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Theses and Dissertations (Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)The study attempted to analyse the impacts of the ‘fast track’ land reform on maize production in Zimbabwe. This purpose was tackled by constructing a partial equilibrium model that depicted what could have happened if no ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-07-03)The importance of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) is increasingly being recognized in many countries including South Africa after many years of market domination by large enterprises. Several initiatives are now being ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-07-03)The department of agricultural extension services (DAES) has been the central implementing agency responsible for agricultural extension services in Malawi. However, since 1990s many changes have taken place leading to the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011-04-04)In 1996, the South African government embarked on a process of land reform. The land reform programme has been driven by three pillars, namely: (i) Land Restitution, (ii) Land Tenure Reform and (iii) Land Redistribution. ...
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A review of the social, economic and environmental impacts of the forestry industry in South Africa (University of Pretoria, 2005-07-05)Please read the abstract in the front section of this document
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(University of Pretoria, 2011-02-15)The study investigates the role of co-operatives in smallholder dairy production and marketing in Swaziland. The study was undertaken to determine the effectiveness of cooperatives in improving production and marketing as ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011-06-27)This study had two main objectives. The first objective was to determine the factors that influence rural households’ labour allocation and supply decisions for competing livelihood activities, including wetland activities. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-09-16)South Africa has become, after deregulation, part of the global village. This brought about many business opportunities, but with it came many challenges with respect to grain marketing. It is well-known facts that the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 1979)Bestuurstrategieë bepaal die tempo van kapitaalakkumulasie onder verski1lende ekonomiese toestande. Strategiese beplanning help bestuur om by 'n vinnig veranderende omgewing aan te pas. Die volgende finansiële komponente ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-08-11)Despite many decades of experimentation with supplier-led approaches to credit, limited success has been achieved in improving access to credit for smallholder farmers. In Mozambique, previous attempts by government to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-09-04)Land ownership in South Africa has long been a source of conflict. The history of forced removals and a racially skewed distribution of land resources have left the new government, which took over in 1994, with a complex ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-04-08)The ongoing quest for a better understanding of adoption behaviour, and more specifically the search for relevant, and meaningful behaviour determinants that can be useful in the understanding, analysis and change of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006)The impact of farmer training in Botswana in terms of its influence on farmers’ production efficiency is not well known. The objectives of this study have been to investigate the factors that determine the adoption and ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011-06-23)Agriculture is considered a critical sector in attaining economic growth for most economies in Africa. However, for the sector to play its role, it needs to be commercialised to enable smallholder farmers to participate ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-07-08)Since adoption is a dynamic process that involves learning about new technologies, static adoption models fail to adequately explore the effects of changes in farmers’ perception and attitudes over time. This study analyzed ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-06-08)This thesis addressed two main issues. First, using an inter-temporal optimisation framework, the thesis analysed the tradeoffs between short and long-term objectives of soil use that smallholder farmers’ face in their ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-06-07)In 1985, Pierre Wack, arguably the father of modern scenario thinking, wrote the following: “Forecasts often work because the world does not always change. But sooner or later forecasts will fail when they are needed most: ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-07-08)Empirical studies have shown that while global per capita freshwater availability is declining, competition among production sectors for the withdrawal of this resource is rapidly increasing. This situation is exacerbated ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-06-05)This study developed a general framework that can be applied to integrating environmental sustainability aspects into economic development planning in the case of exploiting water resources through inter-basin water transfers ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-06-07)Against the background of frequent organizational changes and restructuring, often based on impulsive decisions rather than structured feasibility studies or evaluations, this study examines the nature and influence of ...
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