Measurement of competitiveness in smallholder livestock systems and emerging policy advocacy: an application to Botswana Sirak Bahta 1 and P. Malope 2 1 International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) 2 Botswana Institute of Development Policy Analysis Mainstreaming Livestock Value Chain : Bringing research to bear on impact assessment, policy analysis and advocacy for development, 5-6 Nov. 2013, Accra-Ghana
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Measurement of competitiveness in smallholder livestock systems and emerging policy advocacy:
an application to Botswana
Sirak Bahta1 and P. Malope2
1International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)2Botswana Institute of Development Policy Analysis
Mainstreaming Livestock Value Chain : Bringing research to bear on impact assessment, policy analysis and
advocacy for development, 5-6 Nov. 2013, Accra-Ghana
Outline
Introduction and objectives
Literature Review Methodological Approach Results and discussion Conclusion and Policy Implications
Introduction Botswana agric. dominated by livestock production Beef dominant within the Botswana livestock sector EU market access has justified massive investment in beef
for export Dualistic structure of production, with communal
dominating Productivity low esp. in the communal sector Not clear as to whether beef production is competitive Studies have relied on household budget analysis and
limited household data Others have concentrated on productivity of agriculture
Objectives
Measure competitiveness of beef production using household data
Specifically the study seeks to:• Identify the determinants of profitability• Identify efficiency drivers• Measure overall profit efficiency of beef production• Come up with policy recommendations to improve
competitiveness of beef production• Identify gaps between this application of household
analysis and the information needed for policy advocacy and implementation
Literature-definition• Competitiveness has many definitions
• Competitiveness can be measured at three levels, macro; meso and micro-levels
• Study measure competitiveness at micro level
• Definition at micro level relate to profitability
• “the ability to sell products that meet demand requirements in terms of price, quality & quantity and at the same time ensure profits”
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Literature Review - determinants
Internal factors• Size of the farm• Organisational structure of the farm• Social capital
External factors• Government policy• Public expenditure in research, extension and
• The mean efficiency of 0.56 implies that there is a substantial loss of profit due to inefficiency.
• Profits could be increased through reduction in inputs costs, increase in output price achieved and improved access to crop land.
• Presence of inefficiency in the study reminds that production models that assume absolute efficiency could lead to misleading conclusions.
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• Policies to improve farm profit should be directed atEnhancing producer prices as well as ways to
reduce input prices improving infrastructure such as roads and
collection points of livestock Improving access to crop land andEncouraging farmers to engage in crop farming,
particularly in feed production.
Conclusion and policy implications
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• Presence of inefficiency is largely ignored by the multi-market and CGE models used in policy analysis. Results of a policy change will be measured differently by models if they:– Serve to improve efficiency (which models may miss)– Increase production or consumption (which may
preserve and even magnify inefficiencies)• Ideas for including inefficiencies in models are