Assessing options for crop-livestock intensification in semi-arid Southern Zimbabwe: household typologies and community visions Sabine Homann-Kee Tui, Patricia Masikati, Andre van Rooyen, Daniel Rodriguez, Peter de Voil, Godfrey Manyawu 4 th International Symposium for Farming Systems Design, Lanzhou, China, 19-22 Aug 2013
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Assessing options for crop-livestock intensification in semi-arid Southern Zimbabwe:
household typologies and community visions
Sabine Homann-Kee Tui, Patricia Masikati, Andre van Rooyen,
Daniel Rodriguez, Peter de Voil, Godfrey Manyawu
4th International Symposium for Farming Systems Design, Lanzhou, China, 19-22 Aug 2013
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Production trends in Southern Africa(PIN, 2004-06 base)
Net Production Index Number Per capita Production Index Number
Key challenges
• Resource constraints:
> 80% of rural
population below
poverty line
• Limited biomass: one
growing season, semi-
arid rainfed, poor
inherent soil fertility
• Extraction of land and
soils (degradation)
• Poor market linkages
and support services
(enabling structures)
Stepping stones towards increasing agricultural production and improving food security (1)
Hanging in Stepping up
Stepping out
Resources
Pro
fit
/ re
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After Dorward et al., (2010)
Identifying household typologies
Working Hypothesis 1:
Farmers have different
opportunities to adopt
technologies and intensify
production systems.
Better understanding farmers
resource endowments and
livelihood strategies may help
targeting development
interventions.
Stepping stones towards increasing agricultural production and improving food security (2)
Low
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Low High
Production technology development,
dissemination and use
Mark
et
develo
pm
ent,
effic
iency
and
part
icip
ation
Fully integrated market
oriented system
Source: Adapted from Dorward et al., 2002
Working hypothesis 2:
Pathways for sustainable
intensification are context specific.
Intervention options need to
integrate market development AND
production enhancing technologies.
Participatory approaches can help
identifying preferable intervention
options.
Identifying pathways for sustainable intensification
The case: mixed smallholder farming systems in semi-arid Zimbabwe
Farming system characteristics
Nkayi Gwanda
Agro-ecology• Rain (mm, (CV))• Main soils
656 (33)Kalahari
434 (23)Sands
Densities• Human (n km2)• Cattle (TLU km2)• Goats (TLU km2)