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Do Public Transfers Discourage Farmer Participation in Subsistence Crop Production? Empirical Evidence from Botswana

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dc.contributor.author Lekobane, Khaufelo R.
dc.contributor.author Seleka, Tebogo B.
dc.date.accessioned 2021-06-08T13:27:48Z
dc.date.available 2021-06-08T13:27:48Z
dc.date.issued 2011-08
dc.identifier.isbn 99912-65-36-8
dc.identifier.uri http://knowledge.bidpa.bw:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/104
dc.description.abstract We analyze the impact of public food and cash transfers on farmer participation in Botswana’s subsistence arable agriculture. The results indicate that publicly provided social pensions and food packages (rations) reduce the probability of participation in subsistence crop farming. Engagement in paid off-farm employment, which is sometimes facilitated through a public works programme (PWP), also discourages farmer participation in the subsistence economy. Therefore, public food and cash transfers and the PWP yield work disincentive effects in Botswana’s subsistence agriculture. This is because transfers are usually consistent and regular in Botswana, impacting on household behaviour. The design of social protection policies should therefore consider such potential disincentive effects on the agricultural sector. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis(BIDPA) en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries BIDPA Working Paper;29
dc.subject Subsistence agriculture en_US
dc.subject Public and private transfers en_US
dc.subject Work disincentive en_US
dc.subject Dependency en_US
dc.subject Botswana en_US
dc.subject Social safety nets en_US
dc.subject Poverty en_US
dc.title Do Public Transfers Discourage Farmer Participation in Subsistence Crop Production? Empirical Evidence from Botswana en_US
dc.title.alternative BIDPA Working Paper 29 en_US
dc.type Working Paper en_US


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