@article{Benmehaia:262681,
      recid = {262681},
      author = {Benmehaia, Amine M.  and Brabez, Fatima },
      title = {An Empirical Analysis of Vertical Integration Determinants  among Peasant Farmers in Northern Algeria},
      journal = {International Journal of Agricultural Management and  Development (IJAMAD)},
      address = {2017-06-01},
      number = {1047-2017-1768},
      year = {2017},
      abstract = {This study aims to analyze the determinants of vertical  integration (ownership and contracting) among peasant  farmers in Northern Algeria. The choice of asset control is  between ownership and a simple contracting. Thus, the  integration of vertical stages of agricultural production  leads to higher gross margins, influences the choice of  marketing and supply channels, and improves market  participation of farmers. Three different regression models  were used to determine the likelihood of a peasant  household to integrate vertically (and horizontally) in its  enterprise. Data were collected from 635 smallholder  farmers in Northern Algeria. Farm structure, farm size,  farmers' age, farmers’ level of education, seasonality, and  geographical location were assumed to be the key factors in  accounting for a household’s likelihood to vertically  integrate in its farming enterprise. These key factors  affect the household’s likelihood of horizontal  integration. The study, then, carries the implication that  policy-makers should develop increased awareness of farm  structure, its scale, seasonal and spatial nature of  agricultural production, as well as of some farmers’ social  characteristics in order to be able to improve the  agricultural productivity.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/262681},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.262681},
}