their primary farmer counterparts. We find that the remunerated mobile savings account raised mobile savings, but only while interest was being paid. It also increased agricultural investment in fertilizer, although there was no change in investment in other complementary inputs that were not directly targeted by the intervention, unlike fertilizer. These results suggest that fertilizer salience in the remunerated savings treatment may have been important to focus farmers' (limited) attention on saving some of their harvest proceeds, rather than farmers being financially constrained by a lack of alternative ways to save. Our results also suggest that the network intervention where farming friends had access to non-remunerated mobile money accounts decreased incentives to save and invest in agricultural inputs, likely due to network free-riding because of lower transfer costs within the network. Overall this research shows that tailored mobile money products can be used effectively to improve modern agricultural technology adoption in countries with very low agricultural productivity like Mozambique.
    Keywords: mobile money, social networks, savings and agricultural investment, randomized field experiment, Mozambique, Africa
    JEL: D14 D85 Q12 Q14
    Date: 2019–11
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp12813&r=all
  6. By: Ecker, Olivier; Hatzenbuehler, Patrick
    Keywords: Food Security and Poverty
    Date: 2019–09
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaae19:295761&r=all
  7. By: Mulwa, Chalmers; Visser, Martine
    Keywords: Food Security and Poverty, Environmental Economics and Policy
    Date: 2019–09
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaae19:295846&r=all
  8. By: Baraka, Bensolomon
    Keywords: Crop Production/Industries, Industrial Organization
    Date: 2019–09
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaae19:295776&r=all
  9. By: Sikhulumile, Sinyolo
    Keywords: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies, Food Security and Poverty
    Date: 2019–09
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaae19:295660&r=all
  10. By: Mu, Yali; Feng, Shuyi
    Keywords: Crop Production/Industries, Agricultural and Food Policy
    Date: 2019–09
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaae19:295947&r=all
  11. By: Khonje, Makaiko G.; Qaim, Matin
    Keywords: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
    Date: 2019–09
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaae19:295751&r=all
  12. By: Ikudayisi, Adesola A.; Okoruwa, Victor O.
    Keywords: Food Security and Poverty, Community/Rural/Urban Development
    Date: 2019–09
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaae19:295695&r=all
  13. By: Sunge, Regret; Ngepah, Nicholas
    Keywords: Productivity Analysis, International Relations/Trade
    Date: 2019–09
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaae19:295665&r=all
  14. By: Mbonane, Nobuhle D.; Makhura, M.N.
    Keywords: Agricultural Finance, Risk and Uncertainty
    Date: 2019–09
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaae19:295814&r=all
  15. By: Aro, Djalal-Dine A.; Acacha, Hortensia Vicentia
    Keywords: Food Security and Poverty, Demand and Price Analysis
    Date: 2019–09
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaae19:295918&r=all
  16. By: Gatimbu, Karambu Kiende; Ogada, Maurice Juma
    Keywords: Crop Production/Industries, Productivity Analysis
    Date: 2019–09
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaae19:295723&r=all
  17. By: Kubik, Zaneta; Husmann, Christine
    Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy, International Relations/Trade
    Date: 2019–09
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaae19:295744&r=all
  18. By: Sakketa, Tekalign Gutu; Gerber, Nicolas
    Keywords: Labor and Human Capital
    Date: 2019–09
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaae19:295828&r=all
  19. By: Animashaun, Jubril O.
    Keywords: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies, Agricultural and Food Policy
    Date: 2019–09
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaae19:295906&r=all
  20. By: Ewung, B.F.; Ater, P.I.
    Keywords: Health Economics and Policy, Productivity Analysis
    Date: 2019–09
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaae19:295927&r=all
  21. By: Cowley, Cortney
    Keywords: Agricultural Finance
    Date: 2019–02
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:usao19:296818&r=all
  22. By: Iweala, Sarah; Lemken, Dominic
    Keywords: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
    Date: 2019–09
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaae19:295753&r=all
  23. By: Vollmer, Teresa; Cramon-Taubadel, Stephan von
    Keywords: International Relations/Trade
    Date: 2019–09
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaae19:295916&r=all
  24. By: Conefrey, Thomas (Central Bank of Ireland)
    Abstract: Irish farming faces an uncertain outlook. The imminent risk of a damaging Brexit outcome looms large over the sector, compounding long-running concerns over low incomes. This Economic Letter assesses the recent economic performance of Irish agriculture in light of the current challenges. The analysis shows that beef and sheep farms (around 7 out of every 10 farms) face significant viability challenges and are heavily reliant on direct payments. Around one third of all farms are classified as economically vulnerable. Any future negative shock – even one less material than Brexit – would further expose the underlying weaknesses in the sector. In relation to Brexit, our analysis suggests that the negative impact on Irish farming will not be evenly distributed. With a greater dependence on low-margin beef farming, the West, Mid-West and Midland regions are both less resilient – and more exposed – than the South and East.
    Date: 2019–09
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cbi:ecolet:10/el/19&r=all
  25. By: Jennings, Rob
    Keywords: Livestock Production/Industries
    Date: 2019–02
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:usao19:296851&r=all
  26. By: Usman, Muhammed A.; Haile, Mekbib G.
    Keywords: Food Security and Poverty
    Date: 2019–09
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaae19:295778&r=all
  27. By: Samson, Jon
    Keywords: Agribusiness
    Date: 2019–02
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:usao19:296845&r=all
  28. By: Cool, Mangole Dady; Dontsop, Paul
    Keywords: Labor and Human Capital
    Date: 2019–09
    URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ags:aaae19:295882&r=all
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