Agricultural Commercialisation and Food Security in Rural Economies : Malawian Experience

Radchenko, Natalia ; Corral, Paul

Taylor and Francis

关键词: AGRICULTURAL COMMERIALIZATION;    CASH CROPS;    FOOD SECURITY;    MARKET FAILURE;    TREATMENT EFFECTS;   

DOI  :  10.1080/00220388.2017.1283014
RP-ID  :  125357

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This paper contributes to the debate on the nutrition-related outcomes of cash crop adoption by using a model with essential heterogeneity and a semi-parametric estimation technique. The model explicitly frames non-separability between production and consumption decisions of farming households providing an original test of separability. The empirical application is run using Malawian data. The results imply rational anticipations and decision process of agrarian households relative to the crop portfolio choice, disparate strength of market barriers faced by the farmers, non-separability between production and consumption decisions and a weak transmission from agricultural incomes to higher food expenditures and better diet.