Overcoming transaction costs barriers to market participation of smallholder farmers in the Northern Province of South Africa

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Determinants of Market Participation among Small-Scale Pineapple Farmers in Kericho County, Kenya (2014, background): “Market participation has motivated the farmers to move from subsistence farming to commercial farming (Makhura, 2001).”
Smallholder Farmers’ Decision and Level of Participation in the Potato Market in Uganda (2014, background): “[45] found that the state of bad roads negatively impacted on farmers’ access to urban markets, hence a hindrance to smallholder commercialisation and increased incomes.”
Factors enhancing market participation by small-scale cotton farmers (2008, background): “Moreover, Makhura (2001) argues that being older also assists farmers to overcome fixed transaction costs since some experiences about the market have been accumulated overtime.”
An analysis of institutional and technical factors influencing agricultural marketing amongst smallholder farmers in the Kat River Valley, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa (2009, background): “They are also served by poor physical infrastructures and weak institutions in markets (Kherallah and Kirsten, 2001; Makhura, 2001).”
Nguni cattle marketing constraints and opportunities in the communal areas of South Africa: Review (2008, background): “Poor condition of livestock results in farmers getting low farm gate prices especially during dry spells (Makhura, 2001).”