Smallholder rice farmers’ post-harvest decisions: preferences and structural factors
研究了坦桑尼亚稻农的收获后决策，发现风险和时间偏好显著影响储存和加工行为，而结构性因素如碾米成本、运输成本和储存损失也起重要作用。
Abstract We study post-harvest decisions among Tanzanian rice farmers. Risk and time preference experiments are used to understand post-harvest decisions. In particular, we investigate storage and processing decisions, which according to our study can increase income by more than 50 per cent, but also introduce risk and time delays. Experimentally elicited risk and time preferences are statistically significant in explaining these post-harvest decisions. Impatient farmers are less likely to store paddy, and risk-averse farmers are less likely both to process and store paddy for future sales. Also, structural factors, such as milling costs, transportation costs and storage losses, influence the post-harvest choices.