Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify sources and quantifying distortions to agricultural incentives to produce along the small ruminant value chains in Ethiopia. Design/methodology/approach: National and district level average nominal rate of protection (NRPs) were computed for a...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors and most significant reasons leading to supply chain inefficiency with respect to high cost, high lead time and poor quality at wholesale stage of mango supply chain in India, and also to find out the measures which may be taken to...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that influence Chinese consumers’ purchase of organic products, with a focus on organic tea. Design/methodology/approach: A structured questionnaire was used to survey 202 shoppers in Guangdong Province, China. The data were...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the profitability of urban chicken production in the medium-sized cities of Kisumu and Thika, Kenya. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected in 2016 from a sample of 157 indigenous chicken producers in the two cities. Descriptive...

Purpose: Post-2008 global food crisis the prices of perishable high-value food commodities, such as vegetables and fruits, in India have risen faster and become more volatile compared to that of cereals. The welfare consequences of price shocks though are well understood yet the policy...

Purpose: Financial knowledge (FK) is considered one of the major factors influencing performance of farm enterprises. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of FK on performance of women farm enterprises. Performance is measured using levels of savings and enterprise margins....

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand the factors determining the incidence and extent of indebtedness among agricultural households in rural India. Design/methodology/approach: This study is based on a nationally representative survey carried out under the 70th Round of the...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine how consumers’ concern for food safety and income levels influence vegetable consumption patterns and expenditure in Tamale, Ghana. Design/methodology/approach: Using data from a survey of 300 urban consumers, quantile regression analyses are...

Purpose: Constraints associated with public agricultural extension services imply that farmers increasingly rely on input providers for agricultural innovations and knowledge. Yet such providers are typically commercial profit-making agents and may have an incentive to suggest relatively costly...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine rice attributes that are valued by the urban consumers of Cambodia and identifies the factors that influence consumers’ decisions on a set of rice attributes. Design/methodology/approach: The study uses incomplete ranking choice data, gathered...