@article{Mmopelwa:260191,
      recid = {260191},
      author = {Mmopelwa, David and Seleka, Tebogo B.},
      title = {Public Transfers and Communal Cattle Marketing Decisions:  Empirical Evidence from Botswana},
      journal = {Journal of Agribusiness},
      address = {2012},
      number = {345-2017-1165},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {A two-step (probit-truncated regression) model is used to  examine the influence of public transfers on communal  cattle marketing decisions in Botswana. Results show that  publicly provided pensions reduce the probability of  selling cattle but have no effect on               the  number of cattle sold. Government food rations and paid  employment (which includes employment in a Public Works  Program) reduce both the probability of selling cattle and  the volume of cattle sold. Thus, public transfers are a  disincentive to cattle marketing in Botswana, and they need  to be targeted at poor households to minimize their adverse  effects on the cattle industry.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/260191},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.260191},
}