We examine the driving forces behind farm households' decisions to adapt to climate
change, and the impact of adaptation on farm households' food productivity. We estimate a …

The current Ethiopian economy is based on agriculture and transition from subsistence to
commercial agriculture, often referred to as the commercialization of agriculture …

Why is smallholder market participation so important to economic growth and poverty
reduction? The answer traces its origins at least to Adam Smith and David Ricardo: given a …

Contract farming is widely perceived as a means of increasing welfare in developing
countries. Because of smallholder self-selection in contract farming, however, it is not clear …

This article uses a double‐hurdle model with panel data from Malawi to investigate how
fertilizer subsidies affect farmer demand for commercial fertilizer. The article controls for …

This article examines the driving forces behind farmers' decisions to adopt agricultural
technologies and the causal impact of adoption on farmers' integration into output market …

Collective action through farmer groups can be an important strategy for smallholders to
remain competitive in rapidly changing markets. Previous research has analysed …

Although the importance of land rental for overall economic development and development
of the non-agricultural economy has long been recognized in theory, empirical evidence on …

Abstract In many Sub‐Saharan African countries, farmers typically have a choice between
selling their products to traders who travel between villages and markets and transporting …

How does commodity price volatility affect the welfare of rural households in developing
countries, for whom hedging and consumption smoothing are often difficult? When …