Non-Traditional Crops, Traditional Constraints : The Adoption and Diffusion of Export Crops Among Guatemalan Smallholders
This paper uses a duration analysis based on adoption data spanning more than 25 years from six communities in the Central Highlands of Guatemala. The analysis explores how household characteristics and external trends play into both the adoption a...
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ACCESS TO CREDIT AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL SEASON AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION ANALYTICAL METHODS ANTI-POVERTY ASSET OWNERSHIP AVERAGE PRICE AVERAGE PRICES CAPITAL ASSETS CASH CROPS CATTLE TECHNOLOGY CENTRAL AMERICA CENTRAL AMERICAN CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS COLD WEATHER COMMERCIALIZATION COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION LEVELS CREDIT ACCESS CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CROP PRODUCTION DAMAGES DEBT DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISECONOMIES OF SCALE DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC MARKET DRY SEASON DURABLE GOODS EARNINGS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMIES OF SCOPE EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPORT CROP EXPORT CROPS EXPORT MARKET EXPORTS EXTENSION FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARM SIZE FARMER FARMERS FERTILIZERS FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FUNCTIONAL FORMS GLOBAL MARKETS HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD HOUSEHOLD ACCESS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL ASSETS INEQUALITY INFLATION INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MARKET INTERNATIONAL TRADE IRRIGATION LAND ASSETS LAND AVAILABILITY LAND DEPLETION LAND HOLDINGS LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PRICES LAND QUALITY LAND RESOURCES LAND SHORTAGE LAND SIZE LIMITED ACCESS LIQUIDITY LIVELIHOODS MAJORITY OF FARMERS MALNUTRITION MARKET ACCESS MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET FORCES MARKETING MORAL HAZARD NEW MARKET NEW TECHNOLOGIES NUTRITION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POOR FARMERS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POOR RURAL COMMUNITIES POORER HOUSEHOLDS POORER PEOPLE POVERTY ALLEVIATION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION PRICE CHANGES PRICE DECLINES PRICE FLUCTUATIONS PRICE INCENTIVES PRICE TREND PRICE UNCERTAINTY PRODUCT QUALITY PRODUCTION COSTS PROFITABILITY RISK AVERSION RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL POOR SCHOOLING SCIENTISTS SMALLHOLDER SMALLHOLDERS SOURCE OF CREDIT SPREAD SUBSTITUTE SUSTAINABLE POVERTY ALLEVIATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UNEMPLOYMENT VEGETABLE CROPS VEGETABLES VILLAGE VILLAGE LEVEL WEALTH |
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ACCESS TO CREDIT AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL SEASON AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION ANALYTICAL METHODS ANTI-POVERTY ASSET OWNERSHIP AVERAGE PRICE AVERAGE PRICES CAPITAL ASSETS CASH CROPS CATTLE TECHNOLOGY CENTRAL AMERICA CENTRAL AMERICAN CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS COLD WEATHER COMMERCIALIZATION COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION LEVELS CREDIT ACCESS CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CROP PRODUCTION DAMAGES DEBT DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISECONOMIES OF SCALE DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC MARKET DRY SEASON DURABLE GOODS EARNINGS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMIES OF SCOPE EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPORT CROP EXPORT CROPS EXPORT MARKET EXPORTS EXTENSION FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARM SIZE FARMER FARMERS FERTILIZERS FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FUNCTIONAL FORMS GLOBAL MARKETS HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD HOUSEHOLD ACCESS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL ASSETS INEQUALITY INFLATION INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MARKET INTERNATIONAL TRADE IRRIGATION LAND ASSETS LAND AVAILABILITY LAND DEPLETION LAND HOLDINGS LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PRICES LAND QUALITY LAND RESOURCES LAND SHORTAGE LAND SIZE LIMITED ACCESS LIQUIDITY LIVELIHOODS MAJORITY OF FARMERS MALNUTRITION MARKET ACCESS MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET FORCES MARKETING MORAL HAZARD NEW MARKET NEW TECHNOLOGIES NUTRITION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POOR FARMERS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POOR RURAL COMMUNITIES POORER HOUSEHOLDS POORER PEOPLE POVERTY ALLEVIATION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION PRICE CHANGES PRICE DECLINES PRICE FLUCTUATIONS PRICE INCENTIVES PRICE TREND PRICE UNCERTAINTY PRODUCT QUALITY PRODUCTION COSTS PROFITABILITY RISK AVERSION RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL POOR SCHOOLING SCIENTISTS SMALLHOLDER SMALLHOLDERS SOURCE OF CREDIT SPREAD SUBSTITUTE SUSTAINABLE POVERTY ALLEVIATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UNEMPLOYMENT VEGETABLE CROPS VEGETABLES VILLAGE VILLAGE LEVEL WEALTH Carletto, Calogero Kirk, Angeli Winters, Paul Davis, Benjamin Non-Traditional Crops, Traditional Constraints : The Adoption and Diffusion of Export Crops Among Guatemalan Smallholders |
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Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4347 |
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This paper uses a duration analysis
based on adoption data spanning more than 25 years from six
communities in the Central Highlands of Guatemala. The
analysis explores how household characteristics and external
trends play into both the adoption and diffusion processes
of non-traditional exports among smallholders. Adoption was
initially widespread and rapid, which led nontraditional
exports to be hailed as a pro-poor success, reaching all but
the smallest landholders. However, over time more than
two-thirds of adopters eventually dropped out of production
of nontraditional exports. Based on the analysis, production
of nontraditional exports appears to have delivered less
prosperity to adopters than initially promised. Although
smallholders may be enticed into entering into
nontraditional exports markets when conditions are
favorable, they may lack the capacity to overcome the
difficulties that inevitably arise in complex types of
cultivations and in highly variable global agricultural
markets. Governmental and non-governmental organizations can
attempt to mitigate these difficulties, but market forces
may overwhelm their efforts, with some adopters still unable
to compete in global markets. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Carletto, Calogero Kirk, Angeli Winters, Paul Davis, Benjamin |
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Carletto, Calogero Kirk, Angeli Winters, Paul Davis, Benjamin |
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Carletto, Calogero |
| title |
Non-Traditional Crops, Traditional Constraints : The Adoption and Diffusion of Export Crops Among Guatemalan Smallholders |
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Non-Traditional Crops, Traditional Constraints : The Adoption and Diffusion of Export Crops Among Guatemalan Smallholders |
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Non-Traditional Crops, Traditional Constraints : The Adoption and Diffusion of Export Crops Among Guatemalan Smallholders |
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Non-Traditional Crops, Traditional Constraints : The Adoption and Diffusion of Export Crops Among Guatemalan Smallholders |
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Non-Traditional Crops, Traditional Constraints : The Adoption and Diffusion of Export Crops Among Guatemalan Smallholders |
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non-traditional crops, traditional constraints : the adoption and diffusion of export crops among guatemalan smallholders |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/09/8358340/non-traditional-crops-traditional-constraints-adoption-diffusion-export-crops-among-guatemalan-smallholders http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7358 |
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okr-10986-73582021-04-23T14:02:34Z Non-Traditional Crops, Traditional Constraints : The Adoption and Diffusion of Export Crops Among Guatemalan Smallholders Carletto, Calogero Kirk, Angeli Winters, Paul Davis, Benjamin ACCESS TO CREDIT AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL SEASON AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION ANALYTICAL METHODS ANTI-POVERTY ASSET OWNERSHIP AVERAGE PRICE AVERAGE PRICES CAPITAL ASSETS CASH CROPS CATTLE TECHNOLOGY CENTRAL AMERICA CENTRAL AMERICAN CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS COLD WEATHER COMMERCIALIZATION COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMER PRICE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMPTION LEVELS CREDIT ACCESS CREDIT CONSTRAINTS CROP PRODUCTION DAMAGES DEBT DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISECONOMIES OF SCALE DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC MARKET DRY SEASON DURABLE GOODS EARNINGS ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIES OF SCALE ECONOMIES OF SCOPE EQUIPMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPORT CROP EXPORT CROPS EXPORT MARKET EXPORTS EXTENSION FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARM SIZE FARMER FARMERS FERTILIZERS FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FUNCTIONAL FORMS GLOBAL MARKETS HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD HOUSEHOLD ACCESS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL ASSETS INEQUALITY INFLATION INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL MARKET INTERNATIONAL TRADE IRRIGATION LAND ASSETS LAND AVAILABILITY LAND DEPLETION LAND HOLDINGS LAND OWNERSHIP LAND PRICES LAND QUALITY LAND RESOURCES LAND SHORTAGE LAND SIZE LIMITED ACCESS LIQUIDITY LIVELIHOODS MAJORITY OF FARMERS MALNUTRITION MARKET ACCESS MARKET CONDITIONS MARKET FORCES MARKETING MORAL HAZARD NEW MARKET NEW TECHNOLOGIES NUTRITION PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POOR FARMERS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POOR RURAL COMMUNITIES POORER HOUSEHOLDS POORER PEOPLE POVERTY ALLEVIATION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION PRICE CHANGES PRICE DECLINES PRICE FLUCTUATIONS PRICE INCENTIVES PRICE TREND PRICE UNCERTAINTY PRODUCT QUALITY PRODUCTION COSTS PROFITABILITY RISK AVERSION RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL POOR SCHOOLING SCIENTISTS SMALLHOLDER SMALLHOLDERS SOURCE OF CREDIT SPREAD SUBSTITUTE SUSTAINABLE POVERTY ALLEVIATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UNEMPLOYMENT VEGETABLE CROPS VEGETABLES VILLAGE VILLAGE LEVEL WEALTH This paper uses a duration analysis based on adoption data spanning more than 25 years from six communities in the Central Highlands of Guatemala. The analysis explores how household characteristics and external trends play into both the adoption and diffusion processes of non-traditional exports among smallholders. Adoption was initially widespread and rapid, which led nontraditional exports to be hailed as a pro-poor success, reaching all but the smallest landholders. However, over time more than two-thirds of adopters eventually dropped out of production of nontraditional exports. Based on the analysis, production of nontraditional exports appears to have delivered less prosperity to adopters than initially promised. Although smallholders may be enticed into entering into nontraditional exports markets when conditions are favorable, they may lack the capacity to overcome the difficulties that inevitably arise in complex types of cultivations and in highly variable global agricultural markets. Governmental and non-governmental organizations can attempt to mitigate these difficulties, but market forces may overwhelm their efforts, with some adopters still unable to compete in global markets. 2012-06-06T21:39:08Z 2012-06-06T21:39:08Z 2007-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/09/8358340/non-traditional-crops-traditional-constraints-adoption-diffusion-export-crops-among-guatemalan-smallholders http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7358 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4347 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Guatemala |