An analysis of the comparative advantage and policy incentives of commercial wheat production in South Africa

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dc.contributor.author Kirsten, Johann F.
dc.contributor.author Ohene-Anyang, Ernest
dc.contributor.author Van Rooyen, Johan
dc.date.accessioned 2007-06-04T09:15:16Z
dc.date.available 2007-06-04T09:15:16Z
dc.date.issued 1998-12
dc.description For more information on the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa or subscription to Agrekon, visit http://www.aeasa.org.za en
dc.description.abstract 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 how the process of deregulation has in fact changed the situation. It reports on the comparative advantage in the production of wheat in South Africa and reveals the various distortionary effects, if any, of the policy environment on the production of wheat prior to 1997. The paper concludes that South Africa has a strong comparative advantage in the production of wheat, especially in the inland areas. Favourable climatic and soil factors as well as abundant and relatively cheaper domestic factors of production may be some of the reasons for this strong comparative advantage. The inland areas have better RCRs due to higher inland transportation costs. However, wheat production under irrigation seems to have no comparative advantage. This is mainly due to the implicit subsidy on irrigation water. en
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dc.identifier.citation Kirsten, J.F., Ohene-Anyang, E. & Van Rooyen, J. (1998). An analysis of the comparative advantage and policy incentives of commercial wheat production in South Africa. Agrekon, 37(4), 537-549. [http://www.aeasa.org.za] en
dc.identifier.issn 0303-1853
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/2621
dc.language.iso en en
dc.publisher Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa en
dc.rights AEASA en
dc.subject Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM) en
dc.subject Wheat production en
dc.subject Comparartive advantage en
dc.subject Subsidies en
dc.subject Agriculture en
dc.subject Resource cost ratio en
dc.subject.lcsh Wheat
dc.subject.lcsh Agriculture and state -- South Africa
dc.title An analysis of the comparative advantage and policy incentives of commercial wheat production in South Africa en
dc.type Article en


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