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Survey on Small-scale Tobacco Farmers 2019

Zimbabwe, 2019
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Reference ID
zwe-reep-sstf-2019-v1
Producer(s)
Rutendo Chingosho
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Research Unit on the Economics of Excisable Products
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • access_policy
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    zwe-reep-sstf-2019-v1
    Title
    Survey on Small-scale Tobacco Farmers 2019
    Country
    Name Country code
    Zimbabwe zwe
    Study type
    Agricultural Survey
    Series Information
    Chingosho, Rutendo. Survey of Small-scale Tobacco Farmers 2019 [dataset]. Version 1. Cape Town: REEP [producer], 2019. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/chv2-zf14
    Abstract
    This investigation examines the challenges faced by small-scale tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe. 381 small-scale tobacco farmers in Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe, were interviewed for the survey. 74% of farmers in the survey sample are contract farmers. That is, they have contracts with tobacco leaf companies which determine their production and prices in exchange the farmers receive technical advice and other support, such as fertilizer and seed, or transportation costs. The rest were independent farmers.
    This dataset was made available under the SALDRU/Economics of Tobacco Control Project: Data on Aliments, Tobacco and Alcohol (DATA) in Africa Project (IDRC Project 108772-001)
    Kind of Data
    Sample survey data
    Unit of Analysis
    Individuals and establishments

    Version

    Version Description
    v1: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution
    Version Date
    2020-03-25

    Scope

    Notes

    The survey collected the following data from small-scale tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe: Farmers' credit and debt (reasons for credit, credit amount in US dollars, creditor information), farm size, type and size of labour force, average annual turnover in US dollars, aspiration to become an independent farmer, availability of financial records, and expectations of profit, social support during financial need, and experience with and opinion of the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board. The survey also collected data on farmers' health and compensation for illness, and use of protective gear for tobacco farming.

    Keywords
    Occupational health and safety Tobacco farming Small-scale farming

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage
    The survey was undertaken in the Manicaland province of Zimbabwe.
    Geographic Unit
    The data was collected at the level of individual farm
    Universe
    The population of interest is small scale tobacco farmers in Manicaland province of Zimbabwe.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Rutendo Chingosho Research on Economics of Excisable Products (REEP), University of Cape Town
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    African Capacity Building Foundation Funder
    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Funder

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure
    The farmers were chosen for the survey based on the size and location of their farms. The areas covered were Odzi, Shamhu and Headlands in Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe. Smallholder tobacco farms of more than 37 hectares were selected. The sample may not be nationally representative of small-scale tobacco farmers (and possibly not even provincially representative). However, 74% of the farmers in the survey sample are contract farmers, and according to Zimbabwe's Tobacco Industry Marketing Board, 80% of tobacco farmers in Zimbabwe operate under the contract system. Thus the survey findings are generalisable to some extent.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires
    A survey questionnaire was used to collect information from contract or independent farmers

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2019-06-28 2019-07-12
    Data Collection Mode
    • Face-to-face [f2f]
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation
    Rutendo Chingosho REEP, UCT
    Supervision
    Data collection of the survey received ethics approval from the University of Cape Town on 19/02/2019

    access_policy

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town support@data1st.org
    Access conditions
    Public use files, available to all
    Citation requirements
    Chingosho, Rutendo. Survey of Small-scale Tobacco Farmers 2019 [dataset]. Version 1. Cape Town: REEP [producer], 2019. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/CHV2-ZF14

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    DataFirst Support University of Cape Town support@data1st.org

    Metadata production

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production
    2020-03-26

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version
    Version 3
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