Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies: Volume 10 Issue 5

Restructuring toward a modernized agro-food value chain through vertical integration and contract farming: the swine-to-pork industry in Vietnam

Dzung Dao Dong, Masahiro Moritaka, Ran Liu, Susumu Fukuda

Restructuring swine and pork value chain plays important role in agriculture reformation of Vietnam, the top global pork-lover and swine producer worldwide. This study aims at…

Farmer groups, collective marketing and smallholder farm performance in rural Ghana

Awal Abdul-Rahaman, Awudu Abdulai

Rapid transformation of agrifood value chains because of population growth, urbanization, rising consumer incomes and increased demand for food quality and safety has resulted in…

How intermediaries' power affects contract farming decisions: evidence from the medicinal and aromatic plant sector in Albania

Orjon Xhoxhi, Andi Stefanllari, Engjell Skreli, Drini Imami

In the debate on rural development, contract farming (CF) is pointed out as a mechanism that reduces constraints on farmers' access to resources and improves farmers' welfare…

The nexus of agricultural exports and performance in Malaysia: a dynamic panel data approach

Md. Reaz, Dorothea Bowyer, Connie Vitale, Masnun Mahi, Ahmed Mohamed Dahir

The paper examines the nexus between agricultural exports and the performance of agricultural firms in Malaysia.

Microfinance services and the productivity of cocoa family farms in Cameroon

Alim Belek, Abega Ngono Jean-Marie

This study aims to assess the effects of microfinance institution (MFI) services on the productivity of family farms in Cameroon, in the region of Mbam and Kim. It will be a…

Minimum price policy impact in the Tunisian dairy sector

Abdessalem Abbassi, Ahlem Dakhlaoui, Lota D. Tamini

The purpose of this paper is to develop a partial equilibrium model for the Tunisian dairy sector according to “quantity formulation” and “price formulation” and to show their…

Investigating the price volatility transmission mechanisms of selected fresh vegetable chains in Greece

Anthony N. Rezitis, Dimitrios N. Pachis

This paper attempts to model the transmission of volatility between producer and consumer prices in the fresh potato, tomato, and cucumber markets in Greece.

Preference for parboiled rice: empirical evidence from Sri Lanka

Asankha Pallegedara

Understanding parboiled rice consumption trends by households is important because parboiled rice provides economic benefits as well as health benefits compared to non-parboiled…

How entrepreneurial orientation drives farmers' innovation differential in Ugandan coffee multi-stakeholder platforms

Carlos Luis Barzola Iza, Domenico Dentoni

This study explores the role of the key dimensions of farmers' entrepreneurial orientation – namely proactiveness, risk-taking, innovativeness and intentions – as drivers of…

The effects of chairmen's social network heterogeneity on cooperative marketing innovation: evidence from Sichuan province in China

Yu Liu, Houjian Li

The purpose of this paper, based on first-hand data from 255 chairmen of planting cooperatives in Sichuan province, is threefold: to understand their social network heterogeneity;…

Impact of hybrid seeds on demand for labour: the case of chilli production in Indonesia

Apri Laila Sayekti, Di Zeng, Randy Stringer

This paper examines the labour demand associated with hybrid chilli adoption, a relatively labour-intensive crop in Indonesia.

Export competitiveness and concentration analysis of major sugar economies with special reference to India

Sheetal Sheetal, Rajiv Kumar, Shashi Shashi

This paper seeks to examine the export competitiveness and concentration level of the 15 top sugar exporting countries over the last 18 years (2001–2018) with special reference to…

Farm management skills, entrepreneurial bricolage and market orientation

Catherine Komugisha Tindiwensi, John C. Munene, Arthur Sserwanga, Ernest Abaho, Rebecca Namatovu-Dawa

This article investigates the relationship between farm management skills, entrepreneurial bricolage and market orientation in smallholder farms.

Intensity of commercialization and the dimensions of food security: the case of smallholder farmers in rural Tanzania

Luitfred Kissoly, Anja Fasse, Ulrike Grote

Transformation of smallholder agriculture from subsistence to more commercially-oriented production is one of the strategies advocated for improving rural households' food…

Are non-farming consumers willing to pay “a good market price” for iron-biofortified finger millet? Evidence from experimental auctions in Karnataka, India

Claudia Meier, Nadja El Benni, Srinivasaiah Sakamma, Simon Moakes, Christian Grovermann, Sylvain Quiédeville, Hanna Stolz, Matthias Stolze, K. Basegowda Umesh

Biofortification of staple crops is a promising strategy to alleviate micronutrient deficiencies in rural populations of the developing world. The possibility to sell biofortified…