Farmers' willingness to invest in mechanized maize shelling and potential financial benefits: evidence from Tanzania

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.crpGrain Legumes
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZ
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierBekele Hundie Kotu: 0000-0001-5788-6461en
cg.creator.identifierJulius Manda: 0000-0002-9599-5906en
cg.creator.identifierChristopher Mutungi: 0000-0002-7876-1569en
cg.creator.identifierGundula Fischer: 0000-0002-7658-786Xen
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/agr.21801en
cg.identifier.iitathemePLANT PRODUCTION & HEALTHen
cg.identifier.iitathemeSOCIAL SCIENCE & AGRICUSINESSen
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0742-4477en
cg.issue3en
cg.journalAgribusinessen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.iitaAGRIBUSINESSen
cg.subject.iitaLIVELIHOODSen
cg.subject.iitaMAIZEen
cg.subject.iitaMARKETSen
cg.subject.iitaPOLICIES AND INSTITUTIONSen
cg.subject.iitaSMALLHOLDER FARMERSen
cg.subject.iitaSOCIOECONOMYen
cg.subject.impactAreaPoverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
cg.subject.sdgSDG 1 - No povertyen
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.volume39en
dc.contributor.authorKotu, Bekele Hundieen
dc.contributor.authorManda, J.en
dc.contributor.authorMutungi, C.en
dc.contributor.authorFischer, G.en
dc.contributor.authorGaspar, A.en
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-21T07:53:22Zen
dc.date.available2023-02-21T07:53:22Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/128801
dc.titleFarmers' willingness to invest in mechanized maize shelling and potential financial benefits: evidence from Tanzaniaen
dcterms.abstractSub-Saharan Africa has the least mechanized agriculture in the world due to various reasons including low effective demand at farm level, low policy attention, and ineffective mechanization strategies. However, the situation has changed since recently in favor of mechanization while limited empirical evidence is available on how mechanization can be enhanced among smallholder farmers. In this study, we explore farmers' willingness to invest in mechanization services by considering the group business model (GBM) and the individual business model (IBM) of mechanized maize shelling in Tanzania. Moreover, we analyze the potential financial benefit for those farmers who would like to invest in mechanized maize shelling. We use data mainly collected through a household survey and apply econometric and mathematical models for analysis. The results show that about 65% of the sample farmers are willing to invest in mechanized maize shelling within the GBM, while about 10% of them would like to do so within the IBM. Moreover, the results show that investment in mechanized maize shelling is profitable considering both small-scale (4 and 7 HP engine capacity) machines and medium-scale (16 and 20 HP engine capacity) machines. The results show that expanding agricultural mechanization in Tanzania through investments coming from smallholder farmers, as also experienced elsewhere, is possible while they suggest that policy instruments such as targeted loan programs, entrepreneurial and technical trainings, and smart subsidies or tax exemptions are important to encourage and enable smallholder farmers to participate in the mechanization supply chain. [EconLit Citations: Q120, Q130, D250].en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2023-02-17en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKotu, B.H., Manda, J., Mutungi, C., Fischer, G. & Gaspar, A. (2023). Farmers' willingness to invest in mechanized maize shelling and potential financial benefits: evidence from Tanzania. Agribusiness, 1-21.en
dcterms.descriptionOpen Access Articleen
dcterms.extentp. 854-874en
dcterms.issued2023-07en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-4.0
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.subjectmaizeen
dcterms.subjectshellingen
dcterms.subjectmechanizationen
dcterms.subjectprofitabilityen
dcterms.subjecttanzaniaen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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