Irrespective of result of the next year's election, the new government will still face the same problems in agriculture.

The private sector leaves supporting emerging farmers to government, while government leaves it to the private sector to find ways of dealing with small producers that make good business sense.

This paper reflects on the standing and impact of the work of agricultural economists in South Africa to illustrate the critical decisions faced by the profession as it contemplates its future. The focus is on the agricultural ...

This paper attempts to estimate the production, price, welfare and employment effects of some of the changes in the agricultural marketing system on the Western Cape Province of South Africa, utilizing a regional linear ...

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 ...

Despite the fact that all direct and indirect measures of subsidisation and protection have been removed, commercial agriculture is still widely considered to be subsidised, privileged and uncompetitive. This paper shows ...

This paper considers the different aspects and approaches of the Land Reform Programme of South Africa. Although the necessity of the programme is widely accepted by all role-players, the progress has not lived up to the ...

The introduction of genetically modified (GM) food products to food markets around the world, has led to considerable controversy. In many cases consumer attitudes and perceptions of GM food products were revealed as fears, ...

South Africa is one of few developing countries, and the only one in Africa that has adopted genetically modified crops for commercial production. The very impressive adoption rate of insect-resistant cotton in South Africa ...