The Impact of Crop Rotation on Profitability and Production Risk in the Eastern and North Western Free State

Nel, A. A.; Loubser, H. L.

doi:10.1080/03031853.2004.9523638

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“…Farms diversifying their crops exhibit relatively higher efficiency levels in all the four models than their counterparts who do monoculture (Table 5). Our results here are consistent with the findings of Ram et al (1999) in India, Nel and Loubser (2004) in South Africa and Rahman (2009) in Bangladesh. These scholars have found beneficial impact of crop diversification on productivity and efficiency.…”

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confidence: 96%

“…The Indian government should encourage region-specific policies regarding crop diversification through extension services and credit facilities, as such practices could improve efficiency. Even crop rotation as a part of diversification could further reduce the production risk attributed from the droughts, pests and diseases (Nel and Loubser, 2004), which is considered as a profitable and sustainable farming practice. More research may be undertaken to identify suitable crop diversifying strategy in general and crop rotation in particular.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Impact of land fragmentation, farm size, land ownership and crop diversity on profit and efficiency of irrigated farms in India

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Impact of land fragmentation, farm size, land ownership and crop diversity on profit and efficiency of irrigated farms in India

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“…Results show that such farmers are 5.6% more likely to produce groundnuts than those that use conventional methods. This is probably because conservation farming practices (crop rotation, improved fallow and intercropping) entails the growing of a legume either in rotation or side-by-side with a serial crop (Nel & Loubser, 2004). In this way, the cereal crop benefits from the atmospheric nitrogen fixed by the rhizobium bacteria hosted by the roots of the leguminous plant.…”

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Effects of the Maize Input Subsidy Program on Groundnuts Production in Zambia

Zulu¹,

Kalinda²,

Tembo³

2014

JAS

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This study uses a three-wave panel dataset from nationally representative surveys by the Central Statistical Office and Cragg's (1971) model for corner-solution problems to determine the effect of the government-sponsored maize input subsidy program on the production of groundnuts in Zambia. The results show that even though the maize subsidy programme, does not significantly affect the smallholder farmer's decision to participate in groundnuts production, maize subsidies however do significantly influence the proportion of cultivated land area allocated to groundnuts production. This finding confirms that the current high subsidy levels targeted at maize are causing farmers to relocate their productive resources, particularly land, from other cropping enterprises towards maize production. The results also show that land allocation to groundnuts is also influenced by the household's labour endowment, level of activity of the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) in the district, the household's access to market information, and the price of groundnuts relative to prices of other related commodities like maize, mixed beans, cowpeas and soyabeans.

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“…The experiments were conducted during the rainy seasons of four consecutive years from 2013 to 2016 at Bonia, a farming community about 2 km from Navrongo in the Kassena-Nankan Municipal in the Upper East Region (11 ∘ 01 N, 00 ∘ 16 W, 249 m above sea level) in northern Ghana. The mean annual rainfall (2013-2016) of the experimental site was 831 mm, it is monomodal, starting in June and ending in October.…”

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“…Crop rotation is well known for its yield improvement effect on crop yield and reduction of financial risk; consequently it is recommended as a countermeasure for financially sustainable crop production [11]. The objective of the current study is to explore and recommend cheaper and reliable sources of and integrated soil fertility management option for maize farmers to boost maize productivity and production on a sustainable basis in the Savanna agroecologies of northern Ghana.…”

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Soil Amendments and Rotation Effects on Soybean and Maize Growths and Soil Chemical Changes in Northern Ghana

Kanton¹,

Buah²,

Larbi³

et al. 2017

International Journal of Agronomy

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A four-year field trial was conducted at Bonia in the Upper East Region of Ghana to evaluate soybean-maize rotation amendment systems. The treatments included soybean without amendment, inoculated soybean, inoculated soybean with fertisol, inoculated soybean with phosphorus and potassium (P, K), inoculated soybean with P, K and fertisol, inoculated soybean with nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (N, P, K), and continuous maize. Treatments were arranged in a randomized complete block design with four replications. Inoculation negatively affected yields by 2% and 14% in 2013 and 2015, respectively. Soil amendments with P, K or N, P, K increased yields within 45-51%, fertisol increased by 95%, and integration of P, K and fertisol recorded 76% increment of inoculated soybean. Yields of maize increased by 1%, 20%, 25%, 43%, 44%, and 46% under inoculated soybean, inoculated soybean with N, P, K, inoculated soybean with P, K, inoculated soybean with fertisol, soybean without amendment, and inoculated soybean with P, K and fertisol, respectively. Maize after inoculated soybean with fertisol and maize after inoculated soybean with P, K and fertisol consistently scored higher benefit-cost ratio across the two years of experimentation. Thus, the two systems are conceivable for recommendation to the farmers in northern Ghana.

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The Impact of Crop Rotation on Profitability and Production Risk in the Eastern and North Western Free State

Cited by 18 publications

References 5 publications

Impact of land fragmentation, farm size, land ownership and crop diversity on profit and efficiency of irrigated farms in India

Impact of land fragmentation, farm size, land ownership and crop diversity on profit and efficiency of irrigated farms in India

Effects of the Maize Input Subsidy Program on Groundnuts Production in Zambia

Soil Amendments and Rotation Effects on Soybean and Maize Growths and Soil Chemical Changes in Northern Ghana

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