IF 1.3 4区经济学

Agrekon Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2022.2156899

O. Temoso, John N. Ng’ombe, S. Bahta, D. Hadley

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引用次数: 2

Technological differences in South African sheep production: a stochastic meta-frontier analysis 南非绵羊生产的技术差异：随机元前沿分析

IF 1.3 4区经济学

Agrekon Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2022.2149577

N. Matthews, B. Conradie, J. Piesse

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Can farmers' climate change adaptation strategies ensure their food security? Evidence from Ethiopia. 农民的气候变化适应战略能否确保他们的粮食安全？来自埃塞俄比亚的证据

IF 1.3 4区经济学

Agrekon Pub Date : 2023-01-01 Epub Date: 2023-07-05 DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2023.2230959

Girma Gezimu Gebre, Yuichiro Amekawa, Aneteneh Ashebir

{"title":"Can farmers' climate change adaptation strategies ensure their food security? Evidence from Ethiopia.","authors":"Girma Gezimu Gebre, Yuichiro Amekawa, Aneteneh Ashebir","doi":"10.1080/03031853.2023.2230959","DOIUrl":"10.1080/03031853.2023.2230959","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Climate change poses a significant threat to the sustainability of agricultural production among smallholder farm households in Ethiopia. To reduce the adverse effects of climate risks, farm households have sought to adopt different adaptation strategies. This study investigates factors influencing farm households' choice of climate adaptation strategies and associated effects on their food security in Ethiopia using data collected from 516 farm households from three regions. A multivariate probit and propensity score matching models were used to analyze data. Major adaptation strategies adopted by the farm households in the study area are planting drought-tolerant crop varieties (60%), changing the planting dates (53%), growing diversified crops (49%), and diversifying the sources of household income (45%). Results suggest that older farm household heads are more likely to use drought-tolerant crop varieties to reduce climate risks. Farm households with larger farmland size and those with more years of experience in farming are more likely to use drought-tolerant crop varieties and crop diversification strategies. Farm households with larger family size are more likely to use crop and income diversification strategies and change the planting dates against the backdrop of a high risk of climatic shocks. Membership in input supply cooperatives, frequency of contact with extension agents, and access to information on expected rainfall and temperature are positively associated with different adaptation practices adopted by farm households. Farm households who have adopted climate adaptation strategies have higher food security status (by 2.3-2.8%) compared to those who have not. Thus, the farm households' climate adaptation practices have positive food security effects in Ethiopia.</p>","PeriodicalId":55541,"journal":{"name":"Agrekon","volume":"62 1","pages":"178-193"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10697671/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49390145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The effect of agricultural technology transfer on Zimbabwe’s economic development: a dynamic global trade analysis project approach 农业技术转让对津巴布韦经济发展的影响:一个动态的全球贸易分析项目方法

IF 1.3 4区经济学

Agrekon Pub Date : 2022-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2022.2149576

R. H. Jonga, H. Delin, Courage Masona, C. Belford

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Potential improvement in the performance of dairy farms in South Africa 南非奶牛场业绩的潜在改善

IF 1.3 4区经济学

Agrekon Pub Date : 2022-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2022.2127810

David Beca

{"title":"Potential improvement in the performance of dairy farms in South Africa","authors":"David Beca","doi":"10.1080/03031853.2022.2127810","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2022.2127810","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT\u0000 Over 2003–2021, the pasture harvested on South African pasture-based dairy farms increased markedly. This increased production and consumption of pasture has helped to reduce the cost of producing milk in South Africa relative to dairying in other countries and delivered comparatively high levels of profit. National milk production has grown steadily. Over this same time, pasture as a proportion of the total diet of dairy herds has decreased significantly: supplements make up the major share of the diet. This change to dairy herd diets puts upward pressure on the average cost of feeding the herd and on the cost of production. The focus of this paper is on whether dairy farmers would be better off if they significantly increased the proportion of pasture in the total diet of their herds and relied less on supplementary feed. It is shown that progressively increasing the pasture component and proportion in the diet of dairy herds, from an industry average of 41% to 57%, could increase profit. Results were a 26% increase in profit (return on capital), a 59% increase in profit margin per litre, and a 7% decrease in cost of production per litre. If this change in production system to increased use of pasture and less use of supplementary feeds was replicated across the entire South African pasture-based dairy industry, farmers in the industry would be significantly more profitable and their businesses would be more resilient than under the current feeding regimes that are used.","PeriodicalId":55541,"journal":{"name":"Agrekon","volume":"61 1","pages":"412 - 432"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46045142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Do youth farmers benefit from participating in contract farming? Evidence from French beans youth farmers in Arusha, Tanzania 青年农民从参与合同农业中受益吗？坦桑尼亚阿鲁沙年轻农民种植蚕豆的证据

IF 1.3 4区经济学

Agrekon Pub Date : 2022-09-04 DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2022.2099917

M. E. Marwa, Julius Manda

{"title":"Do youth farmers benefit from participating in contract farming? Evidence from French beans youth farmers in Arusha, Tanzania","authors":"M. E. Marwa, Julius Manda","doi":"10.1080/03031853.2022.2099917","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2022.2099917","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Contract farming (CF) is often seen as a system that enhances production efficiency leading to increased agricultural productivity and improved farmer livelihoods. However, there is a conflict in the literature on its impact on young farmers who are involved in farming in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper evaluates the impacts of CF on crop yield, crop and household income among the youth farmers involved in French bean farming in Tanzania using cross-sectional data of 273 households. The study employs an endogenous switching regression (ESR) model that accounts for observed and unobserved factors to estimate the impact of CF. Further, the propensity score matching (PSM) model is used to check the robustness of ESR results. The results indicate that 162 farmers had contracts and French bean yields and incomes significantly increased with CF. Specifically, the empirical results reveal that CF leads to a gain of 17%, 34% and 37.5% in the yield, crop income and household income. Participation and impact of contract farming differed according to different socio-economic/institutional variables, such as access to extension services.","PeriodicalId":55541,"journal":{"name":"Agrekon","volume":"61 1","pages":"379 - 398"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48915662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 3

Factors affecting adoption of technical, organisational and institutional dairy innovations in selected milksheds in Kenya 影响肯尼亚选定奶牛场采用技术、组织和制度创新的因素

IF 1.3 4区经济学

Agrekon Pub Date : 2022-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2022.2090972

E. Wairimu, J. Mburu, A. Ndambi, C. Gachuiri

{"title":"Factors affecting adoption of technical, organisational and institutional dairy innovations in selected milksheds in Kenya","authors":"E. Wairimu, J. Mburu, A. Ndambi, C. Gachuiri","doi":"10.1080/03031853.2022.2090972","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2022.2090972","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Technical dairy innovations (TDI), such as improved cow feeding, health management and genetic improvement, could boost milk production. At the same time, organisational and institutional dairy innovations (OIDI), including group milk sales, feed and credit access, could boost dairy supply chain efficiency. This study examined the TDI adoption determinants and the OIDI adoption intensity. Data were collected from 1146 farmers (410, 382 and 354 in the milksheds of Mukurweini Wakulima Dairy Limited [MWDL], Happy Cow Limited [HCL] and New Kenya Co-operative Creameries [NKCC], respectively) and analysed using a double hurdle model. Access to credit positively influenced the TDI adoption in the three milksheds. Adoption of TDI was influenced by hired employees, dairy records, total dairy cows and household head education. The empirical evidence from the study supports the observation that OIDI adoption intensity is influenced by income, farm size, dairy records, and dairy information access. To boost TDI adoption, the dairy development partners should link cooperative society members with agricultural credit lenders. Additionally, the dissemination of dairy information to farmers by the dairy stakeholders could spur TDI adoption, while providing dairy information and training farmers on dairy record keeping should be promoted to boost TDI and OIDI adoption.","PeriodicalId":55541,"journal":{"name":"Agrekon","volume":"61 1","pages":"324 - 338"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46223761","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

Food loss and waste in maize in Mozambique and its economic impacts: a system dynamics assessment approach 莫桑比克玉米粮食损失和浪费及其经济影响:系统动力学评估方法

IF 1.3 4区经济学

Agrekon Pub Date : 2022-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2022.2094976

Meizal Popat, O. Cacho, G. Griffith, S. Mounter

引用次数: 0

Socioeconomic inequalities in household resilience capacity in the context of COVID-19 in the fisheries sector in Malawi 新冠肺炎背景下马拉维渔业部门家庭抵御能力方面的社会经济不平等

IF 1.3 4区经济学

Agrekon Pub Date : 2022-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2022.2095291

G. Chirwa, L. Chiwaula

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Rainfall variability and alternative technology adoption: evidence from Ethiopia 降雨变异性和替代技术的采用：来自埃塞俄比亚的证据

IF 1.3 4区经济学

Agrekon Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2022.2073242

D. Gelo

{"title":"Rainfall variability and alternative technology adoption: evidence from Ethiopia","authors":"D. Gelo","doi":"10.1080/03031853.2022.2073242","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2022.2073242","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper investigates the effects of rainfall variability on agricultural input demand while controlling for risk preference and other covariates. For the empirical analysis, rural household survey data, which was matched with rainfall variability data and experimentally generated measures of risk preference, was used. The results show that increased rainfall variability prompts households to reduce the application of productivity-enhancing inputs, such as fertiliser, but bolsters the application of low-risk inputs such as manure. These results are robust to alternative specifications and support the theoretical predictions developed. The findings suggest the following policy implications for chemical fertiliser use among risk-averse smallholder farmers in areas characterized by rainfall variability. First, developing more weather-resilient crop varieties and irrigation could stimulate higher use of chemical fertiliser by producing more stable yields. Secondly, weather index insurance (WII) could incentivize higher chemical fertiliser use by reducing income risk and easing liquidity constraints. Thirdly, social protection such as cash transfer programmes could lead to a higher use of chemical fertiliser by serving as insurance against income risks (i.e., through providing regular and predictable financial resources).","PeriodicalId":55541,"journal":{"name":"Agrekon","volume":"61 1","pages":"314 - 323"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45815834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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