Tefera Tesfaye Lemma, Kirsten Johann F., Perret Sylvain.
2002. Market incentives, farmers' response and a policy dilemma : A case study of chat production in the Eastern Ethiopian Highlands.
In : Annual Conference Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, Bloemfontein, South Africa,18-20 september 2002
Résumé : This paper discusses the reasons for and effects of the dramatic expansion of chat production as a cash crop in the Hararghe Highlands of Ethiopia. Despite the Ministry of Agriculture's deliberate attempt to discourage chat production, farmers continue to shift their scarce resources into chat production. Using data generated by a rural livelihood survey from 197 randomly selected households, economic and non-economic factors contributing to the expansion of chat production are identified and its food and nutritional security impact analysed. The case study confirms once more the power of market incentives in encouraging agricultural activity of peasant farmers even in the absence of functional research and extension systems. The case study shows that households producing chat has good food security and thus the situation present a policy dilemma: Does the government promote or discourage chat production?
Mots-clés Agrovoc : Catha edulis, plante stimulante, revenu, sécurité alimentaire, production
Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Éthiopie
Classification Agris : E16 - Économie de la production
Auteurs et affiliations
- Tefera Tesfaye Lemma, University of Pretoria (ZAF)
- Kirsten Johann F., University of Pretoria (ZAF)
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Perret Sylvain, CIRAD-TERA-REV (ZAF)
ORCID: 0000-0002-8411-3656
Autres liens de la publication
Source : Cirad - Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/512380/)
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