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Non-Traditional Crops, Traditional Constraints : The Adoption and Diffusion of Export Crops Among Guatemalan Smallholders

dc.contributor.author Carletto, Calogero
dc.contributor.author Kirk, Angeli
dc.contributor.author Winters, Paul
dc.contributor.author Davis, Benjamin
dc.date.accessioned 2012-06-06T21:39:08Z
dc.date.available 2012-06-06T21:39:08Z
dc.date.issued 2007-09
dc.description.abstract 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. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/09/8358340/non-traditional-crops-traditional-constraints-adoption-diffusion-export-crops-among-guatemalan-smallholders
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7358
dc.language English
dc.publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4347
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ACCESS TO CREDIT
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL MARKETS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL SEASON
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject AGRICULTURE
dc.subject AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION
dc.subject ANALYTICAL METHODS
dc.subject ANTI-POVERTY
dc.subject ASSET OWNERSHIP
dc.subject AVERAGE PRICE
dc.subject AVERAGE PRICES
dc.subject CAPITAL ASSETS
dc.subject CASH CROPS
dc.subject CATTLE TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject CENTRAL AMERICA
dc.subject CENTRAL AMERICAN
dc.subject CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS
dc.subject COLD WEATHER
dc.subject COMMERCIALIZATION
dc.subject COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
dc.subject CONSUMER PRICE
dc.subject CONSUMER PRICE INDEX
dc.subject CONSUMPTION LEVELS
dc.subject CREDIT ACCESS
dc.subject CREDIT CONSTRAINTS
dc.subject CROP PRODUCTION
dc.subject DAMAGES
dc.subject DEBT
dc.subject DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subject DISECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subject DIVERSIFICATION
dc.subject DOMESTIC MARKET
dc.subject DRY SEASON
dc.subject DURABLE GOODS
dc.subject EARNINGS
dc.subject ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
dc.subject ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject ECONOMIC RESEARCH
dc.subject ECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subject ECONOMIES OF SCOPE
dc.subject EQUIPMENT
dc.subject EXCHANGE RATE
dc.subject EXCHANGE RATES
dc.subject EXPORT CROP
dc.subject EXPORT CROPS
dc.subject EXPORT MARKET
dc.subject EXPORTS
dc.subject EXTENSION
dc.subject FARM HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject FARM SIZE
dc.subject FARMER
dc.subject FARMERS
dc.subject FERTILIZERS
dc.subject FOOD PRODUCTION
dc.subject FOOD SECURITY
dc.subject FUNCTIONAL FORMS
dc.subject GLOBAL MARKETS
dc.subject HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD ACCESS
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD HEAD
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subject HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject HUMAN CAPITAL ASSETS
dc.subject INEQUALITY
dc.subject INFLATION
dc.subject INFORMATION ASYMMETRIES
dc.subject INFORMATION SYSTEMS
dc.subject INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL MARKET
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subject IRRIGATION
dc.subject LAND ASSETS
dc.subject LAND AVAILABILITY
dc.subject LAND DEPLETION
dc.subject LAND HOLDINGS
dc.subject LAND OWNERSHIP
dc.subject LAND PRICES
dc.subject LAND QUALITY
dc.subject LAND RESOURCES
dc.subject LAND SHORTAGE
dc.subject LAND SIZE
dc.subject LIMITED ACCESS
dc.subject LIQUIDITY
dc.subject LIVELIHOODS
dc.subject MAJORITY OF FARMERS
dc.subject MALNUTRITION
dc.subject MARKET ACCESS
dc.subject MARKET CONDITIONS
dc.subject MARKET FORCES
dc.subject MARKETING
dc.subject MORAL HAZARD
dc.subject NEW MARKET
dc.subject NEW TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subject NUTRITION
dc.subject PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
dc.subject POOR FARMERS
dc.subject POOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject POOR PEOPLE
dc.subject POOR RURAL COMMUNITIES
dc.subject POORER HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject POORER PEOPLE
dc.subject POVERTY ALLEVIATION STRATEGY
dc.subject POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject PRICE CHANGES
dc.subject PRICE DECLINES
dc.subject PRICE FLUCTUATIONS
dc.subject PRICE INCENTIVES
dc.subject PRICE TREND
dc.subject PRICE UNCERTAINTY
dc.subject PRODUCT QUALITY
dc.subject PRODUCTION COSTS
dc.subject PROFITABILITY
dc.subject RISK AVERSION
dc.subject RISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subject RURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject RURAL POOR
dc.subject SCHOOLING
dc.subject SCIENTISTS
dc.subject SMALLHOLDER
dc.subject SMALLHOLDERS
dc.subject SOURCE OF CREDIT
dc.subject SPREAD
dc.subject SUBSTITUTE
dc.subject SUSTAINABLE POVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subject TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject VEGETABLE CROPS
dc.subject VEGETABLES
dc.subject VILLAGE
dc.subject VILLAGE LEVEL
dc.subject WEALTH
dc.title Non-Traditional Crops, Traditional Constraints : The Adoption and Diffusion of Export Crops Among Guatemalan Smallholders en
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okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/09/8358340/non-traditional-crops-traditional-constraints-adoption-diffusion-export-crops-among-guatemalan-smallholders
okr.globalpractice Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
okr.globalpractice Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience
okr.globalpractice Poverty
okr.globalpractice Finance and Markets
okr.globalpractice Finance and Markets
okr.identifier.doi 10.1596/1813-9450-4347
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000158349_20070924110555
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 8358340
okr.identifier.report WPS4347
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2007/09/24/000158349_20070924110555/Rendered/PDF/wps4347.pdf en
okr.region.administrative Latin America & Caribbean
okr.region.country Guatemala
okr.topic Economic Theory and Research
okr.topic Finance and Financial Sector Development :: Access to Finance
okr.topic Rural Development Knowledge and Information Systems
okr.topic Macroeconomics and Economic Growth :: Markets and Market Access
okr.topic Poverty Reduction :: Rural Poverty Reduction
okr.topic Rural Development
okr.unit Development Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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