Analyses of labour productivity among small-holder cassava farmers for food security and empowerment in central Madagascar
Labour productivity affects food security, but quantifying this relationship has been scarce with respect to empirical literature. The Central Madagascar dataset explores the influence of labour productivity and related variables on the food security status of cassava farmers. Drawing on both theory...
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| author | Okoye, B.C. Abass, A. Bachwenkizi, B. Asumugha, G.N. Alenkhe, B. Ranaivoson, R. Randrianarivelo, R. Rabemanantsoa, N. Ralimanana, I. |
| author_browse | Abass, A. Alenkhe, B. Asumugha, G.N. Bachwenkizi, B. Okoye, B.C. Rabemanantsoa, N. Ralimanana, I. Ranaivoson, R. Randrianarivelo, R. |
| author_facet | Okoye, B.C. Abass, A. Bachwenkizi, B. Asumugha, G.N. Alenkhe, B. Ranaivoson, R. Randrianarivelo, R. Rabemanantsoa, N. Ralimanana, I. |
| author_sort | Okoye, B.C. |
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| description | Labour productivity affects food security, but quantifying this relationship has been scarce with respect to empirical literature. The Central Madagascar dataset explores the influence of labour productivity and related variables on the food security status of cassava farmers. Drawing on both theory and empirical
evidence, this paper argues that fundamental effects of links between labour productivity and food security are most times often overlooked currently in policy analyses. The study used a probit regression analytical procedure to explain the effect of labour productivity on food security of 180 Malagasy smallholder
cassava farmers selected through a multi-stage random sampling technique. Results showed that 25% of the cassava farmers were food in-secure. Labour productivity had a direct relationship with food security status of farmers at 1% level of probability as well as membership of cooperatives and farm size. Aged farmers were more food insecure at 10% level of probability than their younger counterparts. Households with high dependency ratio and family labour tend to be food insecure at 1% and 10% level of probability respectively among the farmers sampled. The results therefore call for land re-distribution and re-form policies aimed at encouraging younger farmers who seem to be more labour productive by allocating
more land to these group (as cooperatives) to increase cassava cultivation thereby giving a boost to food security. |
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| spelling | CGSpace771362025-11-11T10:13:53Z Analyses of labour productivity among small-holder cassava farmers for food security and empowerment in central Madagascar Okoye, B.C. Abass, A. Bachwenkizi, B. Asumugha, G.N. Alenkhe, B. Ranaivoson, R. Randrianarivelo, R. Rabemanantsoa, N. Ralimanana, I. farm size family labour food security cassava smallholders Labour productivity affects food security, but quantifying this relationship has been scarce with respect to empirical literature. The Central Madagascar dataset explores the influence of labour productivity and related variables on the food security status of cassava farmers. Drawing on both theory and empirical evidence, this paper argues that fundamental effects of links between labour productivity and food security are most times often overlooked currently in policy analyses. The study used a probit regression analytical procedure to explain the effect of labour productivity on food security of 180 Malagasy smallholder cassava farmers selected through a multi-stage random sampling technique. Results showed that 25% of the cassava farmers were food in-secure. Labour productivity had a direct relationship with food security status of farmers at 1% level of probability as well as membership of cooperatives and farm size. Aged farmers were more food insecure at 10% level of probability than their younger counterparts. Households with high dependency ratio and family labour tend to be food insecure at 1% and 10% level of probability respectively among the farmers sampled. The results therefore call for land re-distribution and re-form policies aimed at encouraging younger farmers who seem to be more labour productive by allocating more land to these group (as cooperatives) to increase cassava cultivation thereby giving a boost to food security. 2016 2016-09-27T08:28:05Z 2016-09-27T08:28:05Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77136 en Open Access application/pdf Okoye, B.C., Abass, A., Bachwenkizi, B., Asumugha, G., Alenkhe, B., Ranaivoson, R., ... & Ralimanana, I. (2016). Analyses of labour productivity among small-holder cassava farmers for food security and empowerment in central Madagascar. International Journal of Agricultural Management and Development, 6(3), 309-318. |
| spellingShingle | farm size family labour food security cassava smallholders Okoye, B.C. Abass, A. Bachwenkizi, B. Asumugha, G.N. Alenkhe, B. Ranaivoson, R. Randrianarivelo, R. Rabemanantsoa, N. Ralimanana, I. Analyses of labour productivity among small-holder cassava farmers for food security and empowerment in central Madagascar |
| title | Analyses of labour productivity among small-holder cassava farmers for food security and empowerment in central Madagascar |
| title_full | Analyses of labour productivity among small-holder cassava farmers for food security and empowerment in central Madagascar |
| title_fullStr | Analyses of labour productivity among small-holder cassava farmers for food security and empowerment in central Madagascar |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analyses of labour productivity among small-holder cassava farmers for food security and empowerment in central Madagascar |
| title_short | Analyses of labour productivity among small-holder cassava farmers for food security and empowerment in central Madagascar |
| title_sort | analyses of labour productivity among small holder cassava farmers for food security and empowerment in central madagascar |
| topic | farm size family labour food security cassava smallholders |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77136 |
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