Direct-use value of smallholder crop production in a semi-arid rural South African village
Direct-use value of smallholder crop production in a semi-arid rural South African village
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DOI：
10.1016/s0308-521x(02)00124-5
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发表时间：
2003-04-01
影响因子：
6.6
通讯作者：
Shackleton, CM
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作者：
Dovie, DBK;Witkowski, ETF;Shackleton, CM
在处理影响贫困农村家庭生计的问题时，农村社区用于维持生计的自然资源的货币价值很重要。因此，有必要确定小农生产系统的非市场产品的货币价值，以便可靠地说明资源的可得性和使用情况，从而进一步作出健全的政策决定。本文的目的是对农户作物生产的直接使用价值和交易价值进行实证分析，并讨论其对政策制定的影响。这项研究是结合对南非林波波省半干旱农村Thorndale其他生计部门的评价进行的。估计全村每户每年的作物直接净使用价值为443.4美元。玉米、西瓜、花生和菜豆的直接利用价值占作物直接利用价值的90%以上。单是玉米就占了每户家庭这一价值的40%，估计为652美元/公顷。资源销售并不常见，仅限于玉米和花生。农业基本上是一种雨养混合种植系统，生产投入低。农民支助服务、人力资本开发和土地保有权保障是确定的政策制定的主要领域。(C)2003爱思唯尔科技有限公司版权所有。
The monetary value of natural resources used by rural communities for subsistence is important when addressing issues affecting the livelihoods of impoverished rural households. There is therefore the need to attribute monetary values to non-marketed products from smallholder production systems in order to reliably account for resource availability and usage to further sound policy decisions. The objective of this paper is to present an empirical analysis of the direct-use and traded values of crop production by households, and to discuss the implications for policy development. The study was undertaken in combination with an evaluation of other livelihood sectors in Thorndale, a semi-arid rural village in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The net direct-use value of crops was estimated at $443.4 per household per annum across the village. Maize (Zea mays), watermelon (Citrullus, vulgaris), peanuts (Arachis hypogaea) and common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) contributed over 90% to the total direct-use value of crops. Maize alone contributed 40% of this value per household at an estimated $652/ha. Marketing of resources was not a common practice, limited to only maize and peanuts. Farming was basically a rain-fed-mixed cropping system with low production inputs. Farmer support services, human capital development and tenure security were major areas identified for policy development. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.