Traditional Food Crop Marketing in Sub-Saharan Africa: Does Gender Matter?
研究了肯尼亚西部270户指粟种植户的数据，分析影响农户市场参与和销售价格的因素，重点关注性别和农民团体参与的作用。
The present study aims to contribute to the scarce literature on traditional food crop marketing by analysing the factors influencing (a) the household’s decision to participate in the market and (b) the selling prices obtained by the household. Using an econometric approach, we analyse household data from 270 finger millet producers in western Kenya. A main focus of the study lies on the role of gender and farmer group participation. Results show that group membership increases the probability of market participation and is of particular importance for female farmers, who obtain higher selling prices when participating in a group.