{"doc_desc":{"title":"zwe-reep-sstf-2019-v1","producers":[{"name":"DataFirst","affiliation":"University of Cape Town","role":"Metadata producer"}],"prod_date":"2020-03-26","version_statement":{"version":"Version 3"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"zwe-reep-sstf-2019-v1","title":"Survey on Small-scale Tobacco Farmers 2019","alt_title":"SSTF 2019"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Rutendo Chingosho","affiliation":"Research on Economics of Excisable Products (REEP), University of Cape Town"}],"production_statement":{"producers":[[]],"funding_agencies":[{"name":"African Capacity Building Foundation","abbreviation":"ACBF","role":"Funder"},{"name":"Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation","abbreviation":"BMGF","role":"Funder"}]},"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"DataFirst Support","affiliation":"University of Cape Town","email":"support@data1st.org","uri":"www.support.data1st.org"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Agricultural Survey","series_info":"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"},"version_statement":{"version":"v1:  Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution","version_date":"2020-03-25"},"study_info":{"keywords":[{"keyword":"Occupational health and safety"},{"keyword":"Tobacco farming"},{"keyword":"Small-scale farming"}],"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. \nThis 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)","coll_dates":[{"start":"2019-06-28","end":"2019-07-12"}],"nation":[{"name":"Zimbabwe","abbreviation":"zwe"}],"geog_coverage":"The survey was undertaken in the Manicaland province of Zimbabwe.","geog_unit":"The data was collected at the level of individual farm","analysis_unit":"Individuals and establishments","universe":"The population of interest is small scale tobacco farmers in Manicaland province of Zimbabwe.","data_kind":"Sample survey data","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."},"method":{"data_collection":{"data_collectors":[{"name":"Rutendo Chingosho","affiliation":"REEP, UCT"}],"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.","coll_mode":["Face-to-face [f2f]"],"research_instrument":"A survey questionnaire was used to collect information from contract or independent farmers","act_min":"Data collection of the survey received ethics approval from the University of Cape Town on 19\/02\/2019"}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"contact":[{"name":"DataFirst","affiliation":"University of Cape Town","email":"support@data1st.org","uri":"support.data1st.org"}],"cit_req":"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","conditions":"Public use files, available to all"}}},"schematype":"survey"}