| Autor: |
Joseph P. Musara, Lovemore Musemwa, Munyaradzi Mutenje, Abbyssinia Mushunje, Charles Pfukwa |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp e0105-e0105 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2171-9292 |
| DOI: |
10.5424/sjar/2019171-13115 |
| Popis: |
Sorghum is important for sustainability of smallholder farmers’ subsistence, social and economic livelihoods in semi-arid and arid environments of Southern Africa. However, production of the crop has been on the decline in the smallholder communities of semi-arid Zimbabwe. The study examines factors affecting smallholder farmers’ inclination towards producing sorghum and allocating differential land proportions towards the crop. The paper uses a double hurdle estimation approach with cross-sectional survey data from 380 small holder sorghum farmers in the Mid Zambezi region. Frequency of contact with relatives, duration of receiving subsidies and the number of groups to which household members belonged had a robust influence (p |
| Databáze: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
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