Smallholder farmers' market participation and mobile phone‐based market information services in Lilongwe, Malawi

2019 ◽  
Vol 85 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thokozani Chikuni ◽  
Fredy T.M. Kilima
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Market Information ◽  
Market Participation ◽  
Farmers Market

scholarly journals Increasing smallholder farmers’ market participation through technology adoption in rural Timor‐Leste

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Akter ◽  
Namrata Chindarkar ◽  
William Erskine ◽  
Luc Spyckerelle ◽  
Julie Imron ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Technology Adoption ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Market Participation ◽  
Farmers Market ◽  
Timor Leste

Awareness and the Use of Mobile Phones for Market Linkage by Smallholder Farmers in Kenya

2010 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julius Juma Okello ◽  
Ruth M. Okello ◽  
Edith Ofwona-Adera
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Market Information ◽  
Farmers Market ◽  
Ict Adoption ◽  
Market Linkage ◽  
Female Farmers ◽  
High Level ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Agricultural Input

In many developing countries smallholder farmer participation in agricultural input and output markets continues to be constrained by lack of market information. Actors in most developing country markets operate under conditions of information asymmetry which increases the costs of doing business and locks out smallholder farmers. Attempts to address this problem are currently focusing on the use of ICT technologies to provide market information and link farmers to markets. This study examines the awareness and use of one such technology – mobile phones. It finds for male and female smallholder farmers in Kenya a high level of awareness and widespread use of mobile phones, mainly for social purposes. This study further finds that a low level of education, the cost of mobile phone airtime recharge vouchers and the lack of electricity for recharging phone batteries are the major impediments to the ownership and use of mobile phones, with female farmers more constrained than males. A high awareness of mobile phones among smallholder farmers presents an opportunity to strengthen smallholder farmers’ market linkage. However constraints to the usage of mobile phones will need to be addressed. The study findings indicate priorities for policymakers dealing with the specifics of ICT adoption as a tool to promote rural viability via rationalization of Kenyan agricultural markets.

scholarly journals Effect of Market Participation on Food Security Among Smallholder Sorghum Farmers in Kwara State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 330-336
Author(s):  
M F SALAMI ◽  
K K OSASONA ◽  
G O AKINSOLA ◽  
S U O AKANBI1 , M.T. DUROSAY ◽  
S U A AKANBI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Regression Model ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Information Access ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Market Participation ◽  
Farmers Market

It is paradoxical to note that food insecurity remains a menace among many African farmers’ households. There are arguments for and against smallholder farmers' market participation as a pathway for ensuring household food security. The paper therefore examined the market participation- food security relationship using smallholder sorghum farmers in Kwara State, as a case study. Primary data were obtained from 112 sorghum farming households using the semi-structured interview survey method. Descriptive statistic (frequencies and percentages), Crop output market participation index, Logistic regression model and Tobit regression model was used to analyse the data obtained. The result revealed that market participation positively and significantly contributes to the food security status of the sorghum farmers. Also, household size, farm output quantity, access to market information, access to credit and farm power types were the factors influencing the level of market participation in the study area. Therefore, all factors that will aid farmers' market participation should be pursued.

scholarly journals Smallholder Farmers’ Market Participation: Concepts and Methodological Approach from Sub-Saharan Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olutosin A. Otekunrin ◽  
Siaka Momoh ◽  
Idris A. Ayinde
Keyword(s):  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Market Participation ◽  
Farmers Market ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Productive Assets ◽  
Appreciable Reduction

This paper reviews the empirical evidence on smallholder farmers’ market participation focusing on cash/food crops and livestock in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with special attention on the methodological approaches employed in this region in an attempt to x-ray these methods, identifying their advantages and limitations and possible means smallholder farmers would be able to transit from subsistence to commercialised agriculture capable of lifting them out of poverty trap that seems to have engulfed many rural SSA. This paper recommends interventions geared towards improving smallholder farmers’ organisation, producers’ association and ensuring appreciable reduction in transaction costs and also improving farmers’ access to productive assets and improved technologies capable of stimulating profitable smallholders’ market participation.

scholarly journals Adoption of ICT-Based Information Sources and Market Participation among Smallholder Livestock Farmers in South Africa

Agriculture ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Ugochukwu Nwafor ◽  
Abiodun A. Ogundeji ◽  
Carlu van der Westhuizen
Keyword(s):  
Information Sources ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Significant Other ◽  
Market Information ◽  
Market Participation ◽  
Farmer Cooperatives ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Livestock Farmers ◽  
Additional Income ◽  
Analyze Data

The study explored the contribution of information and communication technology (ICT)-based information sources to market participation among smallholder livestock farmers. Use of ICTs is considered paramount for providing smallholder farmers with required market information, and also to reduce market asymmetries. A double hurdle regression was utilized to analyze data collected from 150 smallholder livestock farmers in the study area. The results show that while use of ICT-based market information sources significantly influenced market participation, the effect of using ICT-based information sources on the intensity of market participation was not significant. Other variables shown to influence both market participation and the intensity of market participation were age, additional income and membership of farmer cooperatives. This suggests the need to consider other associated factors in the application and design of interventions that utilize ICT-based information sources to achieve market engagement among smallholders.

Smallholder farmers’ knowledge of mobile telephone use: Gender perspectives and implications for agricultural market development

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Barimah Owusu ◽  
Paul W. K. Yankson ◽  
Stephen Frimpong
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Information Dissemination ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Mobile Telephone ◽  
Market Information ◽  
Agricultural Marketing ◽  
The Impact

Recent growth in mobile telephone and mobile-based information services in many developing countries provides opportunities to reduce costly and incomplete information dissemination in the agricultural sector and ensure efficient functioning of markets. But in order to successfully use mobile phones for the optimal development of agricultural markets, understanding the impact of social structure on mobile phone adoption, its uses and perceived impacts are invaluable. Although global assessments of capacity in the use of information communication technology (ICT) devices have been considered, such assessments mask significant geo-spatial variations among local farmers—male and female—with respect to their capacity to effectively use basic mobile phone functions. Documenting and recognizing this is important for the development of national agricultural ICT policies, as well as programmes aimed at increasing farmers’ knowledge and use of ICT for agricultural marketing. This article’s contribution to agricultural marketing and the use of ICT in developing countries (such as Ghana) is anchored in the assessment of the technical capacity and mobile telephone-based market information access to farmers in selected rural districts of Ghana. The selected districts are where most households are poor and heavily dependent on farming as their mainstay, and furthermore, where market information which mobile phones facilitate is crucial to maximizing their incomes.

scholarly journals Adoption of ICT-based Information Sources and Market Participation among Smallholder Livestock Farmers in South Africa

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Ugochukwu Nwafor ◽  
Abiodun, A. Ogundeji ◽  
Carlu van der Westhuizen
Keyword(s):  
Information Sources ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Significant Other ◽  
Market Information ◽  
Market Participation ◽  
Farmer Cooperatives ◽  
Livestock Farmers ◽  
Additional Income ◽  
Hurdle Regression ◽  
Analyze Data

The study explored the contribution of ICT-based information sources to market participation among smallholder livestock farmers. Use of ICTs is considered paramount for providing smallholder farmers with required market information, in order to reduce market asymmetries. A Double Hurdle regression was utilized to analyze data collected from 150 smallholder livestock farmers in the study area. The results show that while use of ICT-based market information sources significantly influenced market participation, the effect of using ICT-based information sources on intensity of market participation was not significant. Other variables shown to influence both market participation and the intensity of market participation were age, additional income and membership of farmer cooperatives. This suggests the need to also consider other associated factors in the application of interventions which utilize ICT-based information sources in achieving planned market interventions.

Use of wealth ranking to analyse factors influencing smallholder farmers' market participation in northern Mozambique

2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 669-683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryann Green ◽  
Gastão Lukanu ◽  
Steve Worth ◽  
Peter L Greenfield
Keyword(s):  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Market Participation ◽  
Farmers Market ◽  
Factors Influencing
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