Uncertainty in milk production by smallholders in Tanzania and its implications for investment

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.crpLivestock
cg.contributor.donorIrish Aiden
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZ
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africa
cg.creator.identifierEdgar Twine: 0000-0001-7561-1584
cg.creator.identifierAmos Omore: 0000-0001-9213-9891
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.22434/ifamr2017.0028en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1559-2448en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalInternational Food and Agribusiness Management Reviewen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ilriANIMAL PRODUCTIONen
cg.subject.ilriDAIRYINGen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.ilriVALUE CHAINSen
cg.volume21en
dc.contributor.authorTwine, Edgar E.en
dc.contributor.authorOmore, Amos O.en
dc.contributor.authorGithinji, J.W.K.en
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-03T16:36:38Zen
dc.date.available2018-01-03T16:36:38Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/89914
dc.titleUncertainty in milk production by smallholders in Tanzania and its implications for investmenten
dcterms.abstractThe study evaluates the impact of risk on enterprises of male, female and young farmers operating in the formal and informal smallholder dairy value chains in Tanzania. It also examines the effect of uncertainty on the decision to invest in milk production in the two value chains. Results indicate that youths in the informal dairy value chain face the greatest level of risk followed by men in the formal value chain, and then men in the informal value chain. Women in both value chains and youths in the formal value chain face relatively low risk. Overall, milk production in the informal value chain is found to be substantially riskier than production in the formal chain. Optimal investment triggers are found to be much larger than the conventional triggers and are sensitive to volatility of returns. The results’ managerial and policy implications for inclusive dairy industry development in Tanzania are highlighted.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTwine, E.E., Omore, O. and Githinji, J. 2017. Uncertainty in milk production by smallholders in Tanzania and its implications for investment. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 21(1): 53–72.en
dcterms.extentp. 53-72en
dcterms.issued2018-01-09
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
dcterms.publisherBrillen
dcterms.subjectdairiesen
dcterms.subjectlivestocken
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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