Exploiting the potential for expanding cropped area using animal traction in the smallholder sector in Mozambique

Benedito Cunguara, David Mather, Tom Walker, Bordalo Mouzinho, Jaquelino Massingue and Rafael Uaiene ()

No 249697, Miscellaneous Publications from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

Abstract: We use a combination of descriptive and econometric analysis of rural household animal traction use to assess the relative role of disease pressure as compared with other potential determinants of animal traction use. The focus on the potential of area expansion using animal traction rather than motorization is because draft animals appreciate while tractors depreciate over time. Second, the direct transition from hand-hoe to tractorization is usually not cost-effective (Pingali et al., 1987). The costs of destumping are much higher for tractor tillage because a much higher quality of destumping is required in order to minimize the damage to tractor-drawn implements

Keywords: Agricultural; and; Food; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 67
Date: 2016-04
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.249697

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