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    Overcoming smallholder farmers’ post-harvest constraints through harvest loans and storage technology: insights from a randomized controlled trial in Tanzania

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    Date
    2022-06
    Author
    Channa, H.
    Ricker-Gilbert, J.
    Feleke, S.
    Abdoulaye, T.
    Type
    Journal Article
    Review Status
    Peer Review
    Target Audience
    Scientists
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    Maintaining staple grains throughout the year and managing liquidity are two major challenges that smallholder farmers face at harvest. We implemented a randomized controlled trial in Tanzania that was designed to address these post-harvest constraints. First, we offered treated farmers two hermetic (airtight) storage bags, which helped preserve grain quantity and quality. Second, we offered other treated farmers a loan at harvest, which reduced the liquidity constraints they faced. Repayment was due with interest six months from harvest when maize prices were traditionally higher. We did not find a significant impact of the storage intervention. However, those offered the loan stored 29 percent more and sold 50 percent more maize on average in the lean season compared to farmers in the control group. Nevertheless, an unexpected maize export ban in Tanzania likely attenuated the outcomes of both interventions. This highlighted the challenges surrounding agricultural financial products in the developing world.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2022.102851
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7411
    IITA Authors ORCID
    Shiferaw Felekehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0759-4070
    Tahirou Abdoulayehttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8072-1363
    Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2022.102851
    Research Themes
    Social Science and Agribusiness
    IITA Subjects
    Agribusiness; Agronomy; Food Security; Handling, Transport, Storage and Protection of Agricultural Products; Maize; Markets; Post-Harvesting Technology; Smallholder Farmers
    Agrovoc Terms
    Storage; Microfinance; Maize; Markets; Tanzania; Postharvest Losses; Smallholders
    Regions
    Africa; East Africa
    Countries
    Tanzania
    Hubs
    Central Africa Hub; Headquarters and Western Africa Hub
    Journals
    Journal of Development Economics
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