Crop production, transport infrastructure, and agrobusiness nexus : evidence from Madagascar / Atsushi Iimi, Liangzhi You, Ulrike Wood-Sichra

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: World Bank E-Library Archive | Policy research working paper ; 8486Publisher: Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group, Transport and Digital Development Practice, June 2018Description: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 22 Seiten) : IllustrationenSubject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Erscheint auch als: Crop Production, Transport Infrastructure, and Agrobusiness Nexus: Evidence from Madagascar. Druck-Ausgabe Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2018DOI: DOI: 10.1596/1813-9450-8486Online resources: Summary: The literature suggests a wide range of impacts of improved transport connectivity on agricultural growth. Still, the infrastructure-growth nexus remains somewhat mysterious, particularly in the African context, because many rural farmers do not have their own transport means. Using data from Madagascar, the paper reexamines the important roles of agrobusinesses. By applying the spatial autoregressive model, it is shown that proximity to input-oriented agrobusinesses, such as input dealers and equipment suppliers, is particularly important to increase rice production. Fertilizer and irrigation use is also found important, indicating the needs for intensification in rice production. Market accessibility is always found as a significant determinant: transport infrastructure connecting farmers and markets, especially the capital city, Antananarivo, is therefore important to develop and maintainPPN: PPN: 1027352766Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-WBA | ZDB-110-WBO
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