Market incentives, farmers' response and a policy dilemma : A case study of chat production in the Eastern Ethiopian Highlands
This paper discusses the reasons for and effects of the dramatic expansion of chat production as a cash crop in the Hararghe Highlands of Ethiopia. Despite the Ministry of Agriculture's deliberate attempt to discourage chat production, farmers continue to shift their scarce resources into chat production. Using data generated by a rural livelihood survey from 197 randomly selected households, economic and non-economic factors contributing to the expansion of chat production are identified and its food and nutritional security impact analysed. The case study confirms once more the power of market incentives in encouraging agricultural activity of peasant farmers even in the absence of functional research and extension systems. The case study shows that households producing chat has good food security and thus the situation present a policy dilemma: Does the government promote or discourage chat production?
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dig-cirad-fr-5123802024-01-28T11:09:41Z http://agritrop.cirad.fr/512380/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/512380/ Market incentives, farmers' response and a policy dilemma : A case study of chat production in the Eastern Ethiopian Highlands. Tefera Tesfaye Lemma, Kirsten Johann F., Perret Sylvain. 2002. In : Annual Conference Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, Bloemfontein, South Africa,18-20 september 2002. s.l. : s.n., 15 p. AEASA Annual Conference. 40, Bloemfontein, Afrique du Sud, 18 Septembre 2002/20 Septembre 2002. Market incentives, farmers' response and a policy dilemma : A case study of chat production in the Eastern Ethiopian Highlands Tefera, Tesfaye Lemma Kirsten, Johann F. Perret, Sylvain eng 2002 s.n. Annual Conference Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, Bloemfontein, South Africa,18-20 september 2002 E16 - Économie de la production Catha edulis plante stimulante revenu sécurité alimentaire production http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1388 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7413 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3820 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_10967 http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6200 Éthiopie http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_2676 This paper discusses the reasons for and effects of the dramatic expansion of chat production as a cash crop in the Hararghe Highlands of Ethiopia. Despite the Ministry of Agriculture's deliberate attempt to discourage chat production, farmers continue to shift their scarce resources into chat production. Using data generated by a rural livelihood survey from 197 randomly selected households, economic and non-economic factors contributing to the expansion of chat production are identified and its food and nutritional security impact analysed. The case study confirms once more the power of market incentives in encouraging agricultural activity of peasant farmers even in the absence of functional research and extension systems. The case study shows that households producing chat has good food security and thus the situation present a policy dilemma: Does the government promote or discourage chat production? conference_item info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject Conference info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess http://catalogue-bibliotheques.cirad.fr/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=175939 |
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This paper discusses the reasons for and effects of the dramatic expansion of chat production as a cash crop in the Hararghe Highlands of Ethiopia. Despite the Ministry of Agriculture's deliberate attempt to discourage chat production, farmers continue to shift their scarce resources into chat production. Using data generated by a rural livelihood survey from 197 randomly selected households, economic and non-economic factors contributing to the expansion of chat production are identified and its food and nutritional security impact analysed. The case study confirms once more the power of market incentives in encouraging agricultural activity of peasant farmers even in the absence of functional research and extension systems. The case study shows that households producing chat has good food security and thus the situation present a policy dilemma: Does the government promote or discourage chat production? |
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Market incentives, farmers' response and a policy dilemma : A case study of chat production in the Eastern Ethiopian Highlands |
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Market incentives, farmers' response and a policy dilemma : A case study of chat production in the Eastern Ethiopian Highlands |
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