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Factors influencing participation in contract farming among smallholder tobacco producers in Malawi
Dissertation (MSc Agric (Agricultural Economics))--University of Pretoria, 2022.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/86187 Factors influencing participation in contract farming among smallholder tobacco producers in Malawi Mungatana, Eric D. u19316055@tuks.co.za Chibisa, Donnex Joseph Agribusiness management and rural development Smallholder tobacco Contract farming UCTD Dissertation (MSc Agric (Agricultural Economics))--University of Pretoria, 2022. This paper used cross-sectional survey data from 132 contract and 64 non-contract smallholder tobacco farmers drawn from Kasungu district in Malawi to determine factors that influence their participation in contract farming schemes. We find systemic differences in the socioeconomic characteristics of the two farmer types. Household head gender (Z=1.786, p=0.074) and education level (Z=2.043, p=0.041), household size (Z=2.232, p=0.026), land size allocated to tobacco cultivation (Z=3.016, p=0.003), and access to guaranteed markets (Z=2.102, p=0.036) increase the probability of contract participation. Farmers’ perception that some contract terms are not known at the point of contract signing (Z=-2.922, p=0.003) reduces the probability of contract participation. The majority of the farmers are dissatisfied with the current contracts on account of high rates of tobacco rejection and low tobacco prices at the selling floors. Deliberate policies to increase land ownership by women, reduce illiteracy levels, and ensure transparency and fair trade would not only increase contract participation but also lower dropout rates, hence sustainability of the tobacco contract farming scheme. MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program (MCFSP) Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development MSc Agric (Agricultural Economics) Unrestricted 2022-07-14T11:56:53Z 2022-07-14T11:56:53Z 2022-09 2022 Mini Dissertation Chibisa, DJ 2022, Factors influencing participation in contract farming among smallholder tobacco producers in Malawi, MSc dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yyyymmdd https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/86187 S2022 https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/86187 DOI: 10.25403/UPresearchdata.20296887 10.25403/UPresearchdata.20296887 en © 2022 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Agribusiness management and rural development Smallholder tobacco Contract farming UCTD Factors influencing participation in contract farming among smallholder tobacco producers in Malawi |
| title | Factors influencing participation in contract farming among smallholder tobacco producers in Malawi |
| title_full | Factors influencing participation in contract farming among smallholder tobacco producers in Malawi |
| title_fullStr | Factors influencing participation in contract farming among smallholder tobacco producers in Malawi |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors influencing participation in contract farming among smallholder tobacco producers in Malawi |
| title_short | Factors influencing participation in contract farming among smallholder tobacco producers in Malawi |
| title_sort | factors influencing participation in contract farming among smallholder tobacco producers in malawi |
| topic | Agribusiness management and rural development Smallholder tobacco Contract farming UCTD |
| url | https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/86187 |