@article{Mignouna:230219,
      recid = {230219},
      author = {Mignouna, D.B. and Abdoulaye, T. and Alene, A. and  Akinola, A.A. and Manyong, V.M.},
      title = {Drivers of Market Participation Decisions among  Small-scale Farmers in Yam Growing Areas of Nigeria and  Ghana},
      address = {2015-08},
      number = {1008-2016-80294},
      pages = {23},
      year = {2015},
      abstract = {Participation in agricultural markets could be the main  weapon against hunger to lift millions of poor farmers out  of poverty traps. Unfortunately, most of the potential  beneficiaries are constrained by several factors in their  quest to participate in the yam market. This study, thus,  clarified the underpinning drivers of market participation  among small-scale farmers in yam belt of West Africa. Using  a multistage random sample of 1400 households, the study  tests the hypothesis that factors affecting farmers’  decision to participate are not necessarily the same as  those affecting the extent of participation. Non-price  constraints played a significant role in determining  decisions on market participation. Policies that reduce  transactions costs and induce farmers to commercialize  could be critical alternatives to policies based on price  to promote a marketed surplus and the commercialization of  agriculture by yam farmers and thereby alleviate poverty.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/230219},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.230219},
}