Transforming the subsistence-oriented production system of smallholder farms into a market-oriented production system as a way to increase the smallholder farmer s income and its welfare outcomes, and reducing rural poverty, has been in the policy spotlight of many developing countries for some time now.However, there are only very limited studies, and hence literature, dealing with the degree of market participation of smallholder farmers in developing countries and whether the market participants are better-off in terms of welfare outcomes. Therefore, this book provides a deep perspective...