Connecting smallholder farmers to local markets : drivers of collective action, land tenure and food security in East Chad
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2017
Citazione:
Connecting smallholder farmers to local markets : drivers of collective action, land tenure and food security in East Chad / S. Corsi, L.V. Marchisio, L. Orsi. - In: LAND USE POLICY. - ISSN 0264-8377. - 68(2017), pp. 39-47. [10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.07.025]
Abstract:
The paper deals with the drivers influencing smallholder farmers’ access to local markets in developing countries,
assuming that collective actions along with food security and land tenure are related and interconnected
aspects that could facilitate market access.
Data were collected in 26 Chadian villages in the Sila region; 98 questionnaires were submitted to peanut and
sesame farmers belonging to associations. An ordered logistic regression was adopted to estimate our model
where the dependent variable, access to market, is operationalized in terms of perceived improvement to market
access.
Our research contributes to the present understanding of the determinants of market access and its links with
collective actions, land and food security through a comprehensive view of association support activities,
structural features and household assets.
Our main findings highlight that the role of secure land tenure is crucial in order to achieve a better access to
local markets, confirming that strong relationships within local value chain stakeholders have positive effects on
the capability to sell products, whereas the role of food security is circular: the more food secure a farmer is, the
more he or she has access to markets but on the other side access to markets guarantees a higher food security.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Elenco autori:
S. Corsi, L.V. Marchisio, L. Orsi
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