@article{Nyikahadzoi:198127,
      recid = {198127},
      author = {Nyikahadzoi, Kefasi and Siziba, Shepherd and Mango, Nelson  and Zamasiya, Byron and Adekunhle, Adenkule Adewale},
      title = {The Impact of Integrated Agricultural Research for  Development on Collective Marketing among Smallholder  Farmers of Southern Africa},
      journal = {Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development},
      address = {2013-05},
      number = {393-2016-23965},
      series = {8-217-AJARD-3(5)2013, 321-336},
      pages = {16},
      year = {2013},
      abstract = {This article demonstrates how Integrated Agricultural  Research for Development (IAR4D) impacts on collective  marketing among smallholder farmers of southern Africa  through increased crop productivity, yields and income. We  use a quasi-experimental design to compare outcomes under  IAR4D and under two other states namely conventional  approach and non-intervention. The study relies on primary  data collected from 665 households during baseline and end  line survey. Results from the study show that IAR4D had a  positive and significant impact on improving collective  marketing in intervention sites as compared to the control  sites. In conclusion, the paper demonstrates empirically  that collective marketing can help smallholder farmers to  reduce barriers to entry into lucrative agricultural  markets through IAR4D by lowering transaction costs of  accessing input and produce markets. This finding is  particularly very important given that middlemen and small  traders face huge transaction costs of dealing with many  sellers each selling small quantities.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/198127},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.198127},
}