Small and Medium Scale Farming in Zambia: A Competitive Analysis
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Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.46254/AF04.20230133" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.46254/AF04.20230133</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.46254/AF04.20230133" target="_blank" >10.46254/AF04.20230133</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Small and Medium Scale Farming in Zambia: A Competitive Analysis
Original language description
The agricultural sector in Zambia has been described as the backbone of the economy. It contributes to the country's GDP, national exports and employs most of the population. The agricultural sector in Zambia is dominated by small and medium scale farmers who are mostly located in the rural areas. Due to the importance role played by the small and medium scale farmers in Zambia, it is necessary to conduct a competitive analysis to assess their competitive environment. Michael Porters five forces model was used in the analysis. In assessing the competitive environment of the agricultural sector, this analysis focuses on small and medium scale farming with reference to the crop sub sector and focusing on the major crop -maize. The analysis was informed by Secondary data sources from peer reviewed journal articles and professional reports about the agricultural sector in Zambia. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data in line with Michael Porter's five forces framework. The findings indicate that the threat of new entrants to small and medium scale farming is relatively high due to lack of barriers of entry and supportive government programs for the farmers, the barging power of buyers is relatively high because buyers are often fewer and buy in large volumes which makes them more powerful than the small and medium scale farmers. The bargaining power of suppliers is also high as the small and medium- scale farmers are mostly dependent on subsidies due to the financial constraints that they face.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50204 - Business and management
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Article name in the collection
Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
ISBN
979-8-3507-0544-7
ISSN
2169-8767
e-ISSN
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Number of pages
9
Pages from-to
389-397
Publisher name
IEOM Society International
Place of publication
Southfield
Event location
Lusaka
Event date
Apr 4, 2023
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
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