Smallholder farmers’ participation in profitable value chains and contract farming: Evidence from irrigated agriculture in Egypt

Martin Paul Jr Tabe-Ojong and Kibrom A. Abay

No 22, MENA policy notes from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: - Farmers with limited land resources are more likely to devote a larger share of their land to low-value crops such as cereals while this pattern weakens with increasing land size and slightly reverses for high-value crops such as spices and herbs. - Smallholders in Egypt face a trade-off between ensuring food security to their house holds and maximizing profit, and land plays a major factor in moderating this trade-off. - Younger and wealthier farmers are more likely to participate in the cultivation of high value crops such as spices and herbs as well as contract farming. - There exist strong complementarities between participation in high-value value chains and contract farming.; Key messages The participation of smallholder farmers in high-value and profitable value chains as well as contract farming remains low in Africa.

Keywords: value chains; high-value agricultural products; farmers; crops; households; smallholders; food security; land; contract farming; cereal crops; profit; age; Egypt; Middle East; Northern Africa; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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