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Theses and Dissertations (Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)The World Trade Organization (WTO) was formed in 1995. Since then, trade liberalisation has been on the agenda, resulting in diverse trade agreements and a subsequent decline in import tariffs. With the decrease in import ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022-11)The importance of the adoption of agricultural technology in productivity and productivity gains can be realised when yield-enhancing technologies are used and disseminated. The main objective of this study is to identify ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)The adoption of technology by smallholder farmers has been shown to have a positive impact on their productivity. This applies to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as well. Despite the important role played ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Due to the extreme decimation of species worldwide, there is a need to conserve and protect more natural areas and biodiversity. A way to ensure species' survival across areas, is to rewild a protected area or nature reserve ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)To promote savings groups (SGs), which are important in promoting financial inclusion among smallholders, it is imperative to understand the factors that affect participation in these SGs and the associated impact in ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Despite global agreement on the importance of social protection in development programmes, Zimbabwe has not embarked on social protection reform, preserving several colonial-era tools. Consequently, social protection design ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Financial inclusion has become a focal point in nation building. It facilitates inclusive growth, which contributes significantly to the economic development of the rural poor. However, the existing financial inclusion ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Maize is an important source of food consumed in Botswana and it helps the country to achieve food security status. Food security refers to everyone always having access to healthy, dependable, and adequate food to meet ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022-07-20)Over the past decade, agribusiness, investment funds and government agencies have shown a growing interest in the acquisition of large-scale agricultural land in developing countries. Much of the interest has been linked ...
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Factors influencing participation in contract farming among smallholder tobacco producers in Malawi (University of Pretoria, 2022)This paper used cross-sectional survey data from 132 contract and 64 non-contract smallholder tobacco farmers drawn from Kasungu district in Malawi to determine factors that influence their participation in contract farming ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022-07)Cotton used to be a thriving agricultural commodity in South Africa (SA), with dryland production being the backbone of the industry. In the 1980s and early 1990s, the total cotton area covered over 200 thousand hectares ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022-04)The impact of climate change intensifies drought risk, severely threatening subsistence farmers in developing countries. To deal with the effect of drought, subsistence farmers rely heavily on traditional mitigation and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)The benefits of market participation are well established and primarily involve income generation and/or profits. Market participation is a farmer's preference for selling crops in the output market, creating opportunities ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)The study investigates whether the subjective utility of goals driving farmers' technology choices influence technical efficiency, with objectives of improving allocation choices, and providing effective extension services. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)An increase in large-scale agricultural investments (LSAIs) in developing countries followed the 2007/8 food price crisis. The social and economic impact of increasing LSAIs is controversial among researchers, international ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022-03)The Siyazondla Homestead Food Production Programme (SHFPP) was implemented in the Amathole District Municipality of the Eastern Cape Province to support homestead food production for improved household food security and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Access to improved water supply services remains a global challenge despite progress made towards the water sustainable development goal (SDG) globally. Wakiso district in Uganda is no exception, as access to safe water ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021-07-01)Agricultural productivity in Malawi continues to decline and frustrate the food security agenda despite massive investments, namely, farm input subsidy programs and climate-smart agriculture (CSA) –related practices. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022-02-14)Poverty, broadly defined as deprivation and lack of opportunities and choices, remains one of the major global challenges. In South Africa, poverty is most prevalent in rural areas. Literature indicates that poverty is ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)The study uses cross-sectional data to test whether FSPs improve technical efficiencies (TEs) of smallholder maize farmers. Using plot level data collected from 30 FSP and 66 non-FSP farmers drawn from Mgojweni, Mabetshe, ...
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