@article{Masegela:284751,
      recid = {284751},
      author = {Masegela, C. and Oluwatayo, I.},
      title = {Value chain mapping and marketing efficiency of  smallholder cowpea farmers in Capricorn and Waterberg  districts of Limpopo province},
      address = {2018-09-25},
      month = {Sep},
      year = {2018},
      abstract = {Marketing plays a major role in agricultural production  and this is because agriculture has the potential to  provide the majority of smallholder farmers with employment  and income. However, for smallholder farmers to enjoy the  benefits provided by agriculture they need to have a  reliable market for their produce. This paper therefore  examined cowpea value chain mapping and marketing  efficiency among cowpea farmers in Ga-Molepo of Capricorn  district and Bela-Bela of Waterberg district. Primary data  was collected through face to face interviews from 80  smallholder cowpea farmers using structured questionnaire.  Value chain map, descriptive statistics and binary logistic  regression model were used to analyse the data. The study  findings showed that 66% of the smallholder cowpea farmers  were market efficient and 34% were market inefficient. It  was also revealed that women were more involved in cowpea  production than men. Results of binary logistic regression  model employed indicated that age, household size, years in  schooling, years in farming cowpea, income generated from  selling cowpea, quantity of cowpea sold and occupation of  the farmers had positive significant influence on marketing  efficiency in the study area. The paper therefore  recommends that increased investment in education and  training opportunities for smallholder farmers for better  profit making and stakeholders in agriculture value chain  in the study area should come together for proper  coordination of activities to further enhance  efficiency.
Keywords: Cowpea production, Limpopo province,  marketing efficiency, value chain mapping, Smallholder  farmers},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/284751},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.284751},
}