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 ...

There are strong indications and evidence that the agricultural and food system as well as the rural areas across the world are experiencing major change. Increased urbanization and the increased affluence in emerging ...

Despite the reported large margins between producer prices for maize and retail prices for maize meal and the fact that maize meal is a staple food for most of the South African population, there have been only limited ...

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.

A perceived lack to agricultural markets has thrown the sportlite on the role of government in agricultural marketing. Now possible new draft for the agricultural marketing policy is on the cards.

Navorsers het bevind dat lams- en skaapvleis uit die Karoo inderdaad ’n eiesoortige smaak het. Die koppeling daarvan aan die unieke eienskappe van die Karoo kan met slim bemarking groot voordeel vir Karooboere inhou.

The appointment of Tina Joemat Pettersson as agriculture minister has been widely welcomed. Prof Johann Kirsten gazes into the crystal ball for her, and explains what the next decade holds for farming. He suggests elements ...

This article presents a deterministic farm-level model developed to link to an existing partial equilibrium sector-level model of the grain and livestock sectors of South Africa. The objective is to create a linked system ...

This paper presents an overview of contracting arrangements in agribusiness procurement practices in South Africa. The objective of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the structures and issues of raw ...