Agricultural Development in Southern Africa: Farm-Household Economies and the Food Crisis

1987 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 342
Author(s):  
Ann Seidman ◽  
Allan Low
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Farm Household ◽  
Food Crisis ◽  
Household Economies

scholarly journals Credit’s use performance and its determinants on farm household: A case of Chitwan district of Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 140-149
Author(s):  
Namdev Upadhyay ◽  
Samaya Gairhe ◽  
Yogendra Acharya ◽  
Yuga Nath Ghimire ◽  
Krishna Prasad Timsina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Household Head ◽  
Farm Household ◽  
Agricultural Credit ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Active Population ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Food Sufficiency ◽  
Socio Demographic Factors ◽  
On Farm

Credit has been considered to play a pivotal role in the agricultural development of Nepal. A large number of institutions are involved in the disbursement of credit to agriculture. In this backdrop, the present study has examined the performance of agricultural credit and has identified the determinants of increased use of credit at the farm household level in Nepal. The study was based on survey data consisting of 107 samples collected randomly from the Chitwan district. The study has revealed that the quantum of credit availed by the farming households is affected by several socio-demographic factors which include caste, economically active population, food sufficiency, and membership in an organization. The research revealed that if the household is Brahmin/ Chettri, the probability of borrowing loans decreased by 32% as compared to other castes. Similarly, if the household’s economically active population increased by one unit, the probability of taking a loan increased by 16%. The results also show that, if household food sufficiency increased by one month the probability of taking loans decreased by 4 % but if the household head is a member of an organization, the probability of taking a loan increased by 28%. The congenial environment to increase the involvement of the household head to an organization like cooperative and farmers group, increasing the food self-sufficiency through productivity enhancement program and creating awareness on credit utilization helps to increase credit use performance in Agriculture.

scholarly journals Organisasiestrukture van landbou-ontwikkelingsinstellings

1993 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-55
Author(s):  
J. Kroon ◽  
H. J.P. Steyn
Keyword(s):  
Development Strategy ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Organizational Design ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Developing Regions ◽  
The Public ◽  
Development Institutions ◽  
Independent States ◽  
Basis Word

Organization structures of agricultural development Institutions. Agriculture plays an important role in the economic activities of the developing regions of Southern Africa. The public sector has an important role to play in promoting agricultural development. This role can be fulfilled by government departments. These inititutions are, however, often restricted in this function. As a result of this, all the independent states and self-governing territories in Southern Africa have created independent institutions to undertake agricultural development. In this article, attention is firstly given to a short description of agricultural development institutions and following that, the approach in organizational design is given. An analysis of the environment in which agricultural development institutions operate is given to serve as basis for proposing a development strategy for these institutions. Based on this proposed strategy, the functions to be performed by agricultural development institutions are formulated, and an organizational structure for agricultural development institutions, is proposed.Landbou speel 'n belangrike rol in die ontwikkelende gebiede van Suider Afrika. Die openbare sektor het 'n groot verantwoordelikheid ten opsigte van die bevordering van landbou-ontwikkeling. Hierdie rol kan deur staatsdepartemente vervul word. Weens verskeie organisatoriese beperkings van sulke instellings het al die onafhanklike state en selfregerende gebiede in Suider Afrika onafhanklike korporatiewe instellings vir landbou-ontwikkeling geskep. In hierdie artikel word landbou-ontwikkelingsinstellings beskryf. Daarna volg 'n bespreking van 'n benadering tot organisasie-ontwerp. 'n Ontleding van die omgewing waarin sodanige instellings funksioneer, dien as basis vir die formulering van 'n toepaslike ontwikkelingstrategie. Met die strategie as basis word die funksies van landbou-ontwikkelingsinstellings bepaal, en 'n organisasiestruktuur voorgestel.

Fiscal woes to exacerbate Southern Africa food crisis

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
Food Crisis ◽  
Content Type

Headline SOUTHERN AFRICA: Fiscal woes to exacerbate food crisis

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