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(Routledge, 2011-09)This paper reflects on the standing and impact of the work of agricultural economists in South Africa to illustrate the critical decisions faced by the profession as it contemplates its future. The focus is on the agricultural ...
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(Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 1999-12)This paper discuss the agricultural input industry against the background of major changes in the agricultural sector across the world. It identifies a number of forces that will shape the agricultural sector and specific ...
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(John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 1998-01)This paper attempts to estimate the production, price, welfare and employment effects of some of the changes in the agricultural marketing system on the Western Cape Province of South Africa, utilizing a regional linear ...
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(Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 2008-09)With South Africa’s urban population approaching 60%, supermarkets and fast food chains have become important players in the South African food system. These large players in the food sector have systematically modified ...
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(Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 1998-12)Despite the fact that all direct and indirect measures of subsidisation and protection have been removed, commercial agriculture is still widely considered to be subsidised, privileged and uncompetitive. This paper shows ...
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(Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 1999-12)The objective of this paper is to present the results from a study which was done to analyse the operation of the demand for and supply of the most important stockfeed proteins (maize, wheat, sorghum, oilseed and fishmeal). ...
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(Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 1999)This paper considers the different aspects and approaches of the Land Reform Programme of South Africa. Although the necessity of the programme is widely accepted by all role-players, the progress has not lived up to the ...
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(Blackwell Publishing, 2006-06)During 2002 and 2003 retail food prices in South Africa increased dramatically. These increases put the spotlight on the concentration and market power of food manufacturing firms and retailers in the food supply chain. ...
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Attitudes and acceptance of South African urban consumers towards genetically modified white maize (Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 2005-03)The introduction of genetically modified (GM) food products to food markets around the world, has led to considerable controversy. In many cases consumer attitudes and perceptions of GM food products were revealed as fears, ...
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(Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 1993-09)Die bemarkingsmoontlikhede van droëbone in Suid-Afrika word ondersoek aan die hand van teoretiese beginsels en beskikbare markinligting. Die vraag na en aanbod van droëbone en die konsentrasie in die mark word ontleed. ...
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(Elsevier, 2005-05)Industrial firms world wide have shed non-core business and outsourced these activities. An increasing number of sugar producers in Southern Africa have also outsourced their sugarcane production activities for both strategic ...
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(Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 2003-03)South Africa is one of few developing countries, and the only one in Africa that has adopted genetically modified crops for commercial production. The very impressive adoption rate of insect-resistant cotton in South Africa ...
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(Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 1994-12)This paper analyses the causes and consequences of agricultural change in two regions of the former Bophuthatswana homeland of South Africa. The paper identifies a number of circumstances which provided the set of comprehensive ...
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(Elsevier Science, 2005-10)The National Commercialisation of Indigenous Goats Project currently entails the establishment of goat production and processing units at various locations around South Africa. Raw products will be drawn from goats that ...
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(Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 2007-03)This study examines the nature of the relationship between cane growers and millers and how it affects cane growers' perceptions of the value added in the sugar supply chain. Drawing from relational exchange theory, the ...
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(Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 2008-06)This paper presents an overview of contracting arrangements in agribusiness procurement practices in South Africa. The objective of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the structures and issues of raw ...
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(Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 2003-09)This paper proposes and analyses a model of relationships between smallholder sugarcane growers and millers in the Swaziland sugar industry supply chain. In particular, it identifies the behavioural factors that contribute ...
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(Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors (IRBA), SA Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) & SA Association of Accountants (SAAA), 2004-06)The inclusion of small-scale commercial farmers in South African agribusiness supply chains is a national priority and there is an urgent need for managerial accounting (MAS) inputs to successfully accomplish this objective. ...
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(Routledge, 1996-06)The Farmer Support Programme was introduced specifically to deal with the constraints faced by smallholder farmers in the former homeland areas of South Africa. These farmers operate largely outside an effective organisational ...
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(Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 1995-12)Despite recognition of the need for special strategies to address the widespread incidence of rural poverty in developing countries, initiatives aimed at bringing about a transformation of the rural standard of living have ...
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