Horticulture Exports, Agro-industrialization and Farm-nonfarm Linkages with the Smallholder Farm Sector: Evidence from Senegal

Arbeitspapier

In this paper we address the question of firm-nonfirm linkages at the household level for a case-study in Senegal. We examine whether increasing off-firm employment opportunities for rural households ?resulting from increased horticulture exports and associated agro-industrialization ?has benefitted the smallholder firm sector through investment linkages. We use data from a household survey in the main horticulture export region in Senegal. We find that access to unskilled employment in the export agro-industry has contributed to alleviation firmers?liquidity constraints, resulting in increased smallholder agricultural production.

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• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: LICOS Discussion Paper ; No. 214

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Labor Demand ; Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets ; Agriculture in International Trade
• Thema: farm-nonfarm linkages ; agri-food exports ; smallholder farming ; rural development ; Gartenbauprodukt ; Außenhandel ; Agroindustrie ; Ländliches Einkommen ; Landwirtschaftlicher Familienbetrieb ; Agrarproduktion ; Senegal

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Maertens, Miet
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance
• (wo): Leuven
• (wann): 2008

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• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/74891
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ