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Livestock production economics on communal land in Botswana: effects of tenure, scale and subsidies

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  • Jonathan Barnes
  • James Cannon
  • James Macgregor

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This study looked at the economic and financial characteristics of three range-based livestock systems on communal land in Botswana. Small-scale traditional livestock keeping is inherently efficient and provides important household income. However, these private returns are attributable to subsidies, and economic efficiency is very low due to open access. Low input, unfenced, cattle post production is economically efficient, but the returns to land are low. Fenced commercial ranching is not privately or economically viable in the more remote communal land. The loss of favoured European market access for beef could make all the systems studied economically unsound. The current subsidies to livestock production might be more economically efficient if they were redirected, from input costs reduction, to directly support initiatives that enhance the average herd productivity.

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  • Jonathan Barnes & James Cannon & James Macgregor, 2008. "Livestock production economics on communal land in Botswana: effects of tenure, scale and subsidies," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(3), pages 327-345.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:25:y:2008:i:3:p:327-345
    DOI: 10.1080/03768350802212121
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    1. Bahta, S. & Temoso, O. & Mekonnen, D. & Malope, P. & Staal, S., 2018. "Technical efficiency of beef production in agricultural districts of Botswana: A Latent Class Stochastic Frontier Model Approach," 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia 277207, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    2. Temoso, Omphile & Villano, Renato & Hadley, David, 2016. "Evaluating the productivity gap between commercial and traditional beef production systems in Botswana," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 149(C), pages 30-39.
    3. Matopote, Given & Manatsha, Boga Thura & Joshi, Niraj Prakash, 2021. "The Influence of Swedish Aid in Rural Water on Agricultural Production in Botswana," 2021 Conference, August 17-31, 2021, Virtual 315390, International Association of Agricultural Economists.

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