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dc.contributor.authorKadjo, D.
dc.contributor.authorRicker-Gilbert, J.
dc.contributor.authorAbdoulaye, Tahirou
dc.contributor.authorShively, G.
dc.contributor.authorBaco, M.N.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:21:45Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:21:45Z
dc.date.issued2018-05-14
dc.identifier.citationKadjo, D., Ricker‐Gilbert, J., Abdoulaye, T., Shively, G. & Baco, M.N. (2018). Storage losses, liquidity constraints, and maize storage decisions in benin. Agricultural Economics, 1-20.
dc.identifier.issn0169-5150
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/3865
dc.descriptionArticle purchased
dc.description.abstractThis 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.
dc.description.sponsorshipBill & Melinda Gates Foundation
dc.format.extent1-20
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectLiquidity
dc.subjectStorage Losses
dc.subjectSmallholders
dc.subjectHouseholds
dc.titleStorage losses, liquidity constraints, and maize storage decisions in Benin
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.affiliationONYX
cg.contributor.affiliationPurdue University
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité de Parakou
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryBenin
cg.creator.identifierTahirou Abdoulaye: 0000-0002-8072-1363
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectMaize
cg.iitasubjectPests Of Plants
cg.iitasubjectPlant Diseases
cg.iitasubjectSmallholder Farmers
cg.journalAgricultural Economics
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
local.dspaceid96714
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1111/agec.12427


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