Determinants of smallholder farmers’ demand for purchased inputs in Lilongwe District, Malawi: evidence from Mitundu extension planning area

Maganga, Assa and Mehare, Abure and Ngoma, Kisa and Magombo, Elizabeth and Gondwe, Paul (2011): Determinants of smallholder farmers’ demand for purchased inputs in Lilongwe District, Malawi: evidence from Mitundu extension planning area. Forthcoming in:

Abstract

The aim of this study was to empirically determine the factors that affect smallholder farmers’ demand for purchased fertilizer and seed using cross section data from 160 farmers. Model solutions, which were created by using Translog Cost Function were carried out by Seemingly Unrelated Regression (SUR). To this end this study revealed that education, field size (plot of land cultivated) and household size have significant negative relationship with the share of fertilizer purchased and positively related with share of seed. Whereas price of output, seed, fertilizer and income of the household are found to be significant and positively related to share of fertilizer and negatively related with share of purchased seed.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Translog, Cost, Purchase inputs, Demand
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D0 - General

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