2017
DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.77.16175
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Smallholder goat farmers’ market participation in Choma District, Zambia

Abstract: With recent increases in demand for animal products smallholder goat producers have an opportunity to improve their livelihoods by increased market access and market participation. Thus this study was carried out to identify the live goat chain actors, their role, linkages, power relations and practices in the supply chain; to establish the institutional support services and the enabling environment under which the smallholder goat farmers operate in Choma district. To accomplish these tasks both qualitative a… Show more

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“…Middlemen may take advantage of the farmers' ignorance of the market price and purchase agricultural output from producers at lower prices, and sell at a higher price to cover their transaction costs and profits [32,33]. Despite the personal and economic benefits associated with participating in the market, smallholder farmers in Ghana and other developing countries are faced with challenges that constrain their participation in the market [8,[34][35][36]. There are many challenges that have an effect on smallholder farmers' choices of a marketing channel for their produce, such as limited access to reliable market information, poor basic infrastructure, inefficient and weak institutional factors (e.g., farmer association, agricultural extension services), limited access to credit, and the subsistence nature of farming [32,37,38].…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Middlemen may take advantage of the farmers' ignorance of the market price and purchase agricultural output from producers at lower prices, and sell at a higher price to cover their transaction costs and profits [32,33]. Despite the personal and economic benefits associated with participating in the market, smallholder farmers in Ghana and other developing countries are faced with challenges that constrain their participation in the market [8,[34][35][36]. There are many challenges that have an effect on smallholder farmers' choices of a marketing channel for their produce, such as limited access to reliable market information, poor basic infrastructure, inefficient and weak institutional factors (e.g., farmer association, agricultural extension services), limited access to credit, and the subsistence nature of farming [32,37,38].…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Se encontró que las edades encontradas para los caprinocultores de la región son menores a las reportadas por Salinas-González et al Por otra parte, el tiempo viviendo en el mismo domicilio, se le denomina arraigo, y habla de la permanencia de los productores en las localidades de estudio; los años en la actividad refieren a la experiencia que tienen los productores, la cual se puede considerar para describir algunas características importantes en el sistema de producción; por ejemplo, la adopción de tecnologías e innovaciones por parte de los productores. Al respecto, Alva-Pérez et al, (2018);Chipasha et al (2017) y Fonseka et al (2018a, indican un promedio de 10, 9.2 y 10 años en la actividad de los productores de Tamaulipas, México, Zambia y Sri Lanka, respectivamente; lo cual es inferior al tiempo en la actividad de los productores de este estudio. En cuanto a las variables productivas, la información sobre tamaño del rebaño, producción de leche y horas que dedican al pastoreo, se pueden utilizar como indicadores de productividad.…”
Section: Variables Descriptivasunclassified
“…Los productores del grupo 3, presentan una ventana de oportunidad en aspectos productivos, además de que son uno de los grupos con mayor edad y obtienen el mayor precio por litro de leche; por lo que en este grupo resultaría relativamente sencillo aplicar un programa de transferencia de tecnología, ya que carecen de capacitación en todos los eslabones de la cadena productiva. Al respecto, Chipasha et al (2017), agrupan a productores, los cuales tienen pocas habilidades de producción, poco acceso a mercado e infraestructura y alta incidencia de enfermedades, y los señalan como el grupo con mayores limitantes de producción y áreas de mejora perfectamente delimitadas.…”
Section: Análisis De Correspondencia Múltipleunclassified
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“…Therefore, it is highly relevant for efficient disease control to understand how individuals in this group reason and act in relation to animal health and disease. In rural Zambia, small ruminant trade mostly occurs directly between farmers and customers, but a considerable amount also occurs through traders selling at informal urban markets [9,13]. The focus of this study was on traders selling animals at these urban markets.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%