Non-Traditional Crops, Traditional Constraints : The Adoption And Diffusion of Export Crops Among Guatemalan Smallholders

Non-Traditional Crops, Traditional Constraints : The Adoption And Diffusion of Export Crops Among Guatemalan Smallholders / Carletto, Calogero

This paper uses a duration analysis based on adoption data spanning more than 25 years from six communities in the Central Highlands of Guatemala. The analysis explores how household characteristics and external trends play into both the adoption and diffusion processes of non-traditional exports am...

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Główni autorzy:Carletto, Calogero, 1963-
Kolejni autorzy:Kirk, Angeli
Davis, Benjamin
Winters, Paul
Format: Online-Resource
Język:English
Wydane:Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2007
Hasła przedmiotowe:
Landwirtschaft
Wirtschaft
Agricultural production
Agriculture
Crops
Debt Markets
Economic Theory and Research
Economics
Farmers
Finance and Financial Sector Development
Food production
Incomes
Macroeconomics and Economic Growth
Marketing
Markets and Market Access
Nutrition
Poverty Reduction
Poverty alleviation
Rural Development
Rural Development Knowledge and Information Systems
Rural Poverty Reduction
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Streszczenie:This paper uses a duration analysis based on adoption data spanning more than 25 years from six communities in the Central Highlands of Guatemala. The analysis explores how household characteristics and external trends play into both the adoption and diffusion processes of non-traditional exports among smallholders. Adoption was initially widespread and rapid, which led nontraditional exports to be hailed as a pro-poor success, reaching all but the smallest landholders. However, over time more than two-thirds of adopters eventually dropped out of production of nontraditional exports. Based on the analysis, production of nontraditional exports appears to have delivered less prosperity to adopters than initially promised. Although smallholders may be enticed into entering into nontraditional exports markets when conditions are favorable, they may lack the capacity to overcome the difficulties that inevitably arise in complex types of cultivations and in highly variable global agricultural markets. Governmental and non-governmental organizations can attempt to mitigate these difficulties, but market forces may overwhelm their efforts, with some adopters still unable to compete in global markets
Deskrypcja:Weitere Ausgabe: Carletto, Calogero: Non-Traditional Crops, Traditional Constraints
Opis fizyczny:1 Online-Ressource (44 Seiten)

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