Browsing Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development by Author "Vink, Nick"

Browsing Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development by Author "Vink, Nick"

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  • Agricultural market liberalization : a case study of the Western Cape Province in South Africa 
    Van Zyl, Johan; Vink, Nick; Townsend, Robert Frederick; Kirsten, Johann F. (John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 1998-01)
    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 ...
  • Agricultural policy : undoing the legacy of the past 
    Kirsten, Johann F.; Vink, Nick; Van Zyl, Johan; Thirtle, Colin G., 1944-; Van Zyl, Johan; Vink, Nick (MacMillan Press Ltd, 2000)
    In this chapter the history of the agricultural sector from the early part of the twentieth century up to the period leading to the 1994 election is described. Three trends are discussed. First, a period of territorial and ...
  • A descriptive analysis of employment trends in South African agriculture 
    Vink, Nick; Kirsten, Johann F. (Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 1999-06)
    The article discusses the trends in farm employment over time in South Africa. This is followed by the presentation of six case studies of specific commodities and regions with the view to establishing the potential ...
  • The effect of policies on food security and rural development in South Africa 
    Hendriks, Sheryl L.; Kirsten, Johann F.; Vink, Nick (Economic Society of South Africa, 2006-05)
    Shifts in agricultural policy over the past two decades, and farmers' reactions to these shifts, have not undermined national food security, yet many South Africans do not live lives free of food insecurity. A review of ...
  • Farm size, productivity and returns to scale in agriculture revisited : a case study of wine producers in South Africa 
    Townsend, Robert Frederick; Kirsten, Johann F.; Vink, Nick (Elsevier, 1998-09)
    The inverse relationship between farm size and productivity has almost become a 'stylised fact' in the economic development literature. Most of the studies contributing to this preception have been flawed by methodological ...
  • Food security in rural areas of Limpopo province, South Africa 
    De Cock, N.; D'Haese, M.F.C. (Marijke); Vink, Nick; Van Rooyen, C.J. (Cornelius Johannes); Staelens, L.; Schonfeldt, H.C. (Hettie Carina); D'Haese, Luc (Springer, 2013-02-15)
    Although South Africa is food secure as a nation, many households remain food insecure. The government has recognized several key food security challenges in the Integrated Food Security Strategy (IFSS). However, ...
  • How transaction costs influence cattle marketing decisions in the Northern Communal Areas of Namibia 
    De Bruyn, P.; De Bruyn, J.N.; Vink, Nick; Kirsten, Johann F. (Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 2001-09)
    In this article a non-linear dynamic model is applied to determine the influence of transaction costs on the marketing decisions of cattle owners in the Northern Communal Areas of Namibia. The article tests the hypothesis ...
  • Modelling efficiency with farm-produced inputs : dairying in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 
    Mkhabela, T.; Piesse, J. (Jenifer); Thirtle, Colin G., 1944-; Vink, Nick (Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 2010-03)
    This paper models dairy farms in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, emphasising the complexities unique to this multi-product industry. Net and gross output approaches to measuring production are discussed and then tested using ...
  • Policy successes and policy failures in agriculture and land reform in South Africa : the 1990s 
    Vink, Nick; Kirsten, Johann F. (Economic History Society of Southern Africa, 2003-09)
    This article discusses the contemporary South African agricultural policy during the 1990s and adds a discussion of the Strategic Plan for Agriculture, tabled through collective effort between commercial farmers, the Black ...
  • South Africa 
    Kirsten, Johann F.; Vink, Nick; Williams, Gavin; Anderson, Kym (Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2004)
    This chapter outlines the wine industry in South Africa in terms of historical legacies and current production features. It examines how the political, social and economic changes in South Africa affect the situation and ...
  • South Africa's consumer price index for food (CPIF) : a comparative historical view 
    Vink, Nick; Kirsten, Johann F.; Woermann, C. (Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 2004-06)
    The consumer price index was first used in 1707. In 1925 it became institutionalised when the Second International Conference of Labour Statisticians, convened by the ILO, promulgated the first international standards of ...
  • 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 ...
  • Voedselpryskrisis uit ander hoek belig 
    Kirsten, Johann F.; Vink, Nick (Landbouweekblad, 2003-01-10)