Economic Analysis of Groundnut Production in Kasungu District, Malawi: A production Economics Approach

Vincent Kapopo and Maganga Assa

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Abstract: This study was rolled out to assess resource use efficiency in small scale groundnut production in Kasungu district. A household survey was administered to 42 groundnut farmers in Northern part of Kasungu district. The study has established that a farmers return MK2 for every Kwacha invested. The farmer incurs MK95 for every Kg of groundnut produced. The foregoing analysis of production function indicated that farm size, seed and labour are the important factors of production that affect groundnut output in the study area. The regression coefficients of these inputs were positive and statistically significant. Farm size had the highest MVPs as compared to other inputs. Seed was the second production factor with higher MVP indicating that farmers can increase their groundnut output by using optimal seedrate. The main constraints to marketing included low output prices and poor (unstandardized) measurement scales.

Keywords: Groundnut; MVP; Smallholder farmer; Kasungu (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-09-27
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