5.3 Areas for further studies This study was done at a macro-level using time series data which can be limiting. It is therefore important for future studies to be conducted on farm level basis so as to capture household dynamics such as technical efficiency and socioeconomic characteristics of tobacco farmers using cross sectional data. The study did not examined the effect of macroeconomic factors such as inflation and monetary policy changes in the agricultural sector, hence further studies may consider them and also test for structural breaks to identify their likely effects on the agricultural sector performance. Advanced methodologies such as the ARDL approach to cointegration may also be used in order to capture short-run and long-run dynamics of tobacco supply in Zimbabwe.
