An Analysis of Factors Influencing African Indigenous Vegetable Farmers’ Bargaining Power: A Case Study from Zambia

Ramu Govindasamy; Burhan Özkan

Makale detayları

An Analysis of Factors Influencing African Indigenous Vegetable Farmers’ Bargaining Power: A Case Study from Zambia

Yazarlar:

Ramu Govindasamy | Burhan Özkan

Yayıncı:

Ankara University

Ana Başlıklar:

Agricultural Engineering (Other)

Dergi:

Journal of Agricultural Sciences Vol.30 Issue 1, pp.193-204

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001309595

pISSN:

1300-7580

Anahtar kelimeler:

Özet:

 Growing African Indigenous Vegetables AIVs is an innovative way to address poverty and malnutrition problems in Zambia. Farmers bargaining power plays an important role in increasing AIV production and farmers income. Based on 300 responses from Zambian AIV farmers, we defined AIV farmers bargaining power and analyzed its benefits to farmers and the AIV industry. We used the ordered logistic regression model OLRM to analyze the influence of several factors that contribute to farmers bargaining power, and then used the interpretative structural modeling ISM to analyze the relationship and hierarchical structure between the effects. Four key results and innovations arose from the analysis of the data. First, we defined farmers bargaining power through their self-reported bargaining power. Second, we found that the respondents bargaining power was significantly influenced by seven variables: age, gender, education, main trading partners, awareness of AIV prices, and distance to the market from the farm. Third, the main trading partners and awareness of AIV prices are surface direct factors, gender, education and distance to the market from the farm are middle indirect relationships, and age, belong to any community are deep root factors. Last, farmers bargaining power can be improved through education, especially womens education level, strengthening farmers organization construction, altering some of the farmers trading methods, and developing infrastructure. Overall, we found that bargaining power has played an important role in obtaining higher prices, getting faster payment, getting more income from AIV sales, and expanding AIV planting areas for farmers.

 Growing African Indigenous Vegetables AIVs is an innovative way to address poverty and malnutrition problems in Zambia. Farmers bargaining power plays an important role in increasing AIV production and farmers income. Based on 300 responses from Zambian AIV farmers, we defined AIV farmers bargaining power and analyzed its benefits to farmers and the AIV industry. We used the ordered logistic regression model OLRM to analyze the influence of several factors that contribute to farmers bargaining power, and then used the interpretative structural modeling ISM to analyze the relationship and hierarchical structure between the effects. Four key results and innovations arose from the analysis of the data. First, we defined farmers bargaining power through their self-reported bargaining power. Second, we found that the respondents bargaining power was significantly influenced by seven variables: age, gender, education, main trading partners, awareness of AIV prices, and distance to the market from the farm. Third, the main trading partners and awareness of AIV prices are surface direct factors, gender, education and distance to the market from the farm are middle indirect relationships, and age, belong to any community are deep root factors. Last, farmers bargaining power can be improved through education, especially womens education level, strengthening farmers organization construction, altering some of the farmers trading methods, and developing infrastructure. Overall, we found that bargaining power has played an important role in obtaining higher prices, getting faster payment, getting more income from AIV sales, and expanding AIV planting areas for farmers.

 Growing African Indigenous Vegetables AIVs is an innovative way to address poverty and malnutrition problems in Zambia. Farmers bargaining power plays an important role in increasing AIV production and farmers income. Based on 300 responses from Zambian AIV farmers, we defined AIV farmers bargaining power and analyzed its benefits to farmers and the AIV industry. We used the ordered logistic regression model OLRM to analyze the influence of several factors that contribute to farmers bargaining power, and then used the interpretative structural modeling ISM to analyze the relationship and hierarchical structure between the effects. Four key results and innovations arose from the analysis of the data. First, we defined farmers bargaining power through their self-reported bargaining power. Second, we found that the respondents bargaining power was significantly influenced by seven variables: age, gender, education, main trading partners, awareness of AIV prices, and distance to the market from the farm. Third, the main trading partners and awareness of AIV prices are surface direct factors, gender, education and distance to the market from the farm are middle indirect relationships, and age, belong to any community are deep root factors. Last, farmers bargaining power can be improved through education, especially womens education level, strengthening farmers organization construction, altering some of the farmers trading methods, and developing infrastructure. Overall, we found that bargaining power has played an important role in obtaining higher prices, getting faster payment, getting more income from AIV sales, and expanding AIV planting areas for farmers.

 Growing African Indigenous Vegetables AIVs is an innovative way to address poverty and malnutrition problems in Zambia. Farmers bargaining power plays an important role in increasing AIV production and farmers income. Based on 300 responses from Zambian AIV farmers, we defined AIV farmers bargaining power and analyzed its benefits to farmers and the AIV industry. We used the ordered logistic regression model OLRM to analyze the influence of several factors that contribute to farmers bargaining power, and then used the interpretative structural modeling ISM to analyze the relationship and hierarchical structure between the effects. Four key results and innovations arose from the analysis of the data. First, we defined farmers bargaining power through their self-reported bargaining power. Second, we found that the respondents bargaining power was significantly influenced by seven variables: age, gender, education, main trading partners, awareness of AIV prices, and distance to the market from the farm. Third, the main trading partners and awareness of AIV prices are surface direct factors, gender, education and distance to the market from the farm are middle indirect relationships, and age, belong to any community are deep root factors. Last, farmers bargaining power can be improved through education, especially womens education level, strengthening farmers organization construction, altering some of the farmers trading methods, and developing infrastructure. Overall, we found that bargaining power has played an important role in obtaining higher prices, getting faster payment, getting more income from AIV sales, and expanding AIV planting areas for farmers.

Makale detayları

An Analysis of Factors Influencing African Indigenous Vegetable Farmers’ Bargaining Power: A Case Study from Zambia

Yazarlar:

Ramu Govindasamy | Burhan Özkan

Yayıncı:

Ankara University

Ana Başlıklar:

Agricultural Engineering (Other)

Dergi:

Journal of Agricultural Sciences Vol.30 Issue 1, pp.193-204

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001309595

pISSN:

1300-7580

AIVs

Negotiating prices

Selling prices

Influencing factor analysis

Profitability

Sayı

Makale detayları

An Analysis of Factors Influencing African Indigenous Vegetable Farmers’ Bargaining Power: A Case Study from Zambia

Yazarlar: Ramu Govindasamy | Burhan Özkan

Yayıncı: Ankara University

Ana Başlıklar: Agricultural Engineering (Other)

Dergi: Journal of Agricultural Sciences Vol.30 Issue 1, pp.193-204

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 9/2024

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001309595

pISSN: 1300-7580

AIVs

Negotiating prices

Selling prices

Influencing factor analysis

Profitability

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Ramu Govindasamy | Burhan Özkan

Yayıncı:

Ankara University

Ana Başlıklar:

Agricultural Engineering (Other)

Dergi:

Journal of Agricultural Sciences Vol.30 Issue 1, pp.193-204

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

9/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001309595

pISSN:

1300-7580