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Title of Article An empirical analysis of smallholder farmers in the supply chain: A case study of navel orange farmers in Gannan, China 
Date of Acceptance 28 July 2014 
Journal
     Title of Journal KHON KAEN ARICULTURE JOURNAL  
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     Institute of Journal Faculty of Agriculture, Khon Kaen University 
     ISBN/ISSN 0125-0485 
     Volume 43 
     Issue
     Month April - June
     Year of Publication 2015 
     Page 387-398 
     Abstract The objectives of this paper are to identify the constraints confronting smallholder farmers in the supply chain, and to investigate the relationship between the constraints and the farm and farmer characteristics. The study utilized survey data collected from smallholder navel orange farmers in Gannan, which is the largest navel orange region in China. The smallholder farmers’ constraints were assessed using factor analysis and multiple regression. The result provides a thematic summary of the farmers’ perceptions on the constraints. Results of the study reveal that the major constraints confronting smallholder navel orange farmers are marketing, transportation and product competitiveness. The results also reveal that most of the farm and farmers’ characteristics such as number of trees, total yield, and education level were inversely related to the constraints confronting the farmers in the supply chain. Based on the relationship between the constraints and farmers’ socioeconomic characteristics, some suggestions including cultivation technology training reinforcement, organization construction, information platform integration, and agricultural insurance are provide to overcome the constraints confronting smallholder navel orange farmers. 
     Keyword Smallholder farmers, Supply chain, Constraints, Gannan 
Author
527030020-2 Mr. RAO ZHIWEI [Main Author]
Agriculture Doctoral Degree

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