Cattle Commercialization in Rural South Africa: Livelihood Drivers and Implications for Livestock Marketing Extension

Ndoro, Jorine T.; Mudhara, Maxwell; Chimonyo, M.

doi:10.1080/09709274.2014.11906694

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“…Livestock production is significant in wealth creation and improving the livelihoods of rural poor households [1,2]. Cattle commercialisation increases production and quality, contributing to improved incomes.…”

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“…Market participation becomes a determining factor in the commercialisation of cattle by rural poor households [3]. Cattle herd size positively influence cattle market supply decisions [2]. Thus, agricultural market participation is associated with productivity, with empirical evidence showing that in Southern Africa, growth in herd size is required in shifting to commercial cattle farming systems [3].…”

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“…Cattle are a major livelihood strategy for South Africa's communal and emerging farmers, who are resource poor and own 40% of the herd size. [2]. Approximately 3 million subsistence as well as 240,000 small-scale farmers own 5.6 million cattle relative to 50,000 commercial farmers who own 8.2 million cattle [5].…”

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Market Awareness and Participation for Cattle Farmers in the Kaonafatso ya Dikgomo (KyD) Scheme in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

Ngarava

Mushunje

2019

Agriculture

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The objective of the study was to outline the determinants of market awareness and participation in the Kaonafatso ya Dikgomo (KyD) scheme in South Africa. The study utilised a cross-sectional survey of a randomly selected sample of 116 KyD farmers in KwaZulu-Natal Province. A Logit model was used to analyse the data. The results show that more farmers are aware of farmgate market channels, but however, they tended to utilise auction market channels. Furthermore, gender, marital status, educational level, employment status, farm income, source of income, herd size, labour and training were significant variables in the awareness and use of butcheries, auctions and farm gate markets. The study concludes that the scheme is particularly effective in influencing commercialisation through utilisation of more lucrative market channels such as auctions. Furthermore, socio-economic factors had a bearing on the awareness and use of marketing channels for smallholder farmers in the KyD scheme. Labour was particularly significant across butchery, auction and farm gate market channels. The study recommends that the scheme needs to improve awareness and use of market channels through utilisation of information platforms such as radio, television and direct communication though mobile phones. Furthermore, extension should assist farmers not only in awareness of markets, but also in the utilisation of those markets.

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Market Awareness and Participation for Cattle Farmers in the Kaonafatso ya Dikgomo (KyD) Scheme in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

Ngarava

Mushunje

2019

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“…The double-hurdle model (Cragg 1971) was used to model this two-step decision process, following several other market studies (e.g. Holloway, Barrett & Ehui 2005;Komarek 2010;Mabuza, Ortmann & Wale 2014;Mather et al 2013;Ndoro, Mudhara & Chimonyo 2014). This model was chosen over the Heckman sample selection model, which has been used by many studies (e.g.…”

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The impact of social grant dependency on smallholder maize producers’ market participation in South Africa: Application of the double-hurdle model

Sinyolo

Mudhara

Wale

2017

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Background: Social grants have become an increasingly popular means of improving the welfare of poor households in South Africa and beyond. While the goals of these transfers are to alleviate current poverty as well as to improve human capital capacity, they also have unintended effects, positive or negative, on beneficiary households. A question that has not been adequately addressed in the literature is the role that social grants play in the efforts to commercialise smallholder farming.Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the impact of social grant dependency on the incentives of smallholder maize producers to participate in the market.Setting: The study was done in the rural areas of four districts (Harry Gwala, Umzinyathi, Umkhanyakude and Uthukela) in the KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.Methods: The study adopted a quantitative research design. A total of 984 households were randomly selected from the four districts, of which 774 had planted maize in the previous season. The analysis was done on the 774 farmers who had planted maize. The double-hurdle model was used for statistical analysis.Results: The results show a negative association between social grant dependency and market participation, suggesting that social grant-dependent households are more subsistent, producing less marketable surplus. Moreover, households with access to social grants sold less quantities of maize in the market, indicating reduced selling incentives.Conclusion: The study indicates that social grants reduce the incentives of smallholder farmers to commercialise their production activities. The results suggest that, while policies aimed at reducing transaction costs would increase smallholder market participation, attention should be paid on how to reduce social grants’ dis-incentive effects. To reduce spill over effects to unintended household members, the study recommends offering part of the grant as ‘in-kind support’, which is specific to the intended individual beneficiary.

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“…al., 2015). However, it is observed that, limited accesses to capital, as well as the difference in livelihood strategies and motivations are the major factors hindering small -scale farmer's participation in the livestock marketing in south-Africa (Ndoro, 2014). Gani and Adeoti (2011) lamented that, in Nigeria Socioeconomic variables such as cooperative membership, family size, high output commercialization ratio and education and supportive infrastructure have been found to be important variables affecting market participation among farmers.…”

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Socio- Economic Factors Influencing the Probability of Market Participation among the Cattle Farmers in Adamawa State, Nigeria

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2017

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Cattle Commercialization in Rural South Africa: Livelihood Drivers and Implications for Livestock Marketing Extension

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Market Awareness and Participation for Cattle Farmers in the Kaonafatso ya Dikgomo (KyD) Scheme in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

Market Awareness and Participation for Cattle Farmers in the Kaonafatso ya Dikgomo (KyD) Scheme in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa

The impact of social grant dependency on smallholder maize producers’ market participation in South Africa: Application of the double-hurdle model

Socio- Economic Factors Influencing the Probability of Market Participation among the Cattle Farmers in Adamawa State, Nigeria

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