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Theses and Dissertations (Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development): Recent submissions
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(University of Pretoria, 2003)The purpose of the study was to identify the main factors influencing the small-scale production of sugar cane in Nkomazi, Mupumalanga province. The study assesses the influence of some selected personal and environmental, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-05-16)Irrigation scheduling is accepted as the process to decide when to irrigate crops and how much to apply and is assumed to play an important role in the general improvement of water efficiency on the farm. However, the idea ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-07-14)South African agriculture experienced rapid deregulation during the 1990s as the one channel marketing boards were dismantled. For the grains industry this meant the rapid development of a derivatives market (SAFEX). ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-05-15)In recent years, development practitioners and policy makers have increasingly become interested in social capital as an additional instrument for economic development. However, within the applied economics literature on ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010)The production of biofuels in South Africa has evolved very slowly and at present there are only a handful of plants producing some derivative of biofuel. The lack of commitment from government and the utter information ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013-05-22)At the start of 2010, the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) announced that electricity tariffs would increase at an average rate of 25 percent per year over a three year period (Njobeni, 2010). This raised ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013-05-22)Risks and uncertainty of the future are two of numerous key drivers that decision makers need to take into account when considering opportunities and embarking on new business ventures. As with all agricultural industries, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013-05-20)The study investigated and analysed the baby vegetable industry in South Africa in order to understand the profile, extent and economics of the industry. The study was conducted in the Mpumalanga, Gauteng, Limpopo and the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013-05-15)The objective of this study was to provide a more complete understanding of the changing pace and nature of production and productivity growth in South African agriculture during the 20th century and the associated changes ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-04-07)This thesis describes a study undertaken in the semi arid areas of Limpopo among rural households with or without migrant workers in their households. The study aimed at analyzing and establishing the association between ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-04-30)Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document Copyright 2000, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-05-19)Land use planning is a new practice in Eritrea. It was introduced with the promulgation of the new land law and the establishment of the Department of Land after the Eritrean independence. The detailed policies, rules, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-05-19)This study identifies intra- and inter-organisational barriers to commercialisation 0f rural weavers in KwaZulu-Natal and evaluate the role of local networks in procurement, processing and marketing activities in order to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-04-07)Supermarkets have become important in food retail in both developed and developing countries. Supermarkets in developed countries are expanding to developing countries such as Latin America and Asia resulting in transformation ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-04-26)Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document
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(University of Pretoria, 2008-07-07)Extensive studies have been done in the various fields of dairy production such as, reproduction, herd and animal health, feeding and nutrition and the economics of milk production. This study aims to incorporate the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-01-19)The basic premise of this study is that the Church, with it’s prevailing representation and infrastructure, could be an important partner and role-player in existing development strategies and initiatives in especially the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-04-14)In SA different tariffs exist on the importation of meat. While a zero tariff applies on the importation of live animals imported for breeding or slaughtering, a ban exists on the importation of live animals for slaughtering ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-01-18)No research has been done to date on Economic Value Added (EVA) as a performance measure for South African agricultural co-operatives. The main objective of this study is to calculate Economic Value Added for South African ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-03-29)Please read the abstract in the 00front part of this document
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