This paper reviews the literature on smallholder commercialization. It explores the conceptual developments in smallholder commercialization, methodological advancements in measuring the degree of agricultural commercialization at household level, and the impacts of commercialization on different...
In spite of the policy decision of the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) to commercialize subsistence agriculture, there is a dearth of information on the commercialization process and marketing behaviour of smallholders in Ethiopia. This paper attempts to contribute to redressing this gap of knowledg...
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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[Market orientation of smallholders in selected grains in Ethiopia: implications for enhancing commercial transformation of subsistence agriculture]
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Market orientation of smallholders in selected grains in Ethiopia: implications for enhancing commercial transformation of subsistence agriculture
Transforming Ethiopian agriculture from its current subsistence orientation into market orientated production system forms the basis of the agricultural development strategy of the Government of Ethiopia (GoE). The agricultural extension service is one of the institutional support services that h...
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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Tegegne, Azage
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[Commercialization of Ethiopian agriculture: Extension service from input supplier to knowledge broker and facilitator]
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Commercialization of Ethiopian agriculture: Extension service from input supplier to knowledge broker and facilitator
Using simultaneous-equation models, this paper examines whether there is interdependence between smallholder’s net market positions in crop and live animals
markets under mixed crop–livestock system. Household level data collected in 2009
from 1075 sample households in 10 districts of Ethiopia ar...
Jaleta, Moti
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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[Interdependence of smallholders’ net market positions in crop and livestock markets: Evidence from Ethiopia]
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Interdependence of smallholders’ net market positions in crop and livestock markets: Evidence from Ethiopia
This study was conducted to characterize the traditional milk production and marketing system, and to identify constraints and opportunities for further development. It was conducted in Mieso District of Oromia Regional State, located 300 km east of Addis Ababa and at about 200 km east of Adama. ...
Hussen, K.
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Tegegne, Azage
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Kurtu, M.Y.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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[Traditional cow and camel milk production and marketing in agropastoral and mixed crop-livestock systems: the case of Mieso District, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia]
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Traditional cow and camel milk production and marketing in agropastoral and mixed crop-livestock systems: the case of Mieso District, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia
This study was conducted in Fogera woreda, South Gondar Zone of the Amhara National
Regional State in northwestern Ethiopia in 2005/06. The aim was to characterize cattle
milk and meat production and marketing systems, identify the major constraints and
provide development interventions for more ...
Anteneh, B.
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Tegegne, Azage
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Beyene, F.
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Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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[Cattle milk and meat production and marketing systems and opportunities for market-orientation in Fogera woreda, Amhara region, Ethiopia]
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Cattle milk and meat production and marketing systems and opportunities for market-orientation in Fogera woreda, Amhara region, Ethiopia