Policy options promoting market participation among smallholder livestock producers: a case study from the Phillipines

Lapar, M. L., Holloway, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2058-4504 and Ehui, S. (2003) Policy options promoting market participation among smallholder livestock producers: a case study from the Phillipines. Food Policy, 28 (3). pp. 187-211. ISSN 0306-9192 doi: 10.1016/S0306-9192(03)00017-4

Abstract/Summary

We investigate the factors precipitating market entry where smallholders make decisions about participation (a discrete choice about whether to sell quantities of products) and supply (a continuous-valued choice about how much quantity to sell) in a cross-section of smallholders in Northern Luzon, Philippines, in a model that combines basic probit and Tobit ideas, is implemented using Bayesian methods, and generates precise estimates of the inputs required in order to effect entry among the non-participants. We estimate the total amounts of (cattle, buffalo, pig and chicken) livestock input required to effect entry and compare and contrast the alternative input requirements. To the extent that our smallholder sample may be representative of a wide and broader set of circumstances, our findings shed light on offsetting impacts of conflicting factors that complicate the roles for policy in the context of expanding the density of participation.

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Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Agriculture, Policy and Development
Uncontrolled Keywords	Policy options, Market participation, Smallholder livestock supply
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