Agricultural Transformation in Zambia: Alternative Institutional Models for Accelerating Agricultural Productivity Growth, and Commercialization
2017
Chapoto, Antony | Haggblade, Steven | Hichaambwa, Munguzwe | Kabwe, Stephen | Longabaugh, Steven | Sitko, Nicholas J. | Tschirley, David L.
This paper traces the trajectories of successful commercial smallholders operating under differing sets of market institutions. Analysis focuses on maize, cotton, and horticulture, three widely marketed crops with strikingly different market institutions. Maize receives intensivegovernment input and marketing support. In contrast, cotton relies primarily on privatecontract farming schemes, while horticulture enjoys no large-scale institutional support from either the public or private sectors. Using a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods, the analysis aims to identify personal characteristics and institutional factors that enable smallholder transitions to high-productivity commercial agriculture.
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