Profitability and Efficiency Analysis of Smallholder Broiler Production in Mopani District of Limpopo Province, South Africa

Oluwatayo, Isaac B.; Machethe, Tanya A.; Senyolo, Mmapatla Precious

doi:10.17306/jard.2016.17

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“…The gross margin of the potato enterprise was calculated at ZAR 10,516.25 per year (per annum), with a gross margin per 100 of 1.13. These results align with previous studies by Oluwatayo et al [34] and Kebede et al [24], who also found profitable returns for potato producers. The profit ratio of 1.13 suggests that for every ZAR 1.00 invested in potato farms, farmers stand to make a profit of ZAR 1.13.…”

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Resource Use Efficiency of Potato Production among Smallholder Irrigated Farmers in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

Mdoda,

Obi,

Tamako

et al. 2023

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Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is Africa’s second most-grown crop and is widely used as the staple food after maize. The demand for potato production is increasing and growth in the area under production is estimated at 1.25% a year. Potato has great potential when it comes to food security and farm returns for many smallholder farmers. However, potato productivity is relatively low due to many factors that contribute to the low yield (including drought, poor production practices, and limited access to high-quality seed) and inefficient use of resources. Potato farmers have no access to formal markets, which may reduce the profitability of their enterprises. Additionally, while many studies have been conducted on the resource aspect of vegetable crops, very little is known about the profit efficiency of potato producers in the country. At the same time, efforts to commercialize potato production have not delivered the expected outcomes. This study aimed to estimate the profitability of potatoes, evaluate farm-level efficiency, and identify the factors that influence the efficiency levels of potato farmers in the Eastern Cape Province who engage in irrigation farming. The study used multi-stage and snowball sampling to select 150 smallholder potato farmers from whom primary data were collected using close-ended questionnaires. The data were analyzed using descriptive, gross margin analysis and translog stochastic profit frontier (SPF) modelling. The study found potato production to be profitable by as much as ZAR 7027.11 per annum. It is shown that farm size under potato, seed, pesticides, and fertilisers contribute positively towards the improvement of efficiency while labour and hired tractors negatively affect efficiency. The average technical efficiency of potato production among irrigated smallholder farmers was 89%, indicating that potato farmers could increase output by 11% without increasing inputs. Potato farm size, years spent in school, access to extension services, family size, and non-farm income are socio-economic and institutional factors influencing the farmers’ technical efficiency. However, the farmer’s age, access to credit, and cold storage had a negative effect on their productivity. The study recommends that government and non-governmental organisations strengthen the existing extension service provided to smallholder farmers and make efforts to provide farmers with long-term training and education to increase their productivity.

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Section: Profitability Of Smallholder Potato Farmerssupporting

confidence: 93%

Resource Use Efficiency of Potato Production among Smallholder Irrigated Farmers in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

Mdoda,

Obi,

Tamako

et al. 2023

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“…The positive coefficient indicates that there is a high probability that educated tomato farmers would participate in tomato marketing than those who are less educated in Madibong and Manganeng villages. The findings of the study contradict Tanya Machethe's (2016) findings, where the educational level of the farmer was found to be negatively and statistically insignificant towards market participation. According to Mpuzu Sikwela (2013), smallholder farmers who are educated are more likely to find marketing information and utilise the information better to integrate their product market.…”

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Factors Influencing Production and Market Participation among Smallholder Tomato Growers in Makhuduthamaga Municipality, Greater Sekhukhune District of Limpopo Province, South Africa

Kalauba

Belete

Senyolo

2023

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Agriculture plays a significant role in the economic sector in Limpopo province in terms of its contribution to the economy, and the number of employment opportunities it produces within local communities. The majority of people involved in agricultural practices are emerging farmers and smallholder/small scale farmers. The aim of the study was to determine and profile factors influencing production and market participation among smallholder tomato growers in Madibong and Manganeng Villages, Makhuduthamaga Municipality in Greater Sekhukhune District, South Africa. A purposive sampling technique integrated with a random sampling technique were used to collect primary data from 100 smallholder tomato farmers using structured questionnaires. The Multiple Linear Regression and the Logistic Regression models were used to analyse the socio-economic factors that influence tomato production and market participation among smallholder tomato farmers in the study area. The results of the study revealed that extension access, fertiliser application, marital status, income from production and use of agricultural equipment positively influence tomato production. While, the educational level, gender of the farmer, farming experience, marital status and farm size positively influence market participation, market distance negatively influences market participation among smallholder tomato farmers. Based on the findings of the study, it is recommended that there should be a comprehensive producer support programme that focuses primarily on subsidising smallholder farmers when purchasing production inputs.

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“…Poultry producers in Iraq consider high cost of drugs and vaccines a constraint facing them and ranked it third among financial constraints. Adetayo et al, (2013);Kusi et al, (2015), Butler (2016), Ume et al, (2016) and Hamid et al, (2017) indicated high cost of drug and vaccines, while Oluwatayo et al, (2016) found low cost. Modern intensive and semi-intensive poultry production requires high capital investment.…”

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Constraints facing poultry producers in Iraq

Kshash¹,

Oda²

2019

jae

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There is a decrease in poultry production in Iraq. The study was conducted in Babylon Province, Iraq; to identify constraints facing broiler producers. One hundred poultry producers were randomly selected. A list of 4 of constraints facing poultry producers: production, financial, marketing and institutional, covering 24 constraints was prepared. More than half of poultry producers indicated there was a high level of constraint facing them. Production, financial, and marketing constraints had high effect on producers. High cost of feed, competition from imported birds, price fluctuation, high cost of energy, inappropriate environmental conditions, continuous outage of electricity, high cost of drug and vaccines, high mortality rate, competition of birds from other province, lack of quality day old chicks from local hatcheries, lake of capital, poor extension service, production halls not utilized at full operating capacity, lack of quality feeds, and disease attack were the most severe constraints. Negative significant relationships exist between years of experience in poultry production, number of chicken sets/ year, training attendance and overall constraint score. There were differences between constraints severity depending on years of experience, number of chicken sets/ year, and training attendance. Challenges facing poultry producers can be addressed through active extension services. 91 MethodologyThe study was carried out in Babylon province, center-south of Iraq, which is located between 32° and 33.25° North latitude and 44°to 45° East longitude. There are 273 productive poultry projects in the province as at 2016, with the province coming second in term of number of broiler projects and third in terms of amount of meat produced (Central Statistical Organization Iraq, 2017). The population for this study consisted of 273 owners of poultry farms, 13 were chosen for testing reliability of the questionnaire, one hundred poultry farms were selected randomly from the remaining 260 to provide data from 1-15 July 2018.The instrument used was a 2-part questionnaire. The first part included the socio-economic characteristics: years of experience in poultry production, number of productive halls, number of chickens set/ year, number of chicken/set and training attendance. The second part listed 24 constraints faced by poultry producers grouped into the categories: production constraints (10), financial (7), marketing (4), and institutional (3).Content validity of the questionnaire was established by a panel of experts in the field of agricultural extension and poultry production. A pilot study was conducted to establish reliability of the instrument, a Cronbach's alpha (a reliability coefficient) of 0.93 was established, indicating the instrument used was reliable and valid. Constraints were measured on a 5-point continuum scale as very high constraint (VH) (4), high (H) (3), moderate (M) (2), less (L) (1) and not a constraint (NT) (0). In relation to their level of vulnerability, in all-over constraints, each re...

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Profitability and Efficiency Analysis of Smallholder Broiler Production in Mopani District of Limpopo Province, South Africa

Cited by 12 publications

References 11 publications

Resource Use Efficiency of Potato Production among Smallholder Irrigated Farmers in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

Resource Use Efficiency of Potato Production among Smallholder Irrigated Farmers in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

Factors Influencing Production and Market Participation among Smallholder Tomato Growers in Makhuduthamaga Municipality, Greater Sekhukhune District of Limpopo Province, South Africa

Constraints facing poultry producers in Iraq

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