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A PROBIT ANALYSIS OF WOMEN FARMERS' ACCESS TO FARM LAND AND CREDIT IN THE NORTHERN PROVINCE / SAMEVATTING: 'N PROBITANALISE VAN VROULIKE BOERE SE TOEGANG TOT PLAASGROND EN KREDIET IN DIE NOORDELIKE PROVINSIE

1997; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 36; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Africâner

10.1080/03031853.1997.9523452

2078-0400

M. R. Mokoena, M. Mekuria, Malijeng Ngqaleni,

Land Rights and Reforms

Abstract Northern Province is predominantly a rural region where agriculture is the dominant sector and plays an important role in the provincial economy. Women are the majority of the poor living in these rural areas and depend heavily on farming. But their agricultural productivity is below potential as they don't have access to productive assets such as land and credit. This study based on a farm survey undertaken in the seven districts in the former Lebowa homeland in the Northern Province, attempts to identify factors which determine women farmers's access to more farming land and credit facilities. The results show that most of the women are not satisfied with the size of the land which they own and they have never used farming credit. The probit analysis results show that productivity of the staple crop (maize), more off-farm income and access to credit are the strong determinants of the desire to increase, the size of the farming land. Access to credit is influenced by the first two variables above and farmers membership to agricultural development projects. Better access to and security for farm land, targeted credit and agricultural support services are crucial in improving the quality of women farmers in the province. Noordelike Provinsie is 'n oorwegend plattelandse gebied waarin landbou 'n dominante sektor is en 'n belangrike rol in die provinsiale ekonomie speel. Vroue vorm die meerderheid van arm mense wat in hierdie landelike gebiede woon en hul is baie van boerdery afhanklik. Maar hul landbouproduktiwiteit is onder die potensiaal omdat hul nie toegang tot bates soos grond en krediet het nie. Hierdie studie wat gebaseer is op 'n boerdery-opname in die sewe distrikte in die voormalige Lebowatuisland in Noordelike Provinsie, poog om faktore wat vrouens se toegang tot meer plaasgrond en krediet bepaal, te identifiseer. Die resultate toon dat die meeste vrouens nie met die grootte van die grond wat hulle beheer tevrede is nie en dat hulle nooit landboukrediet gebruik het nie. Die probitanalise toon dat produktiwiteit van die stapelgewas (mielies), groter nie-plaas inkomste en toegang tot krediet kragtige determinante is van die begeerte om die grootte van plaasgrond te verhoog. Toegang tot krediet word deur die eerste twee veranderlikes beïnvloed sowel as deur die boere se lidmaatskap van landbou-ontwikkelingsprojekte. Beter toegang tot en sekuriteit aan plaasgrond, doelwitgeoriënteerde krediet en landbou-ondersteuningsdienste is essensieel vir die verbetering in die gehalte van vroulike boere in die provinsie.