The social life of the onion: the informal regulation of the onion market in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. SLRC Working Paper 26
Abstract
Onion production in Afghanistan has been expanding rapidly and is seen as a potential alternative crop to opium poppy, offering comparable financial returns. It is precisely this type of high-value vegetable crop which could drive agricultural growth in Afghanistan. Though there are many obstacles that keep rural livelihoods constrained, this paper finds that poor access to credit is not one of them - informal credit schemes based on social and political networks are readily available, in contradiction to the Comprehensive Agriculture and Rural Development Facility's assumption. So what is holding back the Afghan onion? This paper finds out.
Citation
Minoia, G.; Wamiqullah Mumatz; Pain, A. The social life of the onion: the informal regulation of the onion market in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. SLRC Working Paper 26. Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium, ODI, London, UK (2014) 34 pp.
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