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Browsing Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development by Type "Thesis"
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The South African government has committed under the Paris Agreement to mitigate the growing emissions by 42 percent below the business-as-usual scenario in 2025. A carbon tax is one of the policy tools used to mitigate ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2005-08-05)Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-07-08)Since adoption is a dynamic process that involves learning about new technologies, static adoption models fail to adequately explore the effects of changes in farmers’ perception and attitudes over time. This study analyzed ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-05-16)Irrigation scheduling is accepted as the process to decide when to irrigate crops and how much to apply and is assumed to play an important role in the general improvement of water efficiency on the farm. However, the idea ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Accelerating volatility, complexity and scrutiny will be the norm in the landscape for agribusiness value chains as the future unfolds. Evidence of this new landscape is clear from the extent and intricacy of global food ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2005-06-02)Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document
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(University of Pretoria, 1994)The Farmer Support Programme (FSP) was introduced in South Africa by the Development BanK of Southern Africa (DBSA) as one of the major agricultural development strategies to support black farmers who have been historically ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-06-02)This study had two main objectives. One objective was to measure the aggregate impact of climate change on income from all agricultural production systems (crop, livestock and mixed) in Africa and to predict future impacts ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Chronic food and nutrition insecurity in Africa persists amid high rates of poverty and malnutrition. The cumulative effect of protracted conflicts, economic decline, extreme weather events and the erosion of livelihoods ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Rapid commodity and food price increases were driven by the commodity super-cycle experienced between 2005 and 2008. This subsequently resulted in a wave of literature on food prices and food inflation. Two main lines of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Food insecurity in South Africa is framed by historically and spatially entrenched socioeconomic inequality, and driven by shocks and stresses from a globally integrated food system. Although the government has introduced ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Despite the existing body of literature dealing with policies and policy change and the impact of institutions on these changes, very little is understood about how food security policies emerge on the policy agenda and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 1987)Aspalathus linearis vorm deel van die Fabaceae familie. Die plant is n bladboudende, stikstofbindende naalddraer waarvan die naalde en dunner stingels geoes word vir bemarking as rooibostee. Die inbeemse plant, wat natuurlik ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2012-06-07)This thesis argues that the full impact of Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS) driven research, that works to enhance not only agricultural production and productivity but also market linkages cannot be captured effectively ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-10-24)This study focused on two central themes. The first addressed the vulnerability of farmers to climate change at household and regional levels. The second theme analysed determinants of adaptation measures and factors ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)The recent addition of Karoo Lamb to South Africa’s repertoire of products with a regional identity attracted extensive publicity. The news headlines that spoke of challenges to protect the geographical name, discrepancies ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)This study contributed to the existing body of literature on the economics of smallholder livestock systems and management of conflicts between livelihood objectives of local livestock farming communities and neighbouring ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)The production of biofuels in South Africa has evolved very slowly and at present there are only a handful of plants producing some derivative of biofuel. The lack of commitment from government and the utter information ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)In the wake of increasing private investment in crop breeding research and the release of new varieties by global biotech companies such as Monsanto, there is rightfully a question related to the benefits from wheat varietal ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)This study examines the intra-gender welfare outcomes both with and without adverse household level shocks using two unique panel datasets, namely Living Standards Measurement Study Integrated Survey (LSMS) and the Feed ...
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