Mnikathi Sandile Jason, Hlatshwayo Simphiwe Innocentia, Temitope Ojo, Cloapas Ngidi Mjabuliseni Simon
Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Resource Management, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg 3201, South Africa.
African Centre for Food Security, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg 3201, South Africa.
Agriculture (Basel). 2025 Feb 20;15(5):450. doi: 10.3390/agriculture15050450.
Private sector investment interventions serve as essential mechanisms for creating efficient, cost-effective financial solutions and technological support for emerging farmers in developing economies, yet their successful implementation is influenced by various contextual and socioeconomic factors. Using a quantitative research approach, this study examined the factors influencing participation in private sector investment interventions among 121 emerging commercial farmers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, utilizing a Poisson regression model to analyze four key intervention areas: credit access, market access, technical support, and spot supply. The first-hurdle model revealed that age and training skills negatively influenced market access while the training period showed positive influence, and similarly, the second-hurdle equation demonstrated that employment status and training period positively influenced participation intensity levels, though age maintained its negative impact. The findings of the first-hurdle model reveal that age and training skills negatively influenced market participation. The study concludes that employment status and training period positively impacted technical support adoption, with household size and training period emerging as significant determinants of intervention success. The private sector needs to develop strategic partnership models that encourage emerging farmers to participate intensively in interventions that are designed to improve their production and productivity. There is a need for targeted capacity-building programmes and enhanced extension services to improve emerging commercial farmers' participation in private-sector initiatives.
私营部门投资干预措施是为发展中经济体的新兴农民创造高效、具成本效益的金融解决方案和技术支持的重要机制，但其成功实施受到各种背景和社会经济因素的影响。本研究采用定量研究方法，以泊松回归模型分析南非夸祖鲁 - 纳塔尔省121位新兴商业农民参与私营部门投资干预措施的影响因素，涵盖四个关键干预领域：信贷获取、市场准入、技术支持和现货供应。第一门槛模型显示，年龄和培训技能对市场准入有负面影响，而培训时长有正面影响；同样，第二门槛方程表明，就业状况和培训时长对参与强度水平有正面影响，不过年龄仍保持负面影响。第一门槛模型的研究结果表明，年龄和培训技能对市场参与有负面影响。研究得出结论，就业状况和培训时长对技术支持采用有正面影响，家庭规模和培训时长是干预成功的重要决定因素。私营部门需要制定战略伙伴关系模式，鼓励新兴农民积极参与旨在提高其产量和生产力的干预措施。需要有针对性的能力建设方案和强化推广服务，以提高新兴商业农民对私营部门举措的参与度。
