IF 1.3 4区经济学

Agrekon Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2021.1984958

B. Assefa, P. Reidsma, J. Chamberlin, M. V. van Ittersum

{"title":"Farm- and community-level factors underlying the profitability of fertiliser usage for Ethiopian smallholder farmers","authors":"B. Assefa, P. Reidsma, J. Chamberlin, M. V. van Ittersum","doi":"10.1080/03031853.2021.1984958","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2021.1984958","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT While adoption rates for inorganic fertiliser are relatively high in Ethiopia, application rates are generally considered agronomically suboptimal. Using recent data on Ethiopian smallholder maize producers, we showed that maize response to nitrogen, and the profitability of fertiliser use depended on maize agronomy. The agronomic optimum ranged from 0 to 344 kg/ha with a mean value of 209 kg/ha. The actual nitrogen application rates were only about half the agronomic optimum, on average, and were less than the farm-specific economic optimum on 80% of maize fields. The average economic optimum level was 145 kg N/ha, but when we account for risk aversion, the resulting average optimum level is very close to the average observed usage level of 88 kg N/ha. Addressing risk aversion may help to induce greater levels of fertiliser investments at current prices and yield response rates. Our analysis also suggests that key pathways for increasing the economic returns to smallholder fertiliser investments include: complementing nitrogen inputs with phosphorus inputs and improved varieties, using lower levels of nitrogen under intercropping and manure inputs, enabling farmers to delay output sales beyond the immediate post-harvest period, and lowering the costs of accessing input and output markets.","PeriodicalId":55541,"journal":{"name":"Agrekon","volume":"60 1","pages":"460 - 479"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45423260","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: 9

Analysis of the Kenyan economy: an input-output approach 肯尼亚经济分析：投入产出法

IF 1.3 4区经济学

Agrekon Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2021.1984957

Sofía Jiménez, Alfredo J. Mainar‐Causapé, E. Ferrari

引用次数: 0

The financial burden of African Horse Sickness: a case of the European Union trade ban on South Africa’s horse industry 非洲马病的财政负担：以欧盟对南非马业的贸易禁令为例

IF 1.3 4区经济学

Agrekon Pub Date : 2021-09-29 DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2021.1975549

Z. Mdlulwa, M. Masemola, B. Lubisi, P. Chaminuka

{"title":"The financial burden of African Horse Sickness: a case of the European Union trade ban on South Africa’s horse industry","authors":"Z. Mdlulwa, M. Masemola, B. Lubisi, P. Chaminuka","doi":"10.1080/03031853.2021.1975549","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2021.1975549","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Globalisation and the increased movement of goods such as live animals and animal products across national borders can exacerbate the introduction and spread of diseases. This risk can be mitigated through adherence to trade control measures such as the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) of the World Trade Organization (WTO). However, compliance with SPS measures usually results in additional production and trade costs. This paper applied cost–benefit analysis, using stochastic scenario analysis, to estimate the financial burden of SPS measures on exporting horses from South Africa to the European Union (EU). These measures were instituted following a ban on the direct export of horses from South Africa to the EU, triggered by outbreaks of African Horse Sickness (AHS) in the AHS Controlled Area in the Western Cape Province. Analysis revealed that compliance to existing SPS measures by exporting a horse via a third country is 1.67 times more costly than exporting directly to the EU. A strengthened public-private sector partnership is recommended to jointly identify the most efficient and effective ways to develop capacity for collaborative judicious investment in order to build a resilient horse industry thereby enabling employment creation and economic growth.","PeriodicalId":55541,"journal":{"name":"Agrekon","volume":"60 1","pages":"353 - 369"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41770408","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: 0

Covid-19 and the South African wine industry Covid-19和南非葡萄酒行业

IF 1.3 4区经济学

Agrekon Pub Date : 2021-09-19 DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2021.1975550

Tracy Davids, N. Vink, Kandas Cloete

引用次数: 6

The impact of Covid-19 on black farmers in South Africa Covid-19对南非黑人农民的影响

IF 1.3 4区经济学

Agrekon Pub Date : 2021-09-13 DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2021.1971097

M. Wegerif

{"title":"The impact of Covid-19 on black farmers in South Africa","authors":"M. Wegerif","doi":"10.1080/03031853.2021.1971097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2021.1971097","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Covid-19 is impacting on food systems and food security around the world, including in South Africa, revealed most starkly in rising food prices and increasing food insecurity. Debates on what kind of food system we need to respond to this crisis remain unresolved and lacking in a good understanding of the impacts of Covid-19 on farmers who are key actors in food systems. This article contributes to these debates by revealing the experiences of black fresh produce farmers in South Africa since Covid-19 arrived in the country and the government responded with a range of emergency regulations. This is based on in-depth research with 40 market-orientated black small- and medium-scale farmers. Giving particular attention to black farmers is essential in South Africa given the high levels of continued wealth and racial inequalities. The study has found that, despite overall growth in the agricultural sector, these farmers are facing many challenges and receive inadequate support. The outcomes of Covid-19 related impacts include reductions in production and incomes as well as job losses. If not addressed there could be long-term negative consequences that undermine the food system and reinforce existing inequalities. A holistic food system approach, better informed by an understanding of black farmers and the networks they are part of, will be valuable to finding solutions.","PeriodicalId":55541,"journal":{"name":"Agrekon","volume":"61 1","pages":"52 - 66"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47923324","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: 7

Factors influencing farmers’ dis-adoption and retention decisions for biofortified crops: the case of orange-fleshed sweetpotato in Mozambique 影响农民放弃和保留生物强化作物决定的因素：以莫桑比克橙肉红薯为例

IF 1.3 4区经济学

Agrekon Pub Date : 2021-08-02 DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2021.1956555

W. Jogo, T. Bocher, F. Grant

{"title":"Factors influencing farmers’ dis-adoption and retention decisions for biofortified crops: the case of orange-fleshed sweetpotato in Mozambique","authors":"W. Jogo, T. Bocher, F. Grant","doi":"10.1080/03031853.2021.1956555","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2021.1956555","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Despite their proven effectiveness in addressing micronutrient deficiencies, adoption of biofortified crops among smallholder farmers remains low. Using a cross-sectional survey dataset of 1538 households randomly selected from 15 districts in Nampula and Zambezia provinces of Mozambique, this study examined the factors influencing farmers' dis-adoption and retention decisions for biofortified OFSP varieties. Data on household socio-demographic characteristics; knowledge, attitudes, perceptions and practices on OFSP production and nutrition were fitted to a Heckman bivariate probit model with sample selection to empirically assess the determinants of sequential adoption and dis-adoption decisions. The results showed that adoption and dis-adoption of OFSP is significantly influenced by a combination of farmers' socio-economic characteristics (age, gender, nutrition knowledge, education, access to planting material), consumption (taste, dry matter content) and agronomic (yield, early maturity, drought tolerance) traits. However, the agronomic traits and access to planting material are particularly key for the retention of OFSP varieties. These results suggest the need for breeding efforts to improve the agronomic traits of biofortified OFSP to match or better local non-biofortified varieties and establish seed delivery systems for sustainable adoption of biofortified OFSP.","PeriodicalId":55541,"journal":{"name":"Agrekon","volume":"60 1","pages":"445 - 459"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03031853.2021.1956555","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49555029","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: 5

Does commitment to cooperatives affect the economic benefits of smallholder farmers? Evidence from rice cooperatives in the Western province of Zambia 对合作社的承诺是否会影响小农户的经济利益？来自赞比亚西部省份稻米合作社的证据

IF 1.3 4区经济学

Agrekon Pub Date : 2021-07-29 DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2021.1957692

Ebenezer Donkor, Jiri Hejkrlik

{"title":"Does commitment to cooperatives affect the economic benefits of smallholder farmers? Evidence from rice cooperatives in the Western province of Zambia","authors":"Ebenezer Donkor, Jiri Hejkrlik","doi":"10.1080/03031853.2021.1957692","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2021.1957692","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Using local provincial authorities, the government of Zambia has demonstrated renewed interest in cooperatives as a means of reaching smallholder farmers in rural areas. There exists, however, the problem of high heterogeneity within cooperatives regarding members’ commitment, with many passive members holding only formal membership and having a minimal understanding of the cooperative's principles and benefits. The main objective of this study was to analyse how varying levels of members’ commitment determine their economic benefits. We selected a total of 215 rice farmers (72 active and 143 passive members) from two rice-dominant districts and used the propensity score matching technique and endogenous treatment regression model for the analysis. The study results show that educational level, distance to the cooperative, members’ perception about trust and acceptance, and value of the investment in the cooperative have a considerable influence on member commitment. The results further indicate that actively committed members of the cooperative achieve much more economic benefits than passive members.","PeriodicalId":55541,"journal":{"name":"Agrekon","volume":"60 1","pages":"408 - 423"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03031853.2021.1957692","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46285779","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: 0

The COVID-19 effects on agricultural commodity markets 2019冠状病毒病对农产品市场的影响

IF 1.3 4区经济学

Agrekon Pub Date : 2021-07-08 DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2022.2078381

M. Balcılar, Kamil Sertoglu, Büşra Ağan

{"title":"The COVID-19 effects on agricultural commodity markets","authors":"M. Balcılar, Kamil Sertoglu, Büşra Ağan","doi":"10.1080/03031853.2022.2078381","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2022.2078381","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on major agricultural commodity prices (cattle, cocoa, coffee, corn, cotton, hog, rice, soya oil, soybeans, soybean meal, sugar and wheat) using daily data from 1 January 2016 to 25 February 2022. We measured COVID-19 effect using a news-based sentiment index. A robust nonparametric Granger causality-in-quantiles test is used to test the effect of the COVID-19 sentiment on agricultural commodity prices and price volatility. We find significant Granger causality from the news-based COVID-19 sentiment to mean of the agricultural commodity prices in the lower and upper ranges of the quantiles. Moreover, findings show that the COVID-19 sentiment is also causal for variance of agricultural commodity prices, but only above the quantile ranges above the first quarter. Thus, COVID-19 is causal for large volatility changes in agricultural commodity prices. Accordingly, the extremely negative sentiment associated with COVID-19 has not only caused a price crash in agricultural markets, but also significantly increased market risk. Policymakers should be wary of the risks and vulnerabilities of agricultural commodities to extreme events, as well as the ramifications for producers and consumers throughout the economy.","PeriodicalId":55541,"journal":{"name":"Agrekon","volume":"61 1","pages":"239 - 265"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45537085","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

The poverty impacts of improved soybean technologies in Malawi 马拉维改良大豆技术对贫困的影响

IF 1.3 4区经济学

Agrekon Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2021.1939075

A. Tufa, A. Alene, Julius Manda, S. Feleke, Tesfamichael Wossen, M. Akinwale, D. Chikoye, V. Manyong

{"title":"The poverty impacts of improved soybean technologies in Malawi","authors":"A. Tufa, A. Alene, Julius Manda, S. Feleke, Tesfamichael Wossen, M. Akinwale, D. Chikoye, V. Manyong","doi":"10.1080/03031853.2021.1939075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2021.1939075","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Improved soybean varieties and agronomic practices have been widely disseminated to smallholder farmers in Malawi over the last 15 years. However, there is no empirical evidence on the welfare impacts of adopting improved soybean technologies. This paper estimated the poverty impacts of adopting improved soybean technologies using data from 1,234 households in six soybean growing districts accounting for over 80% of the total soybean production in the country. The results from an endogenous switching regression model showed that 32% of the sample households adopted improved soybean varieties and agronomic practices. The adoption benefits were higher for female-headed households and increased with the household head’s education and cultivated land areas. A comparison of the observed and counterfactual incomes for adopters based on the international poverty line of US$1.90 per capita per day showed a 4.16 percentage-point reduction in poverty among the sample households, translating to over 150,000 people lifted out of poverty. The household head’s education level, household size, cultivated land area, livestock size, and asset ownership are associated with the daily per capita income. The results point to the need for scaling up of improved soybean varieties and agronomic practices for greater impacts on poverty reduction among smallholders in Malawi.","PeriodicalId":55541,"journal":{"name":"Agrekon","volume":"60 1","pages":"297 - 316"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03031853.2021.1939075","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49192308","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

What factors influence smallholder farmers’ decision to select a milk marketing channel in Zambia? 什么因素影响了赞比亚小农选择牛奶销售渠道的决定?

IF 1.3 4区经济学

Agrekon Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2021.1950017

Tulumbe Cheelo, M. van der Merwe

{"title":"What factors influence smallholder farmers’ decision to select a milk marketing channel in Zambia?","authors":"Tulumbe Cheelo, M. van der Merwe","doi":"10.1080/03031853.2021.1950017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2021.1950017","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Farmers are faced with computational and informational limitations when making marketing decisions. This holds true for Zambian dairy farmers. This study examined the factors that influence the choice of milk marketing channels among 251 smallholder farmers in Zambia participating in milk production and marketing using a multinomial logit model approach. Three milk marketing channels were identified: direct, traditional, and modern. Relative to the base category (direct), the results indicate that gender and volume of milk produced positively influenced participation in the traditional marketing channel. However, off-farm income had a negative influence on the selection of the traditional marketing channel. Gender, education, distance to major markets, and volumes of milk produced influenced the decision to participate in the modern marketing channel. There seems to be an underutilisation of the modern marketing channel. The study identified the following factors to stimulate participation in the modern marketing channel: (i) concerted value chain investments, (ii) government intervention in the form of policy changes, (iii) increased access to market information, (iv) support services, and (v) transparency in the milk value-chain. Understanding the factors that influence farmers' participation in the informal channels enables tailored policies to support the formalisation of existing structures in the informal sector.","PeriodicalId":55541,"journal":{"name":"Agrekon","volume":"60 1","pages":"243 - 252"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/03031853.2021.1950017","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41953524","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: 2

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