Rural Non-Farm Engagement and Agriculture Commercialization in Ghana: Complements or Competitors?

Paul Nkegbe (), Abdelkrim Araar, Benjamin Abu (), Yazidu Ustarz, Hamdiyah Alhassan, Edinam Dope Setsoafia and Shamsia Abdul-Wahab

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Abstract: We used an endogenous switching probit and a generalized structural equation model (GSEM) to assess the effect of non-farm participation on householders’ decisions to sell and on the level of commercialization of agricultural goods in Ghana. For this study, we used the Ghana Living Standards Survey for the years 2012-2013 and found that non-farm participation consistently increased both the probability of selling crops and quantities sold. We concluded that non-farm engagement by farmers boosts market participation and commercialization in Ghana, implying that non-farm engagement and agricultural commercialization are complementary. Developing the agricultural sector requires the government to create the conditions necessary to stimulate farmers’ participation in non-farm activities.

Keywords: Non-farm participation; Market participation; Commercialization; Endogeneity; Ghana; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D13 Q13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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