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Market channels, quality incentives and contract harvesting: the case of maize, soybean and groundnut.

Bottema, T.; Altemeier, K.;

Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies Year: 1990 Vol: 26 Issue: 1 Pages: 91-115 Ref: 22 ref.

1990

บทคัดย่อ

The development of markets for maize, soyabeans and groundnut over the last 10 years has been characterized by increasing commercialization and increasing market differentiation, because of the diversity of end uses. Research conducted by Indonesia's Department of Agriculture in 1987/88 confirmed earlier findings that commercialization has not led to opportunities at farm level to expand returns through quality improvement. The paper assesses the scope for improvement of government regulations and policy instruments, by looking at the existing financial rewards for specific market participants. It is argued that financial premia are linked to grain quality, and this has important implications for government grading standards as well as for agricultural research programmes in general. Findings indicate that market development is commodity specific and that it is difficult to generalize across the 3 crops. The significance of imports was found to be different among the 3 crops. The role of contract harvesting varies independently of the degree of commercialization; its extent is important in identifying who benefits from postharvest research. The informal sector was found to be of particular importance in soyabeans. The only external intervention which would increase farm income was the introduction of specific varieties, which find market rewards from specific users. Large grain size is rewarded in groundnuts, while the tahu and tempe industries both require specific soyabean varieties.