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Effects of Cash Crop Production on Food Crop Productivity in Zimbabwe: Synergies or Trade-offs?

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Jones Govereh (Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University)
T. S. Jayne ()

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This paper studies the dynamics between cash cropping and food crop productivity in Gokwe North District in Zimbabwe, a major cotton producing area. The main research issues were: (1) to identify the determinants of commercialized crop production at the household level; and (2) to determine the effect of increasing crop commercialization on household food productivity. The paper derives a household crop commercialization index, defined as the ratio of crop sales to total crop production. Econometric models were developed for identifying the determinants of household-level commercialization and for measuring its effects on food crop productivity.

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Paper provided by Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University in its series International Development Working Papers with number 74.

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Date of creation: 1999
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Keywords: food security; food policy; cash crop production; food crop productivity; Zimbabwe;

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Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy

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  1. Rios, Ana R. & Masters, William A. & Shively, Gerald E., 2008. "Linkages between Market Participation and Productivity: Results from a Multi-Country Farm Household Sample," 2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida 6145, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]
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