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Theses and Dissertations (Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-07-07)Cassava is a global source of carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals, and it thrives in dry and infertile soil. Its resilience makes it suitable to mitigate climate change and reduce food insecurity. The crop is primarily ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-02)A report issued by the FAO has warned that, on a global scale, most nations are not progressing towards the achievement of the goal to eliminate hunger before the end of the year 2030, as outlined in the Sustainable ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-03)Extreme weather events (floods, droughts, and cyclones) have become more frequent and severe, posing a threat to food systems. These disruptions have devastating effects on agriculture, livelihoods, and food security, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-02-23)The low level of adopting improved technologies has been a major challenge towards increasing agricultural productivity and ensuring food security in developing countries. Although multiple studies have been conducted with ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023-11)Agriculture is one of the largest contributors to the economic growth in South Africa and plays an important role in the socio-economic development of South Africa, particularly in rural regions like the Eastern Cape, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-02)Rural areas in South Africa are predominantly characterized by the presence of subsistence farming households, many of which face challenges related to limited asset ownership. While historical poverty reduction efforts ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024)Wetlands sustainability and their capacity to provide ecosystem services is threatened by increasing land pressure and climate change effects. Wetlands are also complex ecosystems that present several challenges to public ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-02-03)Secure land tenure is essential to improve smallholder food security and children's nutrition. However, evidence of this association is lacking. This study sought to address this gap by investigating three sub-objectives: ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)Occurrences of food fraud have highlighted the importance of understanding the vulnerability of food chains to fraud and so be able to improve companies’ ability to reduce fraud within their own institutions and throughout ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)The global population is projected to exceed nine billion by 2050, necessitating continued food production and buffered supply growth. To meet the rising demand, governments have started implementing countermeasures, such ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)This paper focuses on analysing priorities on a global- and regional level but not on a national level. It explores the operating environment for South African agribusinesses using environmental scanning approaches to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)The study was influenced by the world’s growing interest in cooperatives, evidenced by the United Nations General Assembly declaring 2012 the International Year of Cooperatives. From a South African perspective, the study ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)To contribute to the conservation agriculture (CA) is considered as that of combining minimum soil disturbance through zero-tillage practices, permanent soil cover through mulching and crop rotation or crop diversification ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)The purpose of the study was to determine the impact of foot-and-mouth disease on livestock value chain activities and to distinguish the level of livestock activities between FMD free, protected, and red zone areas. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)This study develops an integrated model that can capture the dynamics of supply and demand in the dualistic beef cattle market of Namibia. The dualistic nature of the Namibian beef cattle sector is characterised by the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)Dietary quality has significant implications for health, nutrition and quality of life. Yet, most people in developing countries, such as Malawi, consume inadequate diets due to the high cost of healthy and nutritious food. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)From 2015 to 2021, Strengthening Agriculture and Nutrition Extension (SANE) project was implemented to strengthen Malawi’s Decentralised Agricultural Extension Services System (DAESS) which is based on the demand-driven ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)Supply chain is the interconnection of all the functions that start from manufacturing or raw material into the finished product. The purpose of a supply chain is to safeguard people who are responsible for a specific stage ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)There are consumers today who see wool garments in store and are concerned about how the garment was produced and whether the animal was harmed during the wool production process. Some might question whether the production ...
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The origins, functioning and business model impact of the Sustainable Cotton Cluster in South Africa (University of Pretoria, 2023)Cotton is produced in several countries globally for its economic benefit predominantly to manufacture a wide variety of fabrics suitable for wearing apparel, home furnishings, and for other industrial applications. However, ...
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