Crop Choice and Infrastructure Accessibility in Tanzania : Subsistence Crops or Export Crops?

Africa has great potential for agriculture. Although international commodity prices have been buoyant, Africa’s supply response seems to be weak. A variety of constraints may exist. Using the case of Tanzania, the paper examines the impact of marke...

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Main Authors:	Iimi, Atsushi, Humphreys, Richard Martin, Melibaeva, Sevara
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	LIVING STANDARDS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH HOUSEHOLD SIZE ACCESS TO FERTILIZER CROP VARIETY SUBSISTENCE FERTILIZER DOMESTIC FOOD SORGHUM CROP SELECTION GLOBAL MARKETS AGRICULTURE SECTOR FOOD CONSUMPTION SCHOOLING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE CROP PRODUCERS ACCESS TO IRRIGATION AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT FERTILIZER COST CASSAVA IFPRI AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS TRAFFIC RURAL POPULATION OIL PALM REGION SMALL FARMERS CROP PRICE MAIZE CROP YIELD GLOBAL DEMAND FOR FOOD CLIMATIC CONDITIONS ROAD CROP PRODUCTION FOOD CROP PRODUCTION CEREALS COSTS COMMERCIALIZATION AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES CASH CROPS TRAINING CROP TYPE CROP CHOICE COTTON PRICES TRANSPORT HOUSEHOLD HEAD INCOME GROWTH SEEDS SESAME COTTON SECTOR PALM OIL REGIONAL MARKET FOOD PRODUCERS SEED CROP CHOICES LAND RIGHTS CROP ALTERNATIVES FARMING IRRIGATION WATER FARMERS RURAL ROADS NATURAL RESOURCES COCOA TOBACCO SUBSIDIES CROPS INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS TO INFORMATION LAND USE PRODUCE AGRICULTURAL IMPORTS CONSUMPTION FERTILIZER SUBSIDIES FOOD SECURITY TRANSPORTATION TEA REGIONAL ECONOMY CROP CLIMATE CHANGE AGRIBUSINESS CASHEW NUTS NESTED LOGIT MODEL SUBSISTENCE CROPS AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS CROP PRICES ELASTICITIES MAIZE YIELDS CLIMATE ACCESSIBILITY REPORTS SEED TYPES RURAL POVERTY GLOBAL FOOD CROP SUITABILITY SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE COFFEE AGRICULTURE FAO PRODUCTION AREA FERTILIZER USE AGRICULTURAL INPUTS ROAD USER EXPORT CROPS ROADS COTTON ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY WALKING GROUNDNUTS SINGLE CROP WATER AVAILABILITY RURAL RESIDENTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS DEMAND FOR FOOD RAILROAD FOOD CROP IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IRRIGATION FOOD CROPS RURAL AREAS POVERTY BANANAS FARMS RAIL HIGH TRANSPORT COOPERATIVES WHEAT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY RICE YIELDS WALKING DISTANCE FOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCY TRANSPORT COSTS DIESEL REMOTE AREAS COMMODITY COFFEE EXPORTS PRODUCTION COSTS FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
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spelling	okr-10986-221792021-04-23T14:04:07Z Crop Choice and Infrastructure Accessibility in Tanzania : Subsistence Crops or Export Crops? Iimi, Atsushi Humphreys, Richard Martin Melibaeva, Sevara LIVING STANDARDS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH HOUSEHOLD SIZE ACCESS TO FERTILIZER CROP VARIETY SUBSISTENCE FERTILIZER DOMESTIC FOOD SORGHUM CROP SELECTION GLOBAL MARKETS AGRICULTURE SECTOR FOOD CONSUMPTION SCHOOLING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE CROP PRODUCERS ACCESS TO IRRIGATION AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT FERTILIZER COST CASSAVA IFPRI AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS TRAFFIC RURAL POPULATION OIL PALM REGION SMALL FARMERS CROP PRICE MAIZE CROP YIELD GLOBAL DEMAND FOR FOOD CLIMATIC CONDITIONS ROAD CROP PRODUCTION FOOD CROP PRODUCTION CEREALS COSTS COMMERCIALIZATION AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES CASH CROPS TRAINING CROP TYPE CROP CHOICE COTTON PRICES TRANSPORT HOUSEHOLD HEAD INCOME GROWTH SEEDS SESAME COTTON SECTOR PALM OIL REGIONAL MARKET FOOD PRODUCERS SEED CROP CHOICES LAND RIGHTS CROP ALTERNATIVES FARMING IRRIGATION WATER FARMERS RURAL ROADS NATURAL RESOURCES COCOA TOBACCO SUBSIDIES CROPS INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS TO INFORMATION LAND USE PRODUCE AGRICULTURAL IMPORTS CONSUMPTION FERTILIZER SUBSIDIES FOOD SECURITY TRANSPORTATION TEA REGIONAL ECONOMY CROP CLIMATE CHANGE AGRIBUSINESS CASHEW NUTS NESTED LOGIT MODEL SUBSISTENCE CROPS AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS CROP PRICES ELASTICITIES MAIZE YIELDS CLIMATE ACCESSIBILITY REPORTS SEED TYPES RURAL POVERTY GLOBAL FOOD CROP SUITABILITY SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE COFFEE AGRICULTURE FAO PRODUCTION AREA FERTILIZER USE AGRICULTURAL INPUTS ROAD USER EXPORT CROPS ROADS COTTON ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY WALKING GROUNDNUTS SINGLE CROP WATER AVAILABILITY RURAL RESIDENTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS DEMAND FOR FOOD RAILROAD FOOD CROP IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IRRIGATION FOOD CROPS RURAL AREAS POVERTY BANANAS FARMS RAIL HIGH TRANSPORT COOPERATIVES WHEAT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY RICE YIELDS WALKING DISTANCE FOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCY TRANSPORT COSTS DIESEL REMOTE AREAS COMMODITY COFFEE EXPORTS PRODUCTION COSTS FINANCIAL INCENTIVES Africa has great potential for agriculture. Although international commodity prices have been buoyant, Africa’s supply response seems to be weak. A variety of constraints may exist. Using the case of Tanzania, the paper examines the impact of market connectivity, domestic and international, on farmers’ crop choices. It is shown that the international market connectivity, measured by transport costs to the maritime port, is important for farmers to choose export crops, such as cotton and tobacco. Internal connectivity to the domestic market is also found to be important for growing food crops, such as maize and rice. Among other inputs, access to irrigation and improved seed availability are also important factors in the crop choices of farmers. The size of land area is one constraint to promote the crop shift. The paper also reports the finding that farmers are not using market prices effectively in their choice of crop, even after the endogeneity of local prices is taken into account. 2015-07-16T15:44:09Z 2015-07-16T15:44:09Z 2015-06 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24637475/crop-choice-infrastructure-accessibility-tanzania-subsistence-crops-or-export-crops http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22179 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7306 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Tanzania
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topic	LIVING STANDARDS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH HOUSEHOLD SIZE ACCESS TO FERTILIZER CROP VARIETY SUBSISTENCE FERTILIZER DOMESTIC FOOD SORGHUM CROP SELECTION GLOBAL MARKETS AGRICULTURE SECTOR FOOD CONSUMPTION SCHOOLING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE CROP PRODUCERS ACCESS TO IRRIGATION AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT FERTILIZER COST CASSAVA IFPRI AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS TRAFFIC RURAL POPULATION OIL PALM REGION SMALL FARMERS CROP PRICE MAIZE CROP YIELD GLOBAL DEMAND FOR FOOD CLIMATIC CONDITIONS ROAD CROP PRODUCTION FOOD CROP PRODUCTION CEREALS COSTS COMMERCIALIZATION AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES CASH CROPS TRAINING CROP TYPE CROP CHOICE COTTON PRICES TRANSPORT HOUSEHOLD HEAD INCOME GROWTH SEEDS SESAME COTTON SECTOR PALM OIL REGIONAL MARKET FOOD PRODUCERS SEED CROP CHOICES LAND RIGHTS CROP ALTERNATIVES FARMING IRRIGATION WATER FARMERS RURAL ROADS NATURAL RESOURCES COCOA TOBACCO SUBSIDIES CROPS INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS TO INFORMATION LAND USE PRODUCE AGRICULTURAL IMPORTS CONSUMPTION FERTILIZER SUBSIDIES FOOD SECURITY TRANSPORTATION TEA REGIONAL ECONOMY CROP CLIMATE CHANGE AGRIBUSINESS CASHEW NUTS NESTED LOGIT MODEL SUBSISTENCE CROPS AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS CROP PRICES ELASTICITIES MAIZE YIELDS CLIMATE ACCESSIBILITY REPORTS SEED TYPES RURAL POVERTY GLOBAL FOOD CROP SUITABILITY SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE COFFEE AGRICULTURE FAO PRODUCTION AREA FERTILIZER USE AGRICULTURAL INPUTS ROAD USER EXPORT CROPS ROADS COTTON ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY WALKING GROUNDNUTS SINGLE CROP WATER AVAILABILITY RURAL RESIDENTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS DEMAND FOR FOOD RAILROAD FOOD CROP IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IRRIGATION FOOD CROPS RURAL AREAS POVERTY BANANAS FARMS RAIL HIGH TRANSPORT COOPERATIVES WHEAT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY RICE YIELDS WALKING DISTANCE FOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCY TRANSPORT COSTS DIESEL REMOTE AREAS COMMODITY COFFEE EXPORTS PRODUCTION COSTS FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
spellingShingle	LIVING STANDARDS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH HOUSEHOLD SIZE ACCESS TO FERTILIZER CROP VARIETY SUBSISTENCE FERTILIZER DOMESTIC FOOD SORGHUM CROP SELECTION GLOBAL MARKETS AGRICULTURE SECTOR FOOD CONSUMPTION SCHOOLING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE CROP PRODUCERS ACCESS TO IRRIGATION AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT FERTILIZER COST CASSAVA IFPRI AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS TRAFFIC RURAL POPULATION OIL PALM REGION SMALL FARMERS CROP PRICE MAIZE CROP YIELD GLOBAL DEMAND FOR FOOD CLIMATIC CONDITIONS ROAD CROP PRODUCTION FOOD CROP PRODUCTION CEREALS COSTS COMMERCIALIZATION AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES CASH CROPS TRAINING CROP TYPE CROP CHOICE COTTON PRICES TRANSPORT HOUSEHOLD HEAD INCOME GROWTH SEEDS SESAME COTTON SECTOR PALM OIL REGIONAL MARKET FOOD PRODUCERS SEED CROP CHOICES LAND RIGHTS CROP ALTERNATIVES FARMING IRRIGATION WATER FARMERS RURAL ROADS NATURAL RESOURCES COCOA TOBACCO SUBSIDIES CROPS INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS TO INFORMATION LAND USE PRODUCE AGRICULTURAL IMPORTS CONSUMPTION FERTILIZER SUBSIDIES FOOD SECURITY TRANSPORTATION TEA REGIONAL ECONOMY CROP CLIMATE CHANGE AGRIBUSINESS CASHEW NUTS NESTED LOGIT MODEL SUBSISTENCE CROPS AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS CROP PRICES ELASTICITIES MAIZE YIELDS CLIMATE ACCESSIBILITY REPORTS SEED TYPES RURAL POVERTY GLOBAL FOOD CROP SUITABILITY SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE COFFEE AGRICULTURE FAO PRODUCTION AREA FERTILIZER USE AGRICULTURAL INPUTS ROAD USER EXPORT CROPS ROADS COTTON ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY WALKING GROUNDNUTS SINGLE CROP WATER AVAILABILITY RURAL RESIDENTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS DEMAND FOR FOOD RAILROAD FOOD CROP IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IRRIGATION FOOD CROPS RURAL AREAS POVERTY BANANAS FARMS RAIL HIGH TRANSPORT COOPERATIVES WHEAT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY RICE YIELDS WALKING DISTANCE FOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCY TRANSPORT COSTS DIESEL REMOTE AREAS COMMODITY COFFEE EXPORTS PRODUCTION COSTS FINANCIAL INCENTIVES Iimi, Atsushi Humphreys, Richard Martin Melibaeva, Sevara Crop Choice and Infrastructure Accessibility in Tanzania : Subsistence Crops or Export Crops?
geographic_facet	Africa Tanzania
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7306
description	Africa has great potential for agriculture. Although international commodity prices have been buoyant, Africa’s supply response seems to be weak. A variety of constraints may exist. Using the case of Tanzania, the paper examines the impact of market connectivity, domestic and international, on farmers’ crop choices. It is shown that the international market connectivity, measured by transport costs to the maritime port, is important for farmers to choose export crops, such as cotton and tobacco. Internal connectivity to the domestic market is also found to be important for growing food crops, such as maize and rice. Among other inputs, access to irrigation and improved seed availability are also important factors in the crop choices of farmers. The size of land area is one constraint to promote the crop shift. The paper also reports the finding that farmers are not using market prices effectively in their choice of crop, even after the endogeneity of local prices is taken into account.
format	Working Paper
author	Iimi, Atsushi Humphreys, Richard Martin Melibaeva, Sevara
author_facet	Iimi, Atsushi Humphreys, Richard Martin Melibaeva, Sevara
author_sort	Iimi, Atsushi
title	Crop Choice and Infrastructure Accessibility in Tanzania : Subsistence Crops or Export Crops?
title_short	Crop Choice and Infrastructure Accessibility in Tanzania : Subsistence Crops or Export Crops?
title_full	Crop Choice and Infrastructure Accessibility in Tanzania : Subsistence Crops or Export Crops?
title_fullStr	Crop Choice and Infrastructure Accessibility in Tanzania : Subsistence Crops or Export Crops?
title_full_unstemmed	Crop Choice and Infrastructure Accessibility in Tanzania : Subsistence Crops or Export Crops?
title_sort	crop choice and infrastructure accessibility in tanzania : subsistence crops or export crops?
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2015
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/06/24637475/crop-choice-infrastructure-accessibility-tanzania-subsistence-crops-or-export-crops http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22179
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Crop Choice and Infrastructure Accessibility in Tanzania : Subsistence Crops or Export Crops?

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