Datum
2017-12-05Autor
Simtowe, FranklinPaul, Birthe KatharinaWimba, Benjamin M. M.Bacigale, Samy B.Chiuri, Wanjiku L.Maass, Brigitte L.Schlagwort
630 Landwirtschaft, VeterinärmedizinMetadata
Zur Langanzeige
Aufsatz
Determinants of participation in cavy marketing: Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo
Zusammenfassung
Smallholder supply chain participation remains low despite the potential welfare gains that would result from choosing a market-oriented production. Yet, studies on determinants of market participation for commodities with underdeveloped value chains are scanty. Employing a double-hurdle model, this paper examines factors determining households’ participation in cavy marketing among cavy farmers from Sud-Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We find that wealthier households participated less in cavy marketing while those producing more cavies were more likely to participate in their marketing. Moreover, smaller households tended to sell more cavies, while households with other livestock sold fewer cavies. The findings underscore the significance of increasing the participation in the cavy supply chains by farmers through the promotion of appropriate husbandry practices that enhance cavy productivity and production and that enable farmers to participate in markets as sellers.
Zitierform
In: Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics. Kassel : Kassel University Press. - Vol. 118, No. 2 (2017) S. 245-257Sammlung(en)
Vol 118, No 2 (2017) (Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics (JARTS))Zitieren
@article{urn:nbn:de:hebis:34-2017110153644,
author={Simtowe, Franklin and Paul, Birthe Katharina and Wimba, Benjamin M. M. and Bacigale, Samy B. and Chiuri, Wanjiku L. and Maass, Brigitte L.},
title={Determinants of participation in cavy marketing: Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo},
year={2017}
}
0500 Oax 0501 Text $btxt$2rdacontent 0502 Computermedien $bc$2rdacarrier 1100 2017$n2017 1500 1/eng 2050 ##0##urn:nbn:de:hebis:34-2017110153644 3000 Simtowe, Franklin 3010 Paul, Birthe Katharina 3010 Wimba, Benjamin M. M. 3010 Bacigale, Samy B. 3010 Chiuri, Wanjiku L. 3010 Maass, Brigitte L. 4000 Determinants of participation in cavy marketing: Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo / Simtowe, Franklin 4030 4060 Online-Ressource 4085 ##0##=u http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hebis:34-2017110153644=x R 4204 \$dAufsatz 4170 7136 ##0##urn:nbn:de:hebis:34-2017110153644
2017-12-07T11:06:53Z 2017-12-07T11:06:53Z 2017-12-05 1612-9830 2363-6033 urn:nbn:de:hebis:34-2017110153644 http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2017110153644 eng Kassel University Press Urheberrechtlich geschützt https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ domestic cavy marketing double-hurdle supply chain participation guinea pig Cavia porcellus 630 Determinants of participation in cavy marketing: Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo Aufsatz Smallholder supply chain participation remains low despite the potential welfare gains that would result from choosing a market-oriented production. Yet, studies on determinants of market participation for commodities with underdeveloped value chains are scanty. Employing a double-hurdle model, this paper examines factors determining households’ participation in cavy marketing among cavy farmers from Sud-Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We find that wealthier households participated less in cavy marketing while those producing more cavies were more likely to participate in their marketing. Moreover, smaller households tended to sell more cavies, while households with other livestock sold fewer cavies. The findings underscore the significance of increasing the participation in the cavy supply chains by farmers through the promotion of appropriate husbandry practices that enhance cavy productivity and production and that enable farmers to participate in markets as sellers. open access In: Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics. Kassel : Kassel University Press. - Vol. 118, No. 2 (2017) S. 245-257 Simtowe, Franklin Paul, Birthe Katharina Wimba, Benjamin M. M. Bacigale, Samy B. Chiuri, Wanjiku L. Maass, Brigitte L. Gedruckte Ausg. im Verlag Kassel Univ. Press (www.upress.uni-kassel.de) erschienen.
Die folgenden Lizenzbestimmungen sind mit dieser Ressource verbunden:
:Urheberrechtlich geschützt