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Theses and Dissertations (Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)This thesis employs stated preferences to estimate the economic value of air quality in Kenya through motorized emission reductions in the city of Nairobi. Firstly, it uses the contingent valuation (CV) method to evaluate ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)South Africa has been a net importer of wheat for the past two decades. Due to the inverse relationship between quality and yields, it has been argued that the pursuit of the high wheat quality standards as set by government ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Soybean is amongst the most crucial field crops in South Africa. Although the local soybean industry is still in its infancy, it is an important growing sector of South Africa’s agricultural economy. The soybean industry’s ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Nitrogen (N) leaching is one of the important pathways that leads to water pollution, and previous studies have highlighted the difficulty in measuring it. The purpose of this study was to evaluate different techniques ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)This study uses the double-bounded bid elicitation format to test whether the willingness to pay (WTP) of 244 randomly selected residents of Maputo and Matola cities for wastewater quality improvements in the Infulene ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Between 75% and 90% of the world market for agricultural commodities is controlled by four major agribusiness multinationals (MNCs), namely Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Bunge, Cargill and Louis Dreyfus Company (the ‘ABCD’ ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)The Namibian government introduced the Small Stock Marketing Scheme (SSMS) for the sheep market in 2004. The SSMS is a quantitative export restriction. Quantitative export restriction policies decrease the tradable quantity ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Malawi is a predominantly agrarian economy, as the majority of the population is reliant on agriculture as their main source of livelihood. Despite that critical role the sector has to the economy, it has undergone minimal ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)This study pursued the following three objectives: (1) to test the presence of Asymmetric Price Transmission (APT) among integrated wholesale maize markets during the post-agricultural market liberalisation period from ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)The state of the current national agricultural capital input account is arguably misleading in measuring capital input use in South Africa. This is attributable to the problems associated with measurement of capital inputs, ...
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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, 2017)Globally, 1.3 billion tons of edible food is wasted per annum. Having regard for the economic, social and environmental consequences, the management of food losses and waste is an obvious priority in pursuing a sustainable, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)This study uses the Uluguru water catchments in Tanzania to assess whether marketbased policy instruments can secure internalisation of externalities in such complex socio-economic-ecological systems which are not only ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Agricultural extension plays a pivotal role in most developing countries and is responsible for promoting the latest agricultural technologies among the people of the farming community in order to ensure sustainable ...
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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, 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, 2017)There is growing consensus on the importance of agricultural extension support services as an integral component of ensuring effective implementation of government policy interventions and efficient facilitation of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)The Trade and Development Cooperation Agreement (TDCA) played an important role through increasing South African citrus exports into the EU market. Since the signing of the agreement, South Africa’s citrus exports had ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Agricultural productivity in the Sub Saharan African (SSA) region has been cited to be low (Suttie & Benfica, 2016). As a result, there is a consistent call for evolution in smallholder farming. In addition to improving ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)South African milk producers supply around 8.4 million litres of milk per day. The monetary value of this supply results in a contribution of approximately 6.7% to the gross value of agricultural production. In 2015 ...
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