Achieng Onyango Lilian, Ayuya Ingasia Oscar, W. S. Kenneth
{"title":"Determining the pathway for commercialization of bioenergy technologies and products among stakeholders in the bioenergy value chain in Baringo County, Kenya","authors":"Achieng Onyango Lilian, Ayuya Ingasia Oscar, W. S. Kenneth","doi":"10.5897/jdae2023.1390","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/jdae2023.1390","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":90891,"journal":{"name":"Journal of development and agricultural economics","volume":"26 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141795216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of adoption lag of soil and water conservation practices on crop productivity in Sio-Malaba Malakisi Basin of Kenya-Uganda border","authors":"Nyirahabimana Hyacinthe, Turinawe Alice, Lederer Jakob, Karungi Jeninah","doi":"10.5897/jdae2023.1400","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/jdae2023.1400","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":90891,"journal":{"name":"Journal of development and agricultural economics","volume":"27 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141795094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Determinants of utilization of banana value addition among small-scale agripreneurs in Kenya: A case of Kisii County","authors":"Nyabwari Ntabo Agnes, Otieno Okello Dickson, Nzula Muange Elijah","doi":"10.5897/jdae2023.1398","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/jdae2023.1398","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":90891,"journal":{"name":"Journal of development and agricultural economics","volume":"1 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140360484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Smallholder rural farm households face increasing pressure to diversify their livelihood strategies to supplement their meager and unstable agricultural productivity. The objective of the study was to assess the determinants of smallholder rural farm households’ choice of livelihood diversification strategies in sub-Zoba Debarwa, Zoba Debub, and Eritrea. Data were collected from 201 randomly selected rural households from six villages. The results of the study revealed that the majority (80.5%) of the farmers were able to diversify their livelihoods into either off-farm or non-farm or combined income activities, whereas the remaining 19.4% of the households were unable to diversify and rely only on farming for their livelihood. The multinomial logit model of the household demonstrated that the sex of the household head, level of education of the household head, age of the household head, average education of members, invalidism, family size, remittance, farm experience of the household head, livestock holding, farm size, irrigation size, and access to credit services have a significant effect on livelihood diversification strategies. Thus, these results have implications for the design of rural development policies that stimulate rural farm households to participate in non/off-farm activities and strengthen their livelihood security.
{"title":"Assessing the determinants of farm households choice of livelihood diversification strategies in Sub Zoba Debarwa, Eritrea","authors":"Ghirmai Tesfamariam Teame","doi":"10.5897/jdae2023.1394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/jdae2023.1394","url":null,"abstract":"Smallholder rural farm households face increasing pressure to diversify their livelihood strategies to supplement their meager and unstable agricultural productivity. The objective of the study was to assess the determinants of smallholder rural farm households’ choice of livelihood diversification strategies in sub-Zoba Debarwa, Zoba Debub, and Eritrea. Data were collected from 201 randomly selected rural households from six villages. The results of the study revealed that the majority (80.5%) of the farmers were able to diversify their livelihoods into either off-farm or non-farm or combined income activities, whereas the remaining 19.4% of the households were unable to diversify and rely only on farming for their livelihood. The multinomial logit model of the household demonstrated that the sex of the household head, level of education of the household head, age of the household head, average education of members, invalidism, family size, remittance, farm experience of the household head, livestock holding, farm size, irrigation size, and access to credit services have a significant effect on livelihood diversification strategies. Thus, these results have implications for the design of rural development policies that stimulate rural farm households to participate in non/off-farm activities and strengthen their livelihood security.","PeriodicalId":90891,"journal":{"name":"Journal of development and agricultural economics","volume":"13 17","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139199999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nanjala Nambafu Scolastica, B. Hillary, Waluse S. Kenneth
The study aimed at determining the vertical market linkages that exist between smallholder African indigenous vegetable (AIV) farmers and other actors in Bungoma County, Kenya. Multistage sampling was employed to identify a sample of 384 respondents. Primary data collection was accomplished through observations and interviews using a pretested semi-structured questionnaire. Data were analyzed using STATA. The results indicated that African nightshade was the most commonly produced AIV at 73.9%, followed by cowpeas at 68.8%, spider plant at 63.3%, jute mallow at 34.4%, and vegetable amaranth at 21.9%. Smallholder AIV farmers had links to various market actors such as retailers, wholesalers, processors, and final consumers. However, these farmers also faced several challenges including transaction uncertainties, limited access to market information, and high transaction costs. Thus, there was a need for vertical market linkages in order to increase the competitiveness of AIV producers in the market. Vertical market linkages in Bungoma County mainly consist of producer-final consumer (98.7%), producer-retailer (91.7%), producer-processor (29.2%), and producer-wholesaler (19.8%) linkages. The producer-retailer and other vertical market linkages were predominantly informal, encompassing 94% of the total. Farmer-processor linkages, however, had a higher proportion of formal (11.9%) relationships. AIVs are popular in local Kenyan cuisine and this provides a major source of income for smallholder farmers. The informality of the relationship between farmers and market actors is a time-saving and less-complex option. Establishing community-based organizations and associations can improve access to formal markets and facilitate sourcing in large quantities at regular intervals.
{"title":"Vertical market linkages between smallholder African indigenous vegetables farmers and other market actors in Bungoma County","authors":"Nanjala Nambafu Scolastica, B. Hillary, Waluse S. Kenneth","doi":"10.5897/jdae2023.1380","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/jdae2023.1380","url":null,"abstract":"The study aimed at determining the vertical market linkages that exist between smallholder African indigenous vegetable (AIV) farmers and other actors in Bungoma County, Kenya. Multistage sampling was employed to identify a sample of 384 respondents. Primary data collection was accomplished through observations and interviews using a pretested semi-structured questionnaire. Data were analyzed using STATA. The results indicated that African nightshade was the most commonly produced AIV at 73.9%, followed by cowpeas at 68.8%, spider plant at 63.3%, jute mallow at 34.4%, and vegetable amaranth at 21.9%. Smallholder AIV farmers had links to various market actors such as retailers, wholesalers, processors, and final consumers. However, these farmers also faced several challenges including transaction uncertainties, limited access to market information, and high transaction costs. Thus, there was a need for vertical market linkages in order to increase the competitiveness of AIV producers in the market. Vertical market linkages in Bungoma County mainly consist of producer-final consumer (98.7%), producer-retailer (91.7%), producer-processor (29.2%), and producer-wholesaler (19.8%) linkages. The producer-retailer and other vertical market linkages were predominantly informal, encompassing 94% of the total. Farmer-processor linkages, however, had a higher proportion of formal (11.9%) relationships. AIVs are popular in local Kenyan cuisine and this provides a major source of income for smallholder farmers. The informality of the relationship between farmers and market actors is a time-saving and less-complex option. Establishing community-based organizations and associations can improve access to formal markets and facilitate sourcing in large quantities at regular intervals.","PeriodicalId":90891,"journal":{"name":"Journal of development and agricultural economics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44040077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This manuscript shows a characterisation of critical agricultural household features that are fundamental for performance of agricultural activities in Uganda. Data from the 2018 Annual Agricultural Survey show that these households are exposed to a series of circumstances that make agriculture a challenging enterprise to undertake, but at the same time essential for subsistence. These challenges are mainly associated with large segments of agricultural population dedicated to farming in reduced land-cropping areas, generalized practice of subsistence farming, limited land tenure rights, critical low levels of education affecting agricultural productivity, limited use of improved agricultural inputs (fertilizers, pesticides, and seeds), and marginal use of irrigation practices. These challenges are of intra and extra-farm nature, and as such a holistic vision to address them is needed.
{"title":"Characterising agricultural holdings in Uganda: Inputs to improving policy formulation","authors":"Ariel Telleria Juarez Roberto, Tusiime Maxmillian","doi":"10.5897/jdae2022.1368","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/jdae2022.1368","url":null,"abstract":"This manuscript shows a characterisation of critical agricultural household features that are fundamental for performance of agricultural activities in Uganda. Data from the 2018 Annual Agricultural Survey show that these households are exposed to a series of circumstances that make agriculture a challenging enterprise to undertake, but at the same time essential for subsistence. These challenges are mainly associated with large segments of agricultural population dedicated to farming in reduced land-cropping areas, generalized practice of subsistence farming, limited land tenure rights, critical low levels of education affecting agricultural productivity, limited use of improved agricultural inputs (fertilizers, pesticides, and seeds), and marginal use of irrigation practices. These challenges are of intra and extra-farm nature, and as such a holistic vision to address them is needed.","PeriodicalId":90891,"journal":{"name":"Journal of development and agricultural economics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44272004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Oninkitan Agani, A. Jacob, Tassou Zakari Filikibirou, Issaka Kassimou
Soil degradation is increasingly becoming a problem for agricultural production due to poor production practices. The search for solutions to this phenomenon has led producers to adopt sustainable land management (SLM) strategies proposed by projects and programs. This study aims to evaluate the effect of SLM measures on the economic efficiency of maize producers who are beneficiaries of the Projet de Résiliences aux effets des ChangementsClimatiquespar la Gestion Durable des Terres au Nord Bénin (Project of Climate Change Resilience through Sustainable Land Management in Northern Benin PRCC-GDT). Economic efficiency was estimated using stochastic frontier models and dual cost function with the Cobb-Douglas specification, respectively. Socio-economic data were collected through a survey of a random sample of 152 producers, including 73 beneficiaries and 79 non-beneficiaries in the communes of Kouandé and Malanville. The results obtained show that pigeon pea, mucuna, soil fertility management, crop association, crop rotation, direct seeding, perpendicular plowing, the use of improved plants, and the use of drought-tolerant seeds are the measures most applied in maize production. The technical, allocative, and economic efficiencies are respectively on average 0.4419; 0.9887 and 0.4369 for the PRCC-GDT beneficiaries and 0.4110; 0.9887 and 0.4059 for the non-beneficiaries. Pigeon pea, crop rotation, mucuna, and the use of drought-tolerant seeds are the measures that ensure the economic efficiency of beneficiaries. Agricultural policies must be put in place to promote the adoption of SLM measures that are most effective in ensuring sustainable agriculture.
{"title":"Effect of sustainable land management (SLM) measures disseminated by the climate change resilience through sustainable land management project on the economic efficiency of maize producers in the communes of Malanville and Kouand in northern Benin","authors":"Oninkitan Agani, A. Jacob, Tassou Zakari Filikibirou, Issaka Kassimou","doi":"10.5897/jdae2022.1363","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/jdae2022.1363","url":null,"abstract":"Soil degradation is increasingly becoming a problem for agricultural production due to poor production practices. The search for solutions to this phenomenon has led producers to adopt sustainable land management (SLM) strategies proposed by projects and programs. This study aims to evaluate the effect of SLM measures on the economic efficiency of maize producers who are beneficiaries of the Projet de Résiliences aux effets des ChangementsClimatiquespar la Gestion Durable des Terres au Nord Bénin (Project of Climate Change Resilience through Sustainable Land Management in Northern Benin PRCC-GDT). Economic efficiency was estimated using stochastic frontier models and dual cost function with the Cobb-Douglas specification, respectively. Socio-economic data were collected through a survey of a random sample of 152 producers, including 73 beneficiaries and 79 non-beneficiaries in the communes of Kouandé and Malanville. The results obtained show that pigeon pea, mucuna, soil fertility management, crop association, crop rotation, direct seeding, perpendicular plowing, the use of improved plants, and the use of drought-tolerant seeds are the measures most applied in maize production. The technical, allocative, and economic efficiencies are respectively on average 0.4419; 0.9887 and 0.4369 for the PRCC-GDT beneficiaries and 0.4110; 0.9887 and 0.4059 for the non-beneficiaries. Pigeon pea, crop rotation, mucuna, and the use of drought-tolerant seeds are the measures that ensure the economic efficiency of beneficiaries. Agricultural policies must be put in place to promote the adoption of SLM measures that are most effective in ensuring sustainable agriculture.","PeriodicalId":90891,"journal":{"name":"Journal of development and agricultural economics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46037378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Selorm Omega, A. T. K. Nuer, Comfort Mathew, Abel Abah, Blessing Mathew, Peter K. Omega
Coronavirus is a novel virus that hit the world starting from developed countries to under-developed countries. Ghana is amongst the countries in Africa that observed some level of confinement by their government leading to the shutdown of various institutions including schools. The resulting impact of the policy saw students being more vulnerable to food insecurity and related issues. This paper examines the effect of Coronavirus on students’ food insecurity status at the University of Cape Coast. The research design adopted for this study was the cross-sectional survey design with the University of Cape Coast, Ghana being the study area. A total of 291 students were randomly selected to participate in the study. Structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The findings of the study show that socioeconomic characteristics of students and food insecurity status showed no association. Students rated the extent of the effect of the pandemic as moderate and the major area of academic life affected was the change in the academic calendar. Class attendance was the most perceived effect of the pandemic. Students also reported that they were rarely food insecure. The study further found out that the best predictors of students’ food insecurity were age, current level, insurance and employment status. The major challenge faced by students during Coronavirus was difficulties in their academics. This led students to adopt mitigation strategies such as online studies, paying heel to Coronavirus protocols, and self- support to mitigate the pandemic’s impact. The study concluded that the academic activities of students of the University of Cape Coast were affected moderately by the pandemic and therefore recommends that the University of Cape Coast should improve its information and communication technology infrastructure to make online classes easier and the school should increase funding opportunity to less privilege students.
{"title":"Effect of coronavirus on students food security status: A case of University of Cape Coast, Ghana","authors":"Selorm Omega, A. T. K. Nuer, Comfort Mathew, Abel Abah, Blessing Mathew, Peter K. Omega","doi":"10.5897/jdae2022.1357","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/jdae2022.1357","url":null,"abstract":"Coronavirus is a novel virus that hit the world starting from developed countries to under-developed countries. Ghana is amongst the countries in Africa that observed some level of confinement by their government leading to the shutdown of various institutions including schools. The resulting impact of the policy saw students being more vulnerable to food insecurity and related issues. This paper examines the effect of Coronavirus on students’ food insecurity status at the University of Cape Coast. The research design adopted for this study was the cross-sectional survey design with the University of Cape Coast, Ghana being the study area. A total of 291 students were randomly selected to participate in the study. Structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The findings of the study show that socioeconomic characteristics of students and food insecurity status showed no association. Students rated the extent of the effect of the pandemic as moderate and the major area of academic life affected was the change in the academic calendar. Class attendance was the most perceived effect of the pandemic. Students also reported that they were rarely food insecure. The study further found out that the best predictors of students’ food insecurity were age, current level, insurance and employment status. The major challenge faced by students during Coronavirus was difficulties in their academics. This led students to adopt mitigation strategies such as online studies, paying heel to Coronavirus protocols, and self- support to mitigate the pandemic’s impact. The study concluded that the academic activities of students of the University of Cape Coast were affected moderately by the pandemic and therefore recommends that the University of Cape Coast should improve its information and communication technology infrastructure to make online classes easier and the school should increase funding opportunity to less privilege students.","PeriodicalId":90891,"journal":{"name":"Journal of development and agricultural economics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44117711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juarez Roberto Ariel Telleria, Antonio Romay Hochkofler Marco
Most agricultural farmers in Senegal make limited use of key agricultural inputs such as fertilizers, certified seeds, irrigation, mechanization and pesticides. Such situation happens in a context where most farmers are exposed to droughts, land degradation, and erratic climatic shocks. These factors typically lead to negative effects on technical efficiency, and therefore unfavorable outcome results in terms of food production, income, and food security. This paper uses the Stochastic Production Frontier model to determine the efficiency of agricultural production in Senegal. The results show that Senegalese agricultural households produce 53% of the output that could potentially be produced with the observed input levels and their available technology. Main drivers of technical inefficiency behind this finding were limited use of fertilizers (both organic and inorganic), low levels of mechanization in agricultural practices, and high vulnerability to droughts, which significantly limit technical efficiency in agricultural production. The implication in terms of agricultural policy suggests that improving technical efficiency would require a combination of measures oriented to promote a wider use of fertilizers, promotion of a more mechanized and equipped agricultural processes, and overall to implement mechanisms to mitigate or reduce the impacts of droughts on agricultural production.
{"title":"Exploring the drivers of technical efficiency in Senegals agricultural production sector","authors":"Juarez Roberto Ariel Telleria, Antonio Romay Hochkofler Marco","doi":"10.5897/jdae2022.1352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/jdae2022.1352","url":null,"abstract":"Most agricultural farmers in Senegal make limited use of key agricultural inputs such as fertilizers, certified seeds, irrigation, mechanization and pesticides. Such situation happens in a context where most farmers are exposed to droughts, land degradation, and erratic climatic shocks. These factors typically lead to negative effects on technical efficiency, and therefore unfavorable outcome results in terms of food production, income, and food security. This paper uses the Stochastic Production Frontier model to determine the efficiency of agricultural production in Senegal. The results show that Senegalese agricultural households produce 53% of the output that could potentially be produced with the observed input levels and their available technology. Main drivers of technical inefficiency behind this finding were limited use of fertilizers (both organic and inorganic), low levels of mechanization in agricultural practices, and high vulnerability to droughts, which significantly limit technical efficiency in agricultural production. The implication in terms of agricultural policy suggests that improving technical efficiency would require a combination of measures oriented to promote a wider use of fertilizers, promotion of a more mechanized and equipped agricultural processes, and overall to implement mechanisms to mitigate or reduce the impacts of droughts on agricultural production.","PeriodicalId":90891,"journal":{"name":"Journal of development and agricultural economics","volume":"85 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41330682","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Technological evolution has triggered more advanced market-based approaches to the transfer of goods, services, and information. In Ghana, Agribusiness small-medium enterprises' electronic commerce adoption is concentrated in Accra and Kumasi. This study spotting the research gap in Agribusiness small-medium enterprises' electronic commerce adoption selected the Upper East Region for the study. The study is centered on examining e-commerce adoption by agribusiness small-medium enterprises’ and the preferred electronic commerce applications adopted by Agribusiness small-medium enterprises' in the Upper East region of Ghana. A simple random sampling technique was adopted for the study. The results of the study show that 91% of agribusiness had adopted electronic commerce for their operations with the major observation that being electronic commerce environment is good for business. The major barrier to adoption was the high cost of adoption of electronic commerce applications. Owner experience, observability, benefits from electronic commerce, trialability and years in business were all found to be factors influencing agribusiness small-medium enterprises’ adoption of electronic commerce. Furthermore, the results also indicated that Agribusiness small-medium enterprises in the Upper East region use electronic commerce applications mostly for customer relation management and interorganisation system. In conclusion to the study, electronic commerce adoption was observed to be rising among agribusiness small-medium enterprises in the Upper East region but the greatest hurdle to their adoption was the high cost of adoption of these applications. The study, therefore, recommends that financial institutions, electronic commerce application manufacturers, and the government should collaborate to subsidy the cost of these electronic applications to agribusiness small-medium enterprises.
{"title":"Adoption of electronic commerce by agribusiness small medium enterprises in the upper east region of Ghana","authors":"Omega Selorm, Akaba Selorm, Ghartey William","doi":"10.5897/jdae2022.1350","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5897/jdae2022.1350","url":null,"abstract":"Technological evolution has triggered more advanced market-based approaches to the transfer of goods, services, and information. In Ghana, Agribusiness small-medium enterprises' electronic commerce adoption is concentrated in Accra and Kumasi. This study spotting the research gap in Agribusiness small-medium enterprises' electronic commerce adoption selected the Upper East Region for the study. The study is centered on examining e-commerce adoption by agribusiness small-medium enterprises’ and the preferred electronic commerce applications adopted by Agribusiness small-medium enterprises' in the Upper East region of Ghana. A simple random sampling technique was adopted for the study. The results of the study show that 91% of agribusiness had adopted electronic commerce for their operations with the major observation that being electronic commerce environment is good for business. The major barrier to adoption was the high cost of adoption of electronic commerce applications. Owner experience, observability, benefits from electronic commerce, trialability and years in business were all found to be factors influencing agribusiness small-medium enterprises’ adoption of electronic commerce. Furthermore, the results also indicated that Agribusiness small-medium enterprises in the Upper East region use electronic commerce applications mostly for customer relation management and interorganisation system. In conclusion to the study, electronic commerce adoption was observed to be rising among agribusiness small-medium enterprises in the Upper East region but the greatest hurdle to their adoption was the high cost of adoption of these applications. The study, therefore, recommends that financial institutions, electronic commerce application manufacturers, and the government should collaborate to subsidy the cost of these electronic applications to agribusiness small-medium enterprises.","PeriodicalId":90891,"journal":{"name":"Journal of development and agricultural economics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43992096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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