Factors Underlying Communal Beef Cattle Marketing Decisions in Botswana: The role of public and private transfers

David Mmopelwa () and Tebogo Seleka

No 30, Working Papers from Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis

Abstract: This article examines factors underlying communal beef cattle marketing at a household level in Botswana, with emphasis placed on the role of public and private transfers. Results show that public and private transfers (pensions, remittances, government food rations, and food supplies from friends and relatives) discourage cattle marketing. Thus, while they are important sources of household food security, cash and food transfers may adversely impact on beef export performance in Botswana. It is therefore fundamental that public transfer programmes are well targeted to needy and poor households, in order to minimize their adverse effects on the cattle industry. On the positive side, the paper argues that public transfer programmes may assist poor farmers rebuild their cattle and other livestock inventory, contributing to transition out of inter-generational poverty.

Keywords: Botswana; Cattle Marketing; Poverty; Public and private transfers; Social safety nets (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E32 R10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24 pages
Date: 2011-08
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