Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/16012
Title: Commercializing Smallholder Value Chains for Goats in Mozambique: A System Dynamics Approach
Contributor(s): Hamza, Kanar (author); Rich, Karl  (author); Baker, Derek  (author)orcid ; Hendrickx, Saskia (author)
Publication Date: 2014
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/16012
Abstract: Goat producers in Inhassoro follow traditional management practices that lead to low supply of low quality goats. This has negative impacts on profitability, and on market access. Traders who buy in the Inhassoro locality buy only small volumes, and buyers from external markets are unaware of potential market supply in Inhassoro. This interaction of production constraints and limited information flows in the value chain was addressed using a system dynamics model for various commercialization scenarios. Simulation results show that improving goat production and animal health practices alone without concomitant improvements in market access have negative impacts on the financial performance of producers and no impact on other value chain actors. However, interventions that both improve market access and animal health have significant positive impacts on the financial performance of all value chain actors. The model's explicit treatment of herd dynamics contribute significantly to these conclusions, particularly the lagged production response inherent in livestock breeding systems.
Publication Type: Conference Publication
Conference Details: System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks 2014: 8th International European Forum on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks, Innsbruck-Igls, Austria, 17th - 21st February, 2014
Source of Publication: Proceedings in Food System Dynamics, v.2014, p. 117-134
Publisher: University of Bonn
Place of Publication: Bonn, Germany
ISSN: 2194-511X
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 140201 Agricultural Economics
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 380101 Agricultural economics
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 910203 Industrial Organisations
910204 Industry Costs and Structure
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 150503 Industrial organisations
150504 Industry costs and structure
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: E1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publication
Publisher/associated links: http://centmapress.ilb.uni-bonn.de/ojs/index.php/proceedings/article/view/384/381
Series Name: Proceedings in Food System Dynamics
Series Number : 2014
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