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Welfare impacts of smallholder farmers’ participation in multiple output markets: empirical evidence from Tanzania

dc.contributor.authorManda, J.
dc.contributor.authorAzzarri, C.
dc.contributor.authorFeleke, S.
dc.contributor.authorKotu, B.
dc.contributor.authorClaessens, L.
dc.contributor.authorBekunda, M.
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-17T11:33:11Z
dc.date.available2021-06-17T11:33:11Z
dc.date.issued2021-05-06
dc.identifier.citationManda, J., Azzarri, C., Feleke, S., Kotu, B., Claessens, L. & Bekunda, M. (2021). Welfare impacts of smallholder farmers’ participation in multiple output markets: Empirical evidence from Tanzania. Plos one, 16(5), e0250848: 1-20.
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7134
dc.description.abstractA relatively large body of literature has documented the welfare effects of smallholder farmers’ participation in single-commodity output markets. However, limited empirical evidence is available when smallholder farmers participate in multiple-commodities output markets. We tried to fill this gap in the literature by estimating the impacts of smallholder farmers’ contemporaneous participation in both maize and legume markets vis-à-vis in only maize or legume markets using household-level data from Tanzania. Applying a multinomial endogenous switching regression model that allows controlling for observed and unobserved heterogeneity associated with market participation in single-commodity and multiple-commodity markets, results showed that smallholder farmers’ participation in both single–and multiple–commodity markets was positively and significantly associated with household income and food security. Moreover, the greatest benefits were obtained when farmers participated in multiple-commodity markets, suggesting the importance of policies promoting diversification in crop income sources to increase welfare and food security. Our findings also signal the complementary–rather than substitute–nature of accessing multiple-commodity markets for enhancing household livelihoods under a specialization strategy. Finally, important policy implications are suggested, from promoting and supporting public infrastructure investments to expanding road networks to reduce transportation costs, especially in remote communities, to enhance smallholder farmer access to profitable maize and legume markets in Tanzania.
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States Agency for International Development
dc.format.extent1-20
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectSmallholders
dc.subjectFarmers
dc.subjectMarkets
dc.subjectFood Security
dc.subjectSubsaharan Africa
dc.subjectTanzania
dc.subjectWelfare
dc.titleWelfare impacts of smallholder farmers’ participation in multiple output markets: empirical evidence from Tanzania
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions and Markets
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Institute
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.hubEastern Africa Hub
cg.coverage.hubHeadquarters and Western Africa Hub
cg.researchthemeNatural Resource Management
cg.researchthemeSocial Science and Agribusiness
cg.identifier.bibtexciteidMANDA:2021
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.iitasubjectAgribusiness
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectGrain Legumes
cg.iitasubjectMaize
cg.iitasubjectMarkets
cg.iitasubjectSmallholder Farmers
cg.iitasubjectSocioeconomy
cg.journalPLOS ONE
cg.notesOpen Access Journal; Published online: 06 May 2021
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.usagerightslicenseCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 0.0)
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250848
cg.iitaauthor.identifierJulius Manda: 0000-0002-9599-5906
cg.iitaauthor.identifierCarlo Azzarri: 0000-0002-0345-1304
cg.iitaauthor.identifierShiferaw Feleke: 0000-0002-0759-4070
cg.iitaauthor.identifierBekele Hundie Kotu: 0000-0001-5788-6461
cg.iitaauthor.identifierLieven Claessens: 0000-0003-2961-8990
cg.iitaauthor.identifierMateete Bekunda: 0000-0001-7297-9383
cg.futureupdate.requiredNo
cg.identifier.issue5: e0250848
cg.identifier.volume16


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