Gebre Girma Gezimu, Isoda Hiroshi, Amekawa Yuichiro, Rahut Dil Bahadur, Nomura Hisako, Watanabe Takaaki
Faculty of Environment, Gender and Development Studies, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia.
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Hum Ecol Interdiscip J. 2021;49(4):443-451. doi: 10.1007/s10745-021-00252-x. Epub 2021 Sep 3.
We examine factors affecting the choice of marketing channels for maize among male, female, and joint decision-making farm households using data from households in Dawuro zone, southern Ethiopia. Econometric results suggest that female and joint decision-makers are more likely to sell maize to consumers or retailers in the main local market where the maize price is higher than to wholesale merchants directly from the farm. Individual decision-makers (male or female) who grow improved maize varieties are more likely to sell to wholesalers directly from the farm. This may be an indication of the effectiveness of joint decisions over individual decisions related to the market price. We also found that improved maize varieties distributed to farmers in the study area are of poor quality and that there is a lack of modern storage facilities so that farmers have to sell immediately after harvest during the lower price season. Thus, there is a need for policies promoting the distribution of high-quality maize seeds and encouraging investments in the establishment of modern maize storage facilities in the study area.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10745-021-00252-x.
我们利用埃塞俄比亚南部达乌鲁地区农户的数据，研究了影响男性、女性和共同决策农户选择玉米营销渠道的因素。计量经济学结果表明，女性和共同决策者更有可能将玉米卖给当地主要市场的消费者或零售商，那里的玉米价格高于直接从农场卖给批发商的价格。种植改良玉米品种的个体决策者（男性或女性）更有可能直接从农场卖给批发商。这可能表明在与市场价格相关的决策中，共同决策比个体决策更有效。我们还发现，在研究地区分发给农民的改良玉米品种质量较差，并且缺乏现代储存设施，因此农民不得不在价格较低的收获季节过后立即出售。因此，有必要出台政策，促进优质玉米种子的分发，并鼓励在研究地区投资建设现代玉米储存设施。
在线版本包含可在10.1007/s10745-021-002５2-x获取的补充材料。
