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"Diversification towards high value export production, farm household productivity and efficiency in Senegal" by Dedehouanou, Senakpon Abstract Agricultural productivity is often the common denominator of issues such as population growth, agricultural growth lagged, food security and poverty reduction. However in a context of scarce resources and imperfect or missing factor markets that is typical for many developing countries, the way to enhance farmer’s agricultural productivity is still an important policy question. Where direct support from the government such as subsidies is very limited, crop diversification or product innovation is one of the most common alternatives put forward in the literature. In this paper we provide empirical evidence of how that alternative - induced in part by modern agri-food supply chains - is effective in rural Senegal. New transformations in the agri-food sector in developing countries have recently accentuated the importance of this pathway for farmer’s agricultural growth. One important aspect of the development of modern agri-food supply chains is the increase of non-traditional high-value exports from developing to developed countries. Our study focuses on les Niayes, an area where the development took place. Some farmers cultivate domestic fresh fruit and vegetables and other commodities along with green beans, a high value product mainly intended for the international export market. Our objective is to analyse how the involvement in the high value export production is related to farm household agricultural productivity and efficiency in the region les Niayes. Our contribution is threefold. First, we analyze the effect of the involvement into the export production – through contracting – on productivity and efficiency at the farm household level. We account for the fact that rural farmers in les Niayes are much diversified in the farming (crop) activity and also intensively involved in off-farm activities. Second, we take advantage of the panel dimension of our data and address some issues highlighted in the agricultural literature such as the potential endo... |
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- Economic development - Technological change - Agricultural policies - Other data bases and data issues - Africa (West) |
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