Determinants and Effects of Small Chilli Farmers’ Participation in Supermarket Channels in Indonesia

Bibliographic Data

ID8415974
AuthorsSahara Sahara (0000-0003-0905-6388, IPB University), Nicholas Minot (0000-0001-9657-0427), Randy Stringer (0000-0001-5809-5071, The University of Adelaide), Wendy J Umberger (0000-0003-4159-7782, The University of Adelaide)
Year2015
Volume51
Issue3
Pages445-460
Publication date2015-09-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-4918 • E-ISSN: 1472-7234
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00074918.2015.1110851
OpenAlexW2221802902
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited13

The number of supermarkets in Indonesia is increasing, but small-scale farmers may be at risk of being excluded from these emerging marketing channels. Drawing on data from our survey of 600 small-scale chilli farmers in West Java, we examine the factors that influence farmers’ decisions to participate in supermarket channels. We use a treatment-effect model to examine the effect of supermarket participation on income, while controlling for the possibility of selectivity bias. Our results indicate that participation in the supermarket channel significantly increases farm income, even after we controlled for differences in education, chilli-farming experience, storage-house ownership, and the distance from the farmer's house to a bitumen road

Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Business · Channel (broadcasting) · Economics · Geography · Household income · Scale (ratio) · Agricultural Development and Management · Agricultural Innovations and Practices · Engineering · Marketing · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion

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