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Tytuł:: Determinants of use of climate change adaptation practices by rice farmers in Kebbi state, north-west Nigeria
Autorzy:: Yakubu, D.H.
Oladele, O.I.
Powiązania:: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2080923.pdf
Data publikacji:: 2021
Wydawca:: Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie. Wydawnictwo Szkoły Głównej Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
Tematy:: climate change
smallholder farmers
Nigeria
climate adaptation
adoption
livelihoods
Opis:: Rice productivity and sustainability are threatened by both biotic and abiotic stresses, the effects of which can be further aggravated by dramatic changes in global climate. The most viable option for rice farmers is to use climate change adaptation practices. This study therefore investigated the determinants of use of climate change adaptation practices among rice farmers in Kebbi State, North-West, Nigeria. Data were collected from a sample of 279 farmers selected using a multistage sampling procedure. The results of the data analysis revealed that the farmers used improved rice varieties, intercropping, recommended rates of fertilizers and other chemicals as climate change adaptation practices among others. Education, climate change awareness, and extension contact significantly influenced the use of climate change adaptation practices among the farmers. Other determinants of use of climate change adaptation practices among the farmers were years of cooperative membership, affordability, farming experience, weather information and farm size. It was concluded that use of climate change adaptation practices was determined by socioeconomic, institutional and technological characteristics. It is recommended among others that government policy should be geared towards encouraging the farmers especially the younger ones to acquire more formal education, larger farmlands and more climate change awareness.
Źródło:: Zeszyty Naukowe Szkoły Głównej Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie. Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego; 2021, 21[36], 1; 52-69
2081-6960
Pojawia się w:: Zeszyty Naukowe Szkoły Głównej Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie. Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego
Dostawca treści:: Biblioteka Nauki

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Tytuł:: Opportunities for self-financing the use of high-yielding sunflower seeds amongst smallholder farmers in Tanzania: perceptions vs. reality of liquidity limitations
Możliwości samofinansowania wykorzystania wysoko plonnych nasion słonecznika wśród małych rolników w Tanzanii: percepcje vs. rzeczywistość ograniczeń płynności
Autorzy:: Tibamanya, F.Y.
Kuzilwa, J.A.
Mpeta, D.F.
Powiązania:: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2117097.pdf
Data publikacji:: 2021
Wydawca:: Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie. Wydawnictwo Szkoły Głównej Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie
Tematy:: liquidity limitation
self-financing
high-yielding sunflower seeds
productivity
smallholder
farmers
Tanzania
samofinansowanie
drobni rolnicy
ograniczenie płynności
wysokowydajne nasiona słonecznika
produktywność
Opis:: This paper investigates the opportunities for smallholder farmers to self-finance the use of high-yielding sunflower seeds, by considering their marketable noncommercial asset levels and their perceptions versus the reality of liquidity limitations. The study used a cross-sectional survey covering 416 randomly selected smallholder sunflower farmers in the study area of Tanzania. It makes use of the crafted choice experiment approach to assess the degree of liquidity constraints among smallholder farmers in buying high-yielding seeds, and their willingness to receive a low-interest credit or loan to purchase high-yielding seeds given before or after sowing. Results reveal that liquidity limitation is a perceived rather than a real problem, and it is feasible for farmers to self-finance the use of high-yielding seeds using their own marketable noncommercial liquid assets like livestock and chickens. The results further indicate however, that smallholder sunflower farmers are lacking adequate knowledge of the value of their liquid assets and of the opportunity cost or benefit of taking a credit/loan to finance the use of high-yielding seeds. The implications of these findings is that educating and sensitizing farmers about their potential resources, financial base, and the real cost of credit may influence their choice for self-financing and borrowing options as a way to improve their productivity.
Źródło:: Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Oeconomia; 2021, 20, 1; 93-104
1644-0757
Pojawia się w:: Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Oeconomia
Dostawca treści:: Biblioteka Nauki

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Tytuł:: Factors influencing commercialisation among smallholder cabbage farmers of the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality of South Africa
Autorzy:: Taruvinga, Amon
Singatha, Wendy
Mukarumbwa, Peter
Powiązania:: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2033368.pdf
Data publikacji:: 2021-12-28
Wydawca:: Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu. Wydawnictwo Uczelniane
Tematy:: cabbage
commercialisation
decision
intensity
smallholder farmers
Opis:: Literature suggests that there are high levels of commercialisation by even the poorest and smallest landholders within the horticulture subsector in most rural Africa. Thus, the notion of poor commercialisation among smallholder farmers is now being challenged. Against this background,this paper estimated factors that influence commercialisation by smallholder cabbage farmers in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The study used a cross-sectional survey of120 smallholder cabbage farmers obtained through a multistage sampling procedure. A Cragg double-hurdle model was applied to analyse the factors that influence the commercialisation decision and intensity of commercialisation. In the first stage, the result of the probit regression model revealed that gender, age, access to informal credit and area planted were significant factors towards influencing smallholder cabbage farmers’ commercialisation decisions. In the second stage, the results of the truncated regression model revealed that family size and area planted were the key factors determining the intensity of commercialisation. Hence, the attempts to improve smallholder farmers’ cabbage commercialisation should be guided by these significant explanatory variables in the study area, given the low commercialisation index revealed.
Źródło:: Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development; 2021, 62, 4; 353-362
1899-5241
Pojawia się w:: Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development
Dostawca treści:: Biblioteka Nauki

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Tytuł:: Impact of agricultural credit access on agricultural productivity among maize and rice smallholder farmers in Rwanda
Autorzy:: Taremwa, Nathan Kanuma
Macharia, Ibrahim
Bett, Eric
Majiwa, Eucabeth
Powiązania:: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1886608.pdf
Data publikacji:: 2021-04-02
Wydawca:: Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu. Wydawnictwo Uczelniane
Tematy:: rice
maize
smallholder farmers
agricultural productivity
credit access
Rwanda
Opis:: This paper assesses the impact of access to agricultural credit on the agricultural productivity of 422 smallholder farmers that cultivate maize or rice in the Western and Eastern province of Rwanda. Stratified, simple random and convenience sampling techniques were used to sample districts, sectors, cells and households. Data were collected using structured interviews and analyzed using propensity score matching techniques. Results indicated that productivity was higher by 44% among the farmers who accessed credit implying that they harvested on average an extra 440 kilograms of maize or rice. According to a crop-specific analysis, agricultural credit access had a more significant impact on maize productivity, with a difference in proportion of 68% (p = 0.000) but had no impact on rice productivity (p = 0.149). The study concludes that agricultural credit was important for Rwanda’s agricultural productivity. Thus policy measures should aim at improving smallholder farmers’ access to agricultural credit and promoting the use of modern agricultural inputs, particularly among rice farmers in Rwanda.
Źródło:: Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development; 2021, 59, 1; 39-58
1899-5241
Pojawia się w:: Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development
Dostawca treści:: Biblioteka Nauki

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Tytuł:: Tractor services challenges and current demand trends by smallholder farmers in Nigeria
Autorzy:: Onomu, Achoja Roland
Aliber, Michael
Agbugba, Ikechi Kelechi
Powiązania:: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1891785.pdf
Data publikacji:: 2020-12-28
Wydawca:: Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu. Wydawnictwo Uczelniane
Tematy:: Tractor services
smallholder farmers
demand trend. government
Nigeria
Opis:: Many smallholder farmers, particularly those in developing countries do not practice mechanisation such as the use of tractor due to some plethora of issues among which include: lack of demand, problematic supply model and failed mechanisation programmes. Based on the problems associated with smallholder mechanisation and the roles lack of demand played in past mechanisation programmes, this research investigated the characteristics and the challenges of tractor service providers, as well as the analyses of the current demand trends by the sampled smallholder farmers for tractor services, while forecasting the future demand in Delta and Benue States of Nigeria. The study employed a snowball sampling technique to collect field survey data from 20 private tractor service providers (SMEs) and 6 government tractor service providers in four local government areas of Delta and Benue States. Descriptive statistics, weighted mean score and trend analyses were used to interpret the result. The study finds that tractor services provide employment for rural dweller, particularly male; use less of household labour and the majority of those involved own only a tractor. Among the different challenges such as the inability of smallholders to pay a high price, long distance to get mechanic, and the high cost of maintenance/high cost of the spare part; too few qualified tractor mechanics is ranked the most severe challenge. While both SMEs and government tractor service providers face some common challenges, poor maintenance and corruption predominates government tractor services. There has been a constant increase in the demand for tractor services by the smallholder farmers from 2013 to 2016 and the demand is forecast to continue. Based on the different challenges associated with the provision of tractor services to the smallholder, it was suggested that the government should support market driver tractor service provision
Źródło:: Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development; 2020, 58, 4; 379-391
1899-5241
Pojawia się w:: Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development
Dostawca treści:: Biblioteka Nauki

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Tytuł:: Marketing channel preference among smallholder cocoyam farmers in South Africa
Autorzy:: Nwafor, Christopher Ugochukwu
Powiązania:: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2033359.pdf
Data publikacji:: 2021-12-28
Wydawca:: Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu. Wydawnictwo Uczelniane
Tematy:: cocoyam
developing countries
farm-gate
market channel
regression
smallholder farmers
Opis:: Marketing channel choice makes important contributions to the incomes and other livelihood attributes among smallholder farmers in developing countries. Often considered from a number of perspectives, the dominant view articulated suggests an advantageous integration into formal market channels. This position is questioned as it has implications for smallholder farmers’ food security and rural incomes. Using a mixed methods approach, the study collected primary data from 174 smallholder farmers and applied both a descriptive and multinomial logit regression model to analyze factors contributing to cocoyam production and market channel choices among respondents in the study area. Findings indicate that financial returns and available markets were key factors in cocoyam production, while amount received was a driver of market channel choice among 89% of respondents who sold directly at farm-gate. Farmers’ age (p=0.044), household size (p=0.043), distance to market (p=0.021), additional income (p=0.017) and amount received (p=0.014) were significant variables (p<.05) in the determinants of market channel choice. The study recommended improving market information provision and strengthening farmer associations which will enable smallholder farmers in rural communities to make informed choices with respect to produce price, access other markets and consolidate their collective market bargaining position.
Źródło:: Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development; 2021, 62, 4; 415-428
1899-5241
Pojawia się w:: Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development
Dostawca treści:: Biblioteka Nauki

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Tytuł:: Effect of market participation on household welfare among smallholder goat farmers in Botswana
Autorzy:: Ngwako, Gomolemo
Mthenge, Mary
Gido, Eric
Kgosikoma, Keneilwe
Powiązania:: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1879450.pdf
Data publikacji:: 2021-07-04
Wydawca:: Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu. Wydawnictwo Uczelniane
Tematy:: market participation
endogenous switching regression
household welfare
smallholder farmers
Opis:: Goat farming is a major livelihood activity for most smallholder farmers in Botswana. To ensure sustainable livelihoods for these farmers, a shift from the prevalent traditional and subsistence system to a more market-oriented one is considered necessary. Market participation is widely viewed as an effective means of addressing poverty which is particularly rampant in most rural areas of Botswana and other developing countries. Little evidence is however available on the link between market participation and household welfare, especially among livestock and, in particular, small stock farmers. This paper evaluates the effect of market participation on household welfare among smallholder goat farmers. Estimating an endogenous switching regression model, the results show a positive and significant effect of market participation on household income for both participant and non-participant farmers. This effect was found to be more pronounced among the non-participants had they decided to sell. The results suggest that goat farmers should be encouraged to engage in market participation other than their traditional ways of keeping goats. This implies that existing policies and programs that increase market participation and encourage market-oriented farming should be revised in order to provide efficient and sustainable support. Furthermore, the study recommends that information on goat markets should reach rural areas where most farmers reside and are unable to access technology.
Źródło:: Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development; 2021, 60, 2; 151-160
1899-5241
Pojawia się w:: Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development
Dostawca treści:: Biblioteka Nauki

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Tytuł:: A value for smallholder farmers participating in the agricultural value chain
Autorzy:: Mjonono, Mfusi
Marwa, Nyankomo
Coetzee, Gerhard
Powiązania:: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1892317.pdf
Data publikacji:: 2020-04-02
Wydawca:: Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu. Wydawnictwo Uczelniane
Tematy:: Agricultural value chain, experiential value, functional value, smallholder farmers, smallholder farmer participation.
Opis:: Participation of smallholder farmers in the agricultural value chain is determined by their ability to capture value. There are different concepts of value that should be considered: those that drive an improvement in output value of a smallholder farmer, and those that pertain to smallholder farmers themselves, the functional (upgrading) and experiential value. Upgrading in the value chain takes three major areas of upgrading strategies: product, process and functions (Kaplinsky and Morris, 2008); the authors of this paper argue that these represent the functional value. The authors therefore claim that functional value refers to an improved or enhanced value in a more physical sense (e.g. higher prices per product sold). That leaves experiential value, which is intrinsically gained by the smallholder farmer, and is driven by improved learning and experience, confidence gained and control. Therefore, for a balanced analysis and understanding of the value for farmers participating in the value chain, the authors propose a conceptual framework which includes the elements of experiential value and functional value. The contribution of this work is therefore an expansion of the perceived value approach that may shed more light on the drivers of inclusion and exclusion of smallholder farmers in value chains. This paper begins by expanding the concept of value as it relates to smallholder farmers. Then, the authors propose a conceptual framework for participating in the value chain in an effort to understand the participation of smallholder farmers in agricultural value chains.
Źródło:: Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development; 2020, 55, 1; 37-44
1899-5241
Pojawia się w:: Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development
Dostawca treści:: Biblioteka Nauki

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Tytuł:: Technical efficiency of maize-based farm irrigators in the Eastern Cape province
Autorzy:: Mdoda, Lelethu
Obi, Ajuruchukwu
Christian, Mzuyanda
Jiba, Phiwe
Powiązania:: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2033372.pdf
Data publikacji:: 2021-12-28
Wydawca:: Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu. Wydawnictwo Uczelniane
Tematy:: Eastern Cape Province
smallholder maize-based farmers
stochastic frontier analysis
technical efficiency
Opis:: Maize production is the most important field crop in South Africa produced from ancient years, Mpumalanga and North West Provinces being principal producers. Maize is extensively produced and ascendancy ground crop because maize is greater resilient, less labor exhaustive, rich in food strength and starches, grows actual fast, and easy to produce as other ground crops. Most of the produced maize in South African is consumed domestically. Despite massive extents of arable land and all-inclusive land reform implemented for 25 years, farmers in the former homeland areas of South Africa cultivate only small food plots where they grow mostly maize and a small variety of vegetables. The aim of this paper was to examine the technical efficiency of maize-based farmers who farm within smallholder irrigation schemes. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 120 maize-based irrigation farmers. Descriptive statistics and stochastic production frontier models were used in the study. Maize production in the study area was dominated by males (78%) with an average age of 60 years and an average family size of 4 people in the household. Smallholder irrigators have primary education meaning farmers were literate and able to access farming information and interpret it. Farmers have a minimum average of 10 years of farming experience. Smallholder maize-based farmers were efficient in using their resources given their high farm productivity. The level of technical efficiency for maize farming was 84% which indicates that 16% of maize yield was not realized by smallholder maize farmers in the study area. The study recommends that the government and private sector must improve the farm techniques such as manure and enhanced seeds prepared early and accessible at small and affordable expenses to upsurge maize productivity.
Źródło:: Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development; 2021, 62, 4; 371-381
1899-5241
Pojawia się w:: Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development
Dostawca treści:: Biblioteka Nauki

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Tytuł:: Impact of village bank membership on households’ welfare in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality, South Africa
Autorzy:: Mbiakop, William Djamfa
Oyekale, Abayomi Samuel
Powiązania:: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/952092.pdf
Data publikacji:: 2017
Wydawca:: Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu. Wydawnictwo Uczelniane
Tematy:: smallholder farmers
village bank
simultaneous
equation model (sem)
welfare
north west province
Opis:: Access to credit is one of the key elements in raising agricultural productivity, and it is a powerful channel for poverty alleviation among smallholding farmers. This study examines the effect of village bank membership on the welfare of smallholder farmers in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality (NMMDM). Using cross sectional data from three villages where village banks was established in the study area, a representative sample of two hundred (200) farmers was obtained using structured questionnaires. Descriptive statistics and simultaneous equation model (SEM) were used for data analysis. The results show that membership in village banking increased per capita expenditure by 83.85% and variables such as income per capita (p < 0.01) and technology applied (p < 0.05) positively influenced per capita expenditure. It was concluded that village bank members had better socioeconomic characteristic which can help them to enhance their welfare. Therefore, creation of more community based village banks holds significant welfare implications in South Africa.
Źródło:: Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development; 2017, 46, 4; 731-738
1899-5241
Pojawia się w:: Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development
Dostawca treści:: Biblioteka Nauki

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Tytuł:: Characterisation of smallholder resettled sugarcane farmers and their perceptions towards microfinance in Zimbabwe (chiredzi)
Autorzy:: Matsvai, Simion
Mushunje, Abbissynia
Tatsvarei, Simbarashe
Powiązania:: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1879410.pdf
Data publikacji:: 2021-10-11
Wydawca:: Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu. Wydawnictwo Uczelniane
Tematy:: smallholder resettled farmers
microfinance
farmer perceptions
Opis:: The study sought to characterize smallholder A2 resettled sugarcane farmers and evaluate their perceptions towards microfinance. Data was collected using a questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were used. Results revealed that the majority of farmers solely depend on sugarcane farming. More than 80% of farmers (non-participants) were risk averse while, 90% of the beneficiaries indicated to be risk neutral. More than 90% of the sample farmers subscribe to Sugarcane Farmers Associations. Farmers perceived interest rates, processing and administration charges to be very high. Male farmers dominated their female counterpart and primary education being the highest education level attained by the majority of farmers. Farmers perceived the Estate to be offering better support than the government, MFIs and Farmers Associations in their areas of advocacy. Policy suggestions include gender balance on land allocation; government to be proactive after allocating land. Further recommendations include that MFIs should supplement the disbursed funds with other non-financial services; reduce interest rates, payback period, application procedures and time and increasing grace period.
Źródło:: Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development; 2021, 61, 3; 293-306
1899-5241
Pojawia się w:: Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development
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Tytuł:: Factors affecting income generation among smallholder farmers with agricultural cooperative membership in Zambia
Autorzy:: Mainza, Nichoolus Obby
Powiązania:: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2141451.pdf
Data publikacji:: 2022-07-06
Wydawca:: Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu. Wydawnictwo Uczelniane
Tematy:: agricultural co-operative
smallholder farmers
member incomes
Opis:: This study analysed the effects of cooperative member characteristics on income generation among smallholder farmers in Chibombo district of Central Zambia using logistic regression from a sample size of 398 co-operative members. The aim of the study was to analyze factors affecting income generation among small-holder famers with membership in agricultural cooperatives, and to identify factors that increase their income. Data were collected in May 2020 using a questionnaire. The empirical data indicated that income increased when there were increases in the cultivated area, primary education and cooperative membership period of 5–10 years but decreased with marriage, being widowed and a farming experience period of 5–10 years. The other factors had no significant effect. Thus, the study concludes that increasing cultivated area, duration of cooperative membership and attending at least primary education would better income generation among cooperative members.
Źródło:: Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development; 2022, 64, 2; 177-182
1899-5241
Pojawia się w:: Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development
Dostawca treści:: Biblioteka Nauki

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Tytuł:: Analysing the determinants, constraints and opportunities of smallholder farmers access to input markets: evidence from northern Ghana
Autorzy:: Adams, Abdulai
Osei-Amponsah, Charity
Tetteh Jumpah, Emmanuel
Powiązania:: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1892096.pdf
Data publikacji:: 2020-07-08
Wydawca:: Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu. Wydawnictwo Uczelniane
Tematy:: determinants
constraints
market access
smallholder
farmers
input markets
northern Ghana
Opis:: Smallholder farmers face multiple constraints in accessing input markets. This study seeks to understand the dynamics that influence input markets in northern Ghana and the opportunities that exist for smallholder farmers to increase their productivity and welfare. Using a random sample of 448 households, the study applied the probit and non-parametric methods in identifying the factors that influence farmers’ access to input markets and the key constraints faced by them. The results show that access to extension services, access to finance, distance to the nearest input market, and input source are significant factors that would be likely to influence farmers’ access to input markets. Lack of finance, poor road network, and low prices of output are the main critically ranked constraints limiting farmers’ access to input markets. Policy initiatives should be geared toward strengthening extension service delivery, farmer education on inputs, improving feeder roads, and encouraging private sector participation in input markets. Available opportunities to leverage on and improve farmers’ access to input markets include the governments’ input subsidy programmes, existing large-scale agricultural projects, private agricultural companies with contract farming models, and extensive network of input dealers and aggregators in the communities. These findings are relevant for farmers, input dealers and policy makers working to improve farmers’ access to input markets.
Źródło:: Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development; 2020, 56, 2; 133-143
1899-5241
Pojawia się w:: Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development
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