Zondi Nonkululeko Thandeka Brightness, Ngidi Mjabuliseni Simon Cloapas, Ojo Temitope Oluwaseun, Hlatshwayo Simphiwe Innocentia
Centre for Transformative Agricultural and Food Systems, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
African Centre for Food Security, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
Front Sustain Food Syst. 2022 Jan 25;5:777790. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2021.777790.
Smallholder farmers encounter countless challenges that not only restrict them from maximizing market opportunities but also limit their access to the markets. This paper aims to achieve a thorough understanding of the factors that influence the market participation of indigenous crops by smallholder farmers while also analyzing the extent of market participation in South Africa. An analyzable sample size of 1,520 was used for the study. Household commercialization index (HCI), -test, description analysis, and a double hurdle model with quasi-maximum likelihood fractional response model were employed to analyze the commercialization and extent of commercialization among indigenous crops by smallholder farmers in South Africa. The study demonstrated that a farmer's decision to participate in the market is highly dependent on gender, off-farm income, access to market information, and a family member being infected by HIV. Factors such as household size and access to the market had statistical significance in the extent of market participation by smallholder farmers. While we recommend the need to intensify appropriate training for farmers and extension workers involved in the area of indigenous crops, it is also important that indigenous crops are given the necessary considerations by the government and research institutions so that their demand in the market could increase. There is a need to develop a clear support plan for the few farmers that have decided to be involved in the farming of indigenous crops even though they are not highly marketable. On the other hand, there is also a need for consumer awareness campaigns in South Africa, on the income and nutritional benefits of indigenous crops.
小农户面临着无数挑战，这些挑战不仅限制了他们充分利用市场机会，还限制了他们进入市场的机会。本文旨在深入了解影响小农户参与本土作物市场的因素，同时分析南非市场参与的程度。本研究使用了1520个可分析的样本量。采用家庭商业化指数（HCI）、t检验、描述性分析以及具有拟最大似然分数响应模型的双重障碍模型，来分析南非小农户本土作物的商业化情况和商业化程度。研究表明，农民参与市场的决定高度依赖于性别、非农收入、获取市场信息的机会以及家庭成员是否感染艾滋病毒。家庭规模和进入市场的机会等因素在小农户市场参与程度方面具有统计学意义。虽然我们建议有必要加强对从事本土作物领域的农民和推广人员的适当培训，但政府和研究机构也应对本土作物给予必要的关注，以便提高其市场需求。有必要为少数决定从事本土作物种植的农民制定明确的支持计划，尽管这些作物的市场销量不高。另一方面，南非也有必要开展消费者宣传活动，宣传本土作物的收入和营养益处。
