Browsing Research Articles (Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development) by Title

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  • Inclusiveness revisited : assessing inclusive businesses in South African agriculture 
    Chamberlain, W.O. (Wytske); Anseeuw, Ward (Routledge, 2019)
    Inclusive businesses are complex partnerships between commercial entities and smallholders/low-income communities, to include the latter in commercial agricultural value chains. IBs offer income opportunities for both ...
  • Increasing domestic consumption of South Africa wines : exploring the market potential of the "Black Diamonds" 
    Ndanga, Leah Z.B.; Louw, Andre; Van Rooyen, Johan (Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 2010-09)
    Although South Africans are not predominantly wine drinkers, the industry is exploring ways to develop the local market to balance exports. The black middle class, increasingly referred to as the " Black Diamonds" are ...
  • Inflasie in 2012 
    Mare, Frikkie (Plaas Publishing, 2012-02)
    Die 2008/09-resessie was ’n keerpunt in die ekonomie. Voor die omwenteling het die ekonomiese aanwysers heelwat anders gelyk as daarna. Die Monetêre Beleidskomitee (MBK) het drie doelwitte: stabiele pryse, ekonomiese groei ...
  • The influence of beneficiaries needs on project success or failure in the North West Province, South Africa 
    Matiwane, M.B. (Mona Ben); Terblanche, S.E. (Stephanus Esaias), 1940- (South African Society for Agricultural Extension, Department of Agriculture, Ecomomics, Extensions and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, 2012)
    The starting point of any project is a need and a need is much more concrete and more definable: otherwise a project can never be well planned For a project to be successful, the needs of the beneficiaries has to be clearly ...
  • The influence of decentralization on effectiveness of extension organization in Oromia State, Ethiopia 
    Jibba, K.B.; Duvel, G.H. (Gustav Heinrich) (South African Society for Agricultural Extension, Department of Agriculture, Ecomomics, Extensions and Rural Development, University of Pretoria, 2008)
    Against the background of frequent organisational changes and restructuring, often based on impulsive decisions rather than structured feasibility studies or evaluations, this article examines the influence of decentralization ...
  • Information sharing as a safeguard against the opportunistic behavior of South African Karoo Lamb farmers 
    Van der Merwe, Melissa; Kirsten, Johann F.; Trienekens, Jacques H. (Wiley, 2017-11)
    Misconduct in global meat supply chains are omnipresent and even more so in differentiated chains where credence attributes such as origin and taste are used to differentiate the product. By definition, these attributes ...
  • Institutional and policy process for climate-smart agriculture : evidence from Nagaland State, India 
    Patra, Nirmal K.; Babu, Suresh Chandra (IWA Publishing, 2023-01)
    A critical global policy question is how the environmental management interventions could be repurposed to meet the sustainable development goals and their target for food security, climate protection, and environmental ...
  • Integrating agricultural input expenditure into a partial equilibrium model of the South African agricultural sector 
    Gebrehiwet, Yemane Fisseha; Meyer, Ferdinand; Kirsten, Johann F. (Routledge, 2011-06)
    Most partial equilibrium models of the agricultural sector have not incorporated a dynamic and interlinked module for agricultural input expenditure. The South African Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) model, ...
  • Integrating environmental considerations in the agricultural policy process : evidence from Nigeria 
    Babu, Suresh Chandra; Mavrotas, George; Prasai, Nilam (Elsevier, 2018-03)
    Policy processes that design, develop, and implement sectoral policies often leave environmental considerations to a central environmental authority. As a result, the environmental implications and consequences of policies ...
  • The intensity of adoption of conservation agriculture by smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe 
    Pedzisa, Tarisayi; Rugube, Lovemore; Winter-Nelson, Alex; Baylis, Kathy; Mazvimavi, Kizito (Routledge, 2015-12)
    This article assesses the intensity of technology adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) techniques by smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe. It seeks to understand the drivers of CA adoption intensity in terms of the number ...
  • International collaborative project to compare and track the nutritional composition of fast foods 
    Schonfeldt, H.C. (Hettie Carina); Allemandi, Lorena; Neal, Bruce; Dunford, Elizabeth; Hassell, Trevor; Wenzel de Menezes, Elizabete; L’Abbe, Mary; Yan, Li; Blanco-Metzler, Adriana; Valdes, Lourdes; Ortiz, Johana; Snowdon, Wendy; Czernichow, Sebastien; Salazar de Ariza, Julieta; Maulik, Pallab; Rahman, A. Rashid; Barquera, Simon; Bayandorjt, Tsoogi; Govinds, Salik; Mhurchu, Cliona Ni; De Núñez, Leticia; Garcia, Maria Reyes; Lin, Gladis; Wolmarans, Petro; Varela-Moreiras, Gregorio; Van Rossum, Caroline; MacGregor, Graham; Jebb, Susan; Charrondiere, Ruth; Champagne, Beatriz; Legetic, Branka; Legowski, Barbara; Linders, Hubert; Schoj, Veronica; Webster, Jacqui; Campbell, Norm; Arcand, JoAnne; Hutchinson, Hasan; Jeffery, Bill; Santiago, Omar Pérez; Aalbersberg, Bill; Pillay, Arti; Guggilla, Rama K.; Correa-Rotter, Ricardo; Bayandorjt, Tsoogi; Govinds, Salik; Eyles, Helen; Cárdenas, María Kathia; Miranda, Jaime; Vaesken, Lourdes Samaniego; Supornsilaphachai, Chaisri; Fitt, Emily; Farrand, Clare; Finglas, Paul (BioMed Central, 2012-07-27)
    Background: Chronic diseases are the leading cause of premature death and disability in the world with over-nutrition a primary cause of diet-related ill health. Excess quantities of energy, saturated fat, sugar and ...
  • Interpreting food security research findings with rural South African communities 
    McIntyre, Angela Margret; Hendriks, Sheryl L. (Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2018-04-28)
    INTRODUCTION : The presence of concurrent childhood stunting and adult obesity observed in poor, rural, former homeland communities in South Africa appears to be explained by nutrition transition, but the factors shaping ...
  • Investigating alternative governance systems for the South African mohair supply chain 
    Jordaan, Daniel Du Plessis Scheepers; Kirsten, Johann F. (Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 2008-06)
    Mohair is an exclusive natural animal fibre with niche market appeal. It is, however, questionable whether it is inherently suited to a commodity-based marketing system in a marketing environment that requires marketing ...
  • Irrigation water value at small-scale schemes : evidence from the North West Province, South Africa 
    Speelman, Stijn; Farolfi, Stefano; Perret, S. (Sylvain); D'Haese, Luc; D'Haese, M.F.C. (Marijke) (Taylor & Francis, 2008)
    Insight into the value of water is essential to support policy decision making about investments in the water sector, efficient allocation of water and water pricing. However, information on irrigation water values at ...
  • Is agricultural extension positioned to promote agripreneurship in South Africa? 
    Stevens, Joseph Benjamin (South African Society for Agricultural Extension, 2017)
    A shift from agriculture to agribusiness is an essential pathway to revitalise small-scale agriculture in South Africa and to make it more attractive and a profitable venture. The question is whether small-scale farmers ...
  • Is agricultural sector growth a precondition for economic growth? The case of South Africa 
    Poonyth, D.; Hassan, Rashid M.; Kirsten, Johann F.; Calcaterra, M. (Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 2001-06)
    In this paper a simple growth model is adapted to explain the effect of the agricultural sectors' growth on the non-agricultural sector. The empirical results suggest that for a 1% growth in the agricultural sector, the ...
  • Is geographic diversification sufficient to limit contract grower risk? 
    Geyser, Mariette; Louw, Andre; Botha, Louis (Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 2009-03)
    Lending and financial institutions have looked for a variety of ways to expand their portfolios into agriculture, but because of the risks associated with lending to farmers who lack traditional forms of collateral, they ...
  • An iterative construction of multi-agent models to represent water supply and demand dynamics at the catchment level 
    Farolfi, Stefano; Muller, Jean-Pierre; Bonte, Bruno (Elsevier, 2010-03)
    Companion Modelling (ComMod) is an iterative approach of modelling in interaction with local stakeholders. KatAWARE is a multi-agent model constructed through a ComMod process with the Water User Association of the Kat ...
  • The Karoo meat of origin certification scheme : a silver bullet? 
    Van der Merwe, Melissa; Kirsten, Johann F.; Trienekens, Jacques H. (Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2018-09)
    The Karoo Meat of Origin certification scheme is the first certification scheme established to differentiate and protect a region of origin meat product in South Africa. Although this scheme has come a long way in protecting ...
  • Key factors for the improvement of smallholder farmers' participation in agro-processing industries of Gauteng province of Republic of South Africa : lessons for the extension advisory services 
    Mmbengwa, V.M.; Rambau, K.; Rakuambo, J.N.; Qin, X. (South African Society for Agricultural Extension, 2020-12)
    This study aims at identifying factors that could be used as parameters to improve the smallholder farmers' participation in the agro-processing industries of Gauteng province in order to enhance job creation and ...