Policy options promoting market participation of smallholder livestock producers: A case study from The Philippines

Socio-economics and Policy Research Working Paper 47

M.L. Lapar, G. Holloway and S. Ehui

International Livestock Research Institute
P.O. Box 30709, Nairobi, Kenya

Working Papers Editorial Committee

Samuel E. Benin (Editor)
Mohamed M. Ahmed
Berhanu Gebremedhin
Steven J. Staal

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Authors’ affiliations

Ma Lucila Lapar, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), DAPO Box 7777, Metro Manila, The Philippines
Garth Holloway, University of Reading, Department of Agricultural and Food Economics, 4 Earley Gate, Whiteknights Road, P.O. Box 237, Reading RG6 6AR, UK
Simeon Ehui, ILRI, P.O. Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Correct citation: Lapar M.L., Holloway G. and Ehui S. 2002. Policy options promoting market participation of smallholder livestock producers: A case study from The Philippines. Socio-economics and Policy Research Working Paper 47. ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute), Nairobi, Kenya. 27 pp.

 Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Executive summary

1 Introduction

2 Modelling participation and supply decisions

3 Estimation

4 Application

5 Results

6 Conclusion

References

Annex I. Description of Gibbs-sampling data-augmentation algorism used in the estimation of the models