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DOI	10.1111/agec.12573
	Access to markets, weather risk, and livestock production decisions: Evidence from Ethiopia
	Abay, Kibrom A.1; Jensen, Nathaniel D.2
通讯作者	Abay, Kibrom A.
来源期刊	AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
ISSN	0169-5150
EISSN	1574-0862
出版年	2020
卷号	51 期号:4 页码:577-593
英文摘要	Despite several studies showing the effect of access to markets and weather conditions on crop production, we know quite little on whether and how livestock production systems respond to variation in weather risk and access to markets. In this paper, we study whether and how livestock production responds to (access to) markets and varying weather risk. We also explore whether such responses vary across livelihood zones and livestock production systems. We study these research questions using households' livestock production, ownership, and marketing decisions of households in Ethiopia. We find that households living close to markets are more likely to engage in market-oriented livestock production and use modern livestock inputs. We also find that households exposed to more unpredictable weather are less likely to engage in livestock production for markets, rather they are more likely to engage in livestock production for precautionary savings and insurance. Furthermore, greater rainfall uncertainty influences livestock portfolio allocation toward those which can be easily liquidated while also discouraging investment in modern livestock inputs. However, these responses and patterns vary across livelihood zones and production systems; most of these stylized responses and impacts are more pronounced and significant in the arid and semi-arid lands of Ethiopia, where livestock herding remains a dominant source of livelihood. Those households relying only on livestock production seem more sensitive and responsive to weather risk and weather shocks. The heterogeneity in responses and impacts of weather risk among farming systems and livelihoods highlights the need for more tailored livestock sector policies and interventions.
英文关键词	livestock production marketing markets portfolio allocation weather risk
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Egypt ; Kenya
开放获取类型	Green Submitted, hybrid
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000530461300001
WOS关键词	TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION ; TRANSACTIONS COSTS ; MISSING MARKETS ; CROP PRODUCTION ; FERTILIZER USE ; POVERTY TRAPS ; KENYA ; PARTICIPATION ; COUNTRIES ; TRANSFERS
WOS类目	Agricultural Economics & Policy ; Economics
WOS研究方向	Agriculture ; Business & Economics
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/318625
作者单位	1.Int Food Policy Res Inst, Cairo, Egypt; 2.ILRI, Nairobi, Kenya
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Abay, Kibrom A.,Jensen, Nathaniel D.. Access to markets, weather risk, and livestock production decisions: Evidence from Ethiopia[J],2020,51(4):577-593.
APA	Abay, Kibrom A.,&Jensen, Nathaniel D..(2020).Access to markets, weather risk, and livestock production decisions: Evidence from Ethiopia.AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS,51(4),577-593.
MLA	Abay, Kibrom A.,et al."Access to markets, weather risk, and livestock production decisions: Evidence from Ethiopia".AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 51.4(2020):577-593.