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Abstract
This paper studies the dynamics between cash cropping and food crop productivity in Gokwe
North District in Zimbabwe, a major cotton producing area. The main research issues were: (1)
to identify the determinants of commercialized crop production at the household level; and (2) to
determine the effect of increasing crop commercialization on household food productivity. The
paper derives a household crop commercialization index, defined as the ratio of crop sales to
total crop production. Econometric models were developed for identifying the determinants of
household-level commercialization and for measuring its effects on food crop productivity.