"The 2010 RUFORUM Biennial Conference was the second in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholers in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme socio-economics".
Financial viability and acceptability of specific packages of dairy production and marketing innovations in Wedza, Zimbabwe
Abstract:
Low viability indicators and high operating ratios indicated poor
viability in the smallholder sector, with the exception of rich
farmers. Variations in gross margins were associated with
heterogeneity of farmers in resource endowments, allocation
of resources and management. It was also shown by positive
the relationship between returns per cow with the number of
milking cows owned by farmers. Improved technologies also
had positive effects on gross margins. Family labour and feed
costs were the major expenses; hence the use of cost feeding
strategies could potentially improve viability.
Les indicateurs de faible viabilité et des ratios d’exploitation
élevés indiquent une faible viabilité dans le secteur des petits
exploitants, à l’exception des riches fermiers. Les variations
dans les marges brutes ont été associées à l’hétérogénéité des
agriculteurs dans les dotations en ressources, l’allocation des
ressources et la gestion. Il a également été montré par la positive
relation entre les rendements par vache avec le nombre de
vaches laitières détenues par des agriculteurs. L’amélioration
des technologies a également eu des effets positifs sur les
marges brutes. La main-d’œuvre familiale et les coûts des
aliments ont été les dépenses importantes, d’où l’utilisation de
stratégies d’alimentation des coûts pourraient améliorer la
viabilité.
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English
Date of publication:
2010
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Southern Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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Printed resource
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1699-1702
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