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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Main Authors:	Carletto, Calogero, Kirk, Angeli, Winters, Paul, Davis, Benjamin
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	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
Online Access:	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