<p>This dissertation has three essays that are
focused on understanding smallholder farmers’ choices in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly,
Malawi. The first essay uses a clustered randomized control trial (RCT) to
evaluate the impact of storage and commitment constraints on farmers’ legume
storage bevavior. The second essay is motivated by the incomplete quality
information problem within informal markets that undermines consumers’ demand
for quality and lead to lemons market. In this essay, we use a clustered RCT
along with the Becker DeGroote Marshack auctions amongst 1,098 farm households
to evaluate whether providing food safety (aflatoxins) information increases
consumers’ demand for grain quality and whether that demand for quality varies
depending on food availability. The third essay uses stochastic dynamic
programming to explore the role of market risk and expenditure shocks on
smallholder farmers’ storage and marketing behavior.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:purdue.edu/oai:figshare.com:article/13394237 |
| Date | 17 December 2020 |
| Creators | Tabitha C Nindi (8975894) |
| Source Sets | Purdue University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, Thesis |
| Rights | CC BY 4.0 |
| Relation | https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/UNDERSTANDING_SMALLHOLDER_FARMERS_POST-HARVEST_CHOICES_IN_SUB-SAHARAN_AFRICA_EVIDENCE_FROM_MALAWI/13394237 |
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