Technical Efficiency of African Indigenous Vegetable Production in Vhembe District of Limpopo Province, South Africa

Mulaudzi, Vuledzani Sheryl; Oyekale, Abayomi Samuel; Ndou, Portia

doi:10.1515/opag-2019-0077

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“…Amaranthus accessions vary in protein content and agronomic traits [33] Nutrition and access to certified seeds are drivers of ALV production [34] Amaranthus species vary in mineral content suggesting the need for selection [35] Cropping systems Upscaling of ALVs production will be met with several unexpected constraints [36] To increase their productivity, farmers must expand the area under indigenous vegetable cultivation [37] An in-depth investigation of the current status of ALV production practices is required [38] Availability of relief packages negatively affect the production of ALVs in rural communities [39] Most ALVs grow like weeds and are not cultivated [40] Table 2. Cont.…”

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African Leafy Vegetables for Improved Human Nutrition and Food System Resilience in Southern Africa: A Scoping Review

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The economic potential of African leafy vegetables (ALVs) remains obscured by a poorly developed value chain. This scoping review assembled and examined scattered knowledge generated on ALVs across southern Africa, focusing on production, processing, marketing, and consumption. Two electronic databases (Scopus and Web of Science) were screened, and a total of 71 relevant studies were included and evaluated. The review provides a state of the art on knowledge related to utilisation of ALVs across the entire value chain. The findings show that functional properties are of prime importance in the production and consumption of ALVs. However, the lack of improved germplasm and a non-existent seed supply system are significant production bottlenecks. Pests and diseases affecting the productivity of ALVs remain mostly unexplored. Sun-drying and boiling were the most reported post-harvest processing methods, suggesting that traditional processing methods are still prominent. Many studies also confirmed the predominance of informal markets in the trading of ALVs as they fail to penetrate formal markets because of poor product positioning and exclusion from produce demand and supply forecasts. The inception of cultivar development, mechanised processing methods, and market linkages will enhance the profitability of ALVs in the region. This review enhances the gaining of insight into the state of different value chain components will assist in upscaling production, value addition of products, and enhance marketing efficiency. There is a great opportunity for basic and applied research into ALVs.

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“…Literature shows that the production inefficiency and its determinants are similar in Asia and Africa. For example, Akamin et al (2017) reported 33% technical inefficiency in vegetable farming in Cameroon, and Mulaudzi et al (2019) found 21% technical inefficiency in indigenous vegetable production in South Africa. The variables that significantly affected technical inefficiency in South Africa's indigenous vegetable production were years of schooling, extension services, gender, and access to irrigation system (Mulaudzi et al, 2019).…”

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“…The factors affecting the production efficiency and profit efficiency in vegetable production were almost similar between Asia and Africa. For example, Mulaudzi et al (2019) reported that the years of schooling, extension services, gender, and access to irrigation system are the main variables affecting efficiency in South African indigenous vegetable production. The adoption of improved varieties increased profit efficiency.…”

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Profit Efficiency of Smallholder Vegetable Farms in Nepal: Implications for Improving Household Income

Shrestha

Bhandari

Pandey

2022

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Enhancing profit efficiency in vegetable farming is important to increase income, livelihoods, and nutrition security, and to reduce poverty of smallholder farmers, particularly in developing countries. This study examined the profit efficiency and its determinants in smallholder vegetable farms in Nepal using the stochastic translog profit function with cross-section data collected in 2013. The results revealed a high level of inefficiency in vegetable farms because of the combined effects of technical, allocative, and scale inefficiencies. The profitability differential in vegetable farms is significantly explained by input variables, namely, labor, land, seeds, fertilizer, pesticides, and capital. The determinants of profit inefficiency in vegetable farming were the types of crop varieties, access to information and extension services, access to agricultural credit, distance of farms to markets, and sex of farm manager. The profit efficiency in vegetable farming can be enhanced by adopting improved seed varieties, improving effective information and extension programs, increasing accessibility of credit facilities to the farmers, developing market infrastructure, and empowering women farmers in vegetable farming that leads to improve household income and nutrition security.

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“…Most retailers of AIVs were found to be younger females who were more educated than the AIVs farmers and they viewed retailing as a full-time occupation. Mulaudzi, Oyekale & Ndou (2019) did a study on technical efficiency of AIVs production in Vhembe District of Limpopo Province, South Africa. Using questionnaires, the study collected data from 114 small holder AIV farmers.…”

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Socio-economic determinants of production and consumption of African Indigenous Vegetables in Kakuma refugee camp and Kakuma town, Kenya

Kahara¹,

Losenge²,

Majiwa³

2021

SCIRJ

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African Indigenous Vegetables remain important in the food system due to their relative importance in providing nutritious food for the rural and urban population. AIVs contain high micronutrients such as carotene, iron, calcium, magnesium and vitamins important for proper body functioning hence contributing to food security and nutrition especially in resource-poor households. AIVs have low input requirements and can adapt to many agro-ecological zones. Despite their importance, the production and consumption of AIVs are progressively declining in Kenya. Further, AIVs remain less exploited, especially in the arid and semi-arid areas. It is on this backdrop that this study assessed the socio-economic determinants of production and utilization of AIVs in the Kakuma refugee camp and its environs. Using a descriptive survey design, the study collected data from 172 farmers from Kakuma Refugee Camp and Kakuma Town. Both descriptive and inferential statistical analyses were used to obtain frequencies, mean, chi-square test and a linear regression model to assess socio-economic determinants of production and consumption of AIVs. The results indicated that the main AIVs produced and consumed in Kakuma town and refugee camp were Amaranths, Cowpea and Jute mallow. The country of origin, marital status and age of the household head significantly influenced the production of AIVs. Further, land ownership, communal farming and awareness creation by self-help groups and preferences of AIVs to exotic vegetables had a significant relationship with the production and consumption of AIVs. Income generation was a motivating factor for producing AIVs. Since age and the country of origin influenced the production and consumption of AIVs, the study recommends that there is a need for people to adopt a culture of producing and consuming more AIVs to promote production of AIVs.

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Technical Efficiency of African Indigenous Vegetable Production in Vhembe District of Limpopo Province, South Africa

Cited by 11 publications

References 19 publications

African Leafy Vegetables for Improved Human Nutrition and Food System Resilience in Southern Africa: A Scoping Review

African Leafy Vegetables for Improved Human Nutrition and Food System Resilience in Southern Africa: A Scoping Review

Profit Efficiency of Smallholder Vegetable Farms in Nepal: Implications for Improving Household Income

Socio-economic determinants of production and consumption of African Indigenous Vegetables in Kakuma refugee camp and Kakuma town, Kenya

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