Determinants of farmer participation in direct marketing channels: A case study for cassava in the Oyo State of Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorDonkor, Emmanuel
dc.contributor.authorOnakuse, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorBogue, Joe
dc.contributor.authorDe Los Rios-Carmenado, Ignacio
dc.contributor.funderEuropean Commissionen
dc.contributor.funderAgricultural Transformation by Innovation (AGTRAIN)en
dc.contributor.funderEducation, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agencyen
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-23T07:29:51Z
dc.date.available2019-11-23T07:29:51Z
dc.date.issued2018-06
dc.description.abstractImproving rural farmers’ access to direct agricultural markets is required to ensure sustainable supply of food. Rural farmers in the developing world account for the largest share of food supply including cassava. Globally, cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is recognised as an important source of valuable semi-processed industrial raw materials such as ethanol, high-quality cassava flour and starch. However, there is less empirical research on rural farmers’ participation in direct marketing channels in the cassava sector. This study focused on analysing the determinants of farmer participation in direct marketing channels using the case of the cassava sector in the Oyo State of Nigeria. The Bivariate Tobit model was applied in the empirical analysis, based on a primary dataset generated from 400 rural cassava farmers from the Oyo State of Nigeria. The result showed that, in general, farmers sold a higher percentage of their cassava output to processors. The Bivariate Tobit results showed that human capital, physical capital, social capital, and market conditions had significant effects on farmers’ decisions on whether to sell their cassava output directly to processors or middlemen. On the contrary, natural and financial capitals did not significantly affect farmers’ marketing channel decision. The study recommends that policy instruments should target improving road networks in rural areas, enhancing farmers’ access to market information, and increasing membership of farmer association to ensure an active participation of farmers in the direct marketing channels.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.articleide0106en
dc.identifier.citationDonkor, E., Onakuse, S., Bogue, J. and De los Rios-Carmenado, I., 2018. Determinants of farmer participation in direct marketing channels: A case study for cassava in the Oyo State of Nigeria. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 16(2), (e0106). DOI:en
dc.identifier.doi10.5424/sjar/2018162-12076en
dc.identifier.eissn2171-9292
dc.identifier.endpage17en
dc.identifier.issn1695-971X
dc.identifier.issued2en
dc.identifier.journaltitleSpanish Journal of Agricultural Researchen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/9209
dc.identifier.volume16en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMinisterio de Agricultura Pesca y Alimentacionen
dc.relation.urihttp://revistas.inia.es/index.php/sjar/article/view/12076
dc.rights© 2018 INIAen
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectBivariate tobiten
dc.subjectMarket participationen
dc.subjectManihot esculenta crantzen
dc.subject5-capital frameworken
dc.subjectRural developmenten
dc.subjectEconometricsen
dc.subjectAgricultural marketen
dc.titleDeterminants of farmer participation in direct marketing channels: A case study for cassava in the Oyo State of Nigeriaen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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