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    Storage losses, liquidity constraints, and maize storage decisions in Benin

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    Date
    2018-05-14
    Author
    Kadjo, D.
    Ricker-Gilbert, J.
    Abdoulaye, Tahirou
    Shively, G.
    Baco, M.N.
    Type
    Journal Article
    Target Audience
    Scientists
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    Abstract
    This article estimates how storage losses from mold, insects, and other pests, combined with liquidity constraints, influence a smallholder farm household's decision to store maize on farm after harvest. We analyze panel data from 309 smallholders in Benin covering the 2011 and 2013 harvest seasons. Results suggest that smallholders are driven to sell at harvest time for different reasons, depending on their motivation for storing. In households that report direct consumption as their primary goal for storing maize, liquidity constraints, not storage losses, reduce the amount they store. In contrast, households that store maize with the intention of selling it later in the year appear unaffected by liquidity constraints. Instead, these households store less when they expect to lose more during storage. These results suggest that policies to provide liquidity will be more helpful in motivating storage among consumption‐oriented households. Households motivated to store for later sale will benefit from modern storage technologies that mitigate the operational costs associated with storage losses.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/agec.12427
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/3865
    Non-IITA Authors ORCID
    Tahirou Abdoulayehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8072-1363
    Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/agec.12427
    IITA Subjects
    Maize; Pests Of Plants; Plant Diseases; Smallholder Farmers
    Agrovoc Terms
    Liquidity; Storage Losses; Smallholders; Households
    Regions
    Africa; West Africa
    Countries
    Benin
    Journals
    Agricultural Economics
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