• Login
    View Item 
    •   UNZA Repository Home
    • Theses and Dissertations
    • Agricultural Sciences
    • View Item
    •   UNZA Repository Home
    • Theses and Dissertations
    • Agricultural Sciences
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Economic Analysis of Factor allocation by Zambian Tobacco Farmers

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    ERNEST0001.PDF (2.574Mb)
    Date
    2011-03-10
    Author
    Mwape, Ernest
    Type
    Thesis
    Language
    en
    Metadata
    Show full item record

    Abstract
    The purpose of this study is to construct and estimate a model of production behavior for tobacco farmers in Zambia. The final data set consisted of annual production and price data for fifty farmers over three seasons (1990/91 to 1992/93). Production behavior is modeled in terms of a Translog dual cost function and an output supply response equation derived from the first order conditions for profit maximization. Econometric results suggest that there are dis-economies of scale of in tobacco production. In addition estimated results suggest that marginal costs of production are increasing over the time period (as indicated by a negative coefficient for time trend in the output supply equation). Reciprocity conditions for cost minimization were not rejected. The elasticity of tobacco output supply response was estimated as +2.6. The high elasticity may be explained by a preponderance of commercial farms in the data set and by the seriousness of foreign exchange constraints to farmers over the period of study.
    URI
    http://dspace.unza.zm/handle/123456789/195
    Subject
    Tobacco Farmers in Zambia-Economic analysis
    Tobacco Farmers
    Collections
    • Agricultural Sciences [216]

    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2016  DuraSpace
    UNZA homepage | UNZA Library | Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Theme by 
    Atmire NV
     

     

    Browse

    All of UNZA RepositoryCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Statistics

    View Usage Statistics

    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2016  DuraSpace
    UNZA homepage | UNZA Library | Contact Us | Send Feedback
    Theme by 
    Atmire NV