Commercialization of Small Scale Agriculture: Cash Crop Production Effect on Household Welfare, Technical Efficiency and Power Relation of the Family in the Case of Were Baye Tabia of Raya Azebo District in Southern Tigray

Tigray regional conference of Ethiopian Economic Association (EEA) 2014 Forthcoming

31 Pages Posted: 16 May 2014 Last revised: 14 Sep 2016

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Taddese Mezgebo

Mekelle University

Menasbo Gebru Tesfay

Mekelle University - CBE - Economics department; Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Dr. Tewelde Ghrmay

Mekelle University - Management Department; International School of Management (ISM) Paris

Date Written: April 11, 2014

Abstract

Commercialization is observed to increase income of farmers but did not generate robust improvement on welfare except in terms of improvement in house roof type. It did not lead to increased livestock ownership but possibly is leading to increased cash saving. In other side it is observed to have negative effect on gender empowerment. The effect on level of technical efficiency on stable crop production is not robust and our result is inconclusive.

Keywords: commercialization, cash crop, technical efficiency, gender empowerment, welfare

Suggested Citation

Mezgebo, Taddese and Tesfay, Menasbo Gebru and Ghrmay, Tewelde, Commercialization of Small Scale Agriculture: Cash Crop Production Effect on Household Welfare, Technical Efficiency and Power Relation of the Family in the Case of Were Baye Tabia of Raya Azebo District in Southern Tigray (April 11, 2014). Tigray regional conference of Ethiopian Economic Association (EEA) 2014 Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2437303 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2437303

Taddese Mezgebo (Contact Author)

Mekelle University ( email )

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Menasbo Gebru Tesfay

Mekelle University - CBE - Economics department ( email )

Mekelle, 451
Ethiopia

Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Oslo
Norway

Tewelde Ghrmay

Mekelle University - Management Department ( email )

P.O. Box 450
Mekelle, Tigray
Ethiopia

International School of Management (ISM) Paris ( email )

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Paris, 75007
France

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