Melibaeva, SevaraIimi, AtsushiHumphreys, Richard Martin2015-07-162015-07-162015-06https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22179Africa has great potential for agriculture. Although international commodity prices have been buoyant, Africa’s supply response seems to be weak. A variety of constraints may exist. Using the case of Tanzania, the paper examines the impact of market connectivity, domestic and international, on farmers’ crop choices. It is shown that the international market connectivity, measured by transport costs to the maritime port, is important for farmers to choose export crops, such as cotton and tobacco. Internal connectivity to the domestic market is also found to be important for growing food crops, such as maize and rice. Among other inputs, access to irrigation and improved seed availability are also important factors in the crop choices of farmers. The size of land area is one constraint to promote the crop shift. The paper also reports the finding that farmers are not using market prices effectively in their choice of crop, even after the endogeneity of local prices is taken into account.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOLIVING STANDARDSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCERSAGRICULTURAL RESEARCHHOUSEHOLD SIZEACCESS TO FERTILIZERCROP VARIETYSUBSISTENCEFERTILIZERDOMESTIC FOODSORGHUMCROP SELECTIONGLOBAL MARKETSAGRICULTURE SECTORFOOD CONSUMPTIONSCHOOLINGAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURECROP PRODUCERSACCESS TO IRRIGATIONAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTFERTILIZER COSTCASSAVAIFPRIAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSTRAFFICRURAL POPULATIONOIL PALMREGIONSMALL FARMERSCROP PRICEMAIZECROP YIELDGLOBAL DEMAND FOR FOODCLIMATIC CONDITIONSROADCROP PRODUCTIONFOOD CROP PRODUCTIONCEREALSCOSTSCOMMERCIALIZATIONAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIESCASH CROPSTRAININGCROP TYPECROP CHOICECOTTON PRICESTRANSPORTHOUSEHOLD HEADINCOME GROWTHSEEDSSESAMECOTTON SECTORPALM OILREGIONAL MARKETFOOD PRODUCERSSEEDCROP CHOICESLAND RIGHTSCROP ALTERNATIVESFARMINGIRRIGATION WATERFARMERSRURAL ROADSNATURAL RESOURCESCOCOATOBACCOSUBSIDIESCROPSINFRASTRUCTUREACCESS TO INFORMATIONLAND USEPRODUCEAGRICULTURAL IMPORTSCONSUMPTIONFERTILIZER SUBSIDIESFOOD SECURITYTRANSPORTATIONTEAREGIONAL ECONOMYCROPCLIMATE CHANGEAGRIBUSINESSCASHEW NUTSNESTED LOGIT MODELSUBSISTENCE CROPSAGRICULTURAL EXPORTSCROP PRICESELASTICITIESMAIZE YIELDSCLIMATEACCESSIBILITYREPORTSSEED TYPESRURAL POVERTYGLOBAL FOODCROP SUITABILITYSUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURECOFFEEAGRICULTUREFAOPRODUCTION AREAFERTILIZER USEAGRICULTURAL INPUTSROAD USEREXPORT CROPSROADSCOTTONACCESS TO ELECTRICITYWALKINGGROUNDNUTSSINGLE CROPWATER AVAILABILITYRURAL RESIDENTSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSDEMAND FOR FOODRAILROADFOOD CROPIRRIGATION SYSTEMSIRRIGATIONFOOD CROPSRURAL AREASPOVERTYBANANASFARMSRAILHIGH TRANSPORTCOOPERATIVESWHEATAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYRICEYIELDSWALKING DISTANCEFOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCYTRANSPORT COSTSDIESELREMOTE AREASCOMMODITYCOFFEE EXPORTSPRODUCTION COSTSFINANCIAL INCENTIVESWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-7306