@article{Maleka:173165,
      recid = {173165},
      author = {Maleka, Phiri},
      title = {An application of Target MOTAD Model to crop production in  Zambia: Gwembe Valley as a case study},
      journal = {Agricultural Economics: The Journal of the International  Association of Agricultural Economists},
      address = {1993-07},
      number = {968-2016-75697},
      pages = {22},
      year = {1993},
      abstract = {The Zambian Government encourages crop production in the  Gwembe Valley without
taking into consideration the risks  involved. These risks mainly originate from the  stochastic
nature of rainfall. This paper, therefore,  identifies optimal cropping patterns in the
Gwembe Valley  by using Target MOT AD Model. The results of the Target MOT  AD Model
indicate an optimal cropping pattern of growing  sorghum, rice and soyabeans. This is
different from the  existing cropping pattern of sorghum, sunflower, cotton and  maize. The
overall policy implication of adopting the  cropping pattern obtained from the model
solution is that  some resources allocated to the production of current crops  have to be
reallocated to the production of new crops.  Moreover, since people in the Gwembe Valley
are used to  growing of cotton, sunflower and maize, the adoption of the  suggested new
crops will entail the education of the people  (through extension services) in the crop
husbandry of these  crops.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/173165},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.173165},
}