Browsing Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development by Author "Van Zyl, Johan"

Browsing Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development by Author "Van Zyl, Johan"

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  • The role of extension in traditional agriculture : evidence from the Farmer Support Programme 
    Kirsten, Johann F.; Van Zyl, Johan; Sartorius von Bach, Helmke Jens (South African Society for Agricultural Extension, 1993)
    This paper evaluates the extension and training element of the FSP as implemented in the farmer support programmes of Venda and Lebowa. The importance and contribution of extension and training in the success of the programme ...
  • A social accounting matrix for modelling agricultural policy reform in South Africa 
    McDonald, S.; Kirsten, Johann F.; Van Zyl, Johan (Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 1997-12)
    In this paper the format of a Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for use as a database for the Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling of agricultural policy reform in South Africa is detailed. It is shown that the ...
  • South African agriculture in the 1980s 
    Kirsten, Johann F.; Van Zyl, Johan; Van Rooyen, Johan (Economic History Society of Southern Africa, 1994-09)
    The paper gives an overview of the political, economic and agricultural environment in South Africa during the 1980s. This review points out that vital changes took place during this period in general growth, farming costs, ...
  • South African agriculture in transition : the 1990s 
    Van Zyl, Johan; Vink, Nick; Kirsten, Johann F. (Wiley & Sons, 2001-09)
    Since the beginning of the 1990s South African agriculture has been subjected to a land reform programme, and agricultural markets have been extensively deregulated to get the agricultural sector on a less capital-intensive ...