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Theses and Dissertations (Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)The economics of production and market fundamentals, which drive the competition for arable land, create the expectation of a continuous decline in the South African maize production area. Besides the economic factors ...
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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, 2016)The research aimed to investigate and give an understanding of diversity of the farming activities of the beneficiaries of the land reform programme in Chegutu District (Ward 12). The farmers were resettled under both the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Young people in the rural areas not wanting to be engaged in farming activities may leave the rural population, hence changing the age structure of rural areas. Because most migrants are men, rural-urban migration may leave ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)The thesis assesses the yield advantage and adoption dynamics of conservation agriculture (CA) as a sustainable farming method that was introduced in Zimbabwe to address the problems of low productivity and declining soil ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The purpose of the study was to establish the current state of public research-extension-farmers linkages in Nyanga district of Zimbabwe. Public agricultural research and extension are custodians of agricultural development. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The levying of strict biosafety regulations for GM imports intended for food, feed and processing by importing countries is expected to have socio-economic consequences. For countries like Zimbabwe the significance of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Drought is the most important climate shock affecting livelihoods and agricultural production of mostly rural households. In a bid to reduce the effects of climate variability, coping strategies are being embarked on in ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)This study focused on three central themes of formal microcredit markets performance in Sudan. The first theme analysed determinants of participation and level of participation of small-scale enterprises owners in formal ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)A study was conducted in Machinga District, Malawi, to evaluate the impact of Community Based Rural Land Development Project (CRLDP) two years after the project phased out in 2011. The objective was to establish the project?s ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Most countries have implemented export-oriented development strategies with the objectives of improving their economic stability and improving resource allocation efficiency. Export tax, which has been an integral part of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)There are substantial and unexploited market opportunities for communal farmers in the Eastern Cape, yet they own 3.3 million head of cattle. ComMark embarked on the Eastern Cape Red Meat Project in 2005 with the aim of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Smallholder farmers in South Africa have historically been precluded from the mainstream agricultural markets owing to various factors, chiefly, a non-existent enabling environment and lack of support from the government ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The producer always has a need to diversify. Barley offers such a potential, specifically with the South African wheat industry on a decline. Innovative pricing mechanisms were designed by the barley industry during the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA) defines ecosystem services (ES) to be the direct and the indirect contributions of ecosystems to human well-being and emphasized that regulating ES are amongst the least understood ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)It is widely postulated that school feeding programmes that use locally-produced food, specifically from within the boundaries of a community or district, can bring about additional welfare for the children involved and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The Zambian government like most African governments continue to intervene in food markets. One such intervention mechanism used in Zambia is the Food Reserve Agency which provides marketing opportunities to farmers but ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)This study uses stated preference and cost-based approaches to estimate the benefits to cattle farmers of controlling invasive alien plant species (IAPS) on communal grazing lands in the Hhohho region of Swaziland, where ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)The Agricultural Research Council Institute for Deciduous Fruit Technology (ARC–Infruitec) has played a significant role in the growth and development of the peach and nectarine industry in South Africa. This institute’s ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)This study is assessing the requirements and necessary conditions that will enable black commercial farmers to access reliable and sustainable markets. It take cognisance of the amount of fresh produce sourced from black ...
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