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Booms, Busts, and Household Enterprise: Evidence from Coffee Farmers in Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorAdhvaryu, Achyuta
dc.contributor.authorKala, Namrata
dc.contributor.authorNyshadham, Anant
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-08T19:21:09Z
dc.date.available2024-01-08T19:21:09Z
dc.date.issued2019-12-17
dc.description.abstractSmallholder agricultural commodity suppliers in developing countries are often vulnerable to global commodity price fluctuations. Using panel data on farmers from an area of Tanzania where most farmers grow coffee, this study finds that global coffee prices matter for household outcomes, through their effects on farmgate prices, coffee sales and revenues, and household expenditures. The article documents that households cope with coffee price busts by increasing enterprise ownership, an effect that is greater for households without access to other means of coping. Comparisons of mean outcomes of enterprises operated by coper households (which operated an enterprise only in periods of low coffee price) with those of stayer households (which operated an enterprise throughout the sample period) indicate that the former are less likely to be profitable or to hire workers.en
dc.identifier.citationWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/40855
dc.identifier.issn1564-698X (online)
dc.identifier.issn0258-6770 (print)
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40855
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPublished by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subjectINCOME SHOCKS
dc.subjectCOMMODITY PRICES
dc.subjectCOFFEE
dc.subjectMICROENTERPRISE
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL COMMODITY PRICES
dc.subjectCOST OF AGRICULTURE PRODUCT SALES
dc.titleBooms, Busts, and Household Enterpriseen
dc.title.subtitleEvidence from Coffee Farmers in Tanzaniaen
dc.typeJournal article
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://academic.oup.com/wber/article/35/3/586/5679679 Journal website (version of record)
okr.crossref.titleBooms, Busts, and Household Enterprise: Evidence from Coffee Farmers in Tanzania
okr.date.disclosure2019-12-17
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Journal Article
okr.identifier.doi10.1093/wber/lhz044
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40855
okr.journal.nbpages586–603
okr.language.supporteden
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.countryTanzania
okr.topicAgriculture::Agricultural Sector Economics
okr.topicAgriculture::Commodity Risk Management
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Living Standards
okr.volume35 (3)
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