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Analyses of labour productivity among small-holder cassava farmers for food security and empowerment in central Madagascar

dc.contributor.authorOkoye, B.C.
dc.contributor.authorAbass, A.
dc.contributor.authorBachwenkizi, B.
dc.contributor.authorAsumugha, G.N.
dc.contributor.authorAlenkhe, B.
dc.contributor.authorRanaivoson, R.
dc.contributor.authorRandrianarivelo, R.
dc.contributor.authorRabemanantsoa, N.
dc.contributor.authorRalimanana, I.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:04:02Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:04:02Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationOkoye, 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.
dc.identifier.issn2159-5852
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/1321
dc.descriptionOpen Access Journal
dc.description.abstractLabour 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.
dc.description.sponsorshipCommon Fund for Commodities
dc.format.extent309-318
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectFarm Size
dc.subjectFamily Labour
dc.subjectFood Security
dc.subjectCassava
dc.subjectSmallholders
dc.titleAnalyses of labour productivity among small-holder cassava farmers for food security and empowerment in central Madagascar
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.contributor.affiliationNational Root Crops Research Institute, Nigeria
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationCentre National d Recherche Appliquee au Developpement Rural, Madagascar
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.countryMadagascar
cg.identifier.urlwww.ijamad.iaurasht.ac.ir
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectCassava
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectLivelihoods
cg.journalInternational Journal of Agricultural Management and Development
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
local.dspaceid79100
cg.targetaudienceScientists


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