Browsing Research Articles (Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development) by Subject "Farmers' markets -- Great Lakes Region (Africa)"

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Effects of transaction costs on choice of selling point : a case of smallholder banana growers in the great lakes region of Central Africa

Jagwe, John Nkalubo; Machethe, Charles Lepepeule (Routledge, 2011-09)

This article examines the effects of transaction costs on the choice of marketing channel by smallholder banana producers (i.e. travel to the market to sell their produce versus selling at the farmgate). A probit analysis ...
Transaction costs and smallholder farmers’ participation in banana markets in the Great Lakes Region of Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo

Jagwe, John Nkalubo; Machethe, Charles Lepepeule; Ouma, Emily (African Association of Agricultural Economists, 2010-12)

In this study, the Heckman procedure was used to analyze the way transaction costs affect smallholder farming households’ participation in banana markets in the Great Lakes region of central Africa. The results reaffirm ...

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