Efficiency and farm size in Western Cape grape production : pooling small datasets

Conradie, Beatrice; Cookson, Graham; Thirtle, Colin G., 1944-

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dc.contributor.author	Conradie, Beatrice
dc.contributor.author	Cookson, Graham
dc.contributor.author	Thirtle, Colin G., 1944-
dc.date.accessioned	2007-08-16T12:38:30Z
dc.date.available	2007-08-16T12:38:30Z
dc.date.issued	2006-06
dc.description.abstract	A stochastic frontier is fitted to two panels of wine grape farms (34 in Robertson and 36 in Worcester) for 2003 and 2004 and a cross section of 37 table grape farms in De Doorns for 2004 only. The panel of wine grape farms is the best model as tests show that De Doorns is different. Output is explained by land, labour and machinery and efficiency is affected by labour quality, age and education of the farmer, location, the percentage of non-bearing vines and expenditures on electricity for irrigation. There is evidence of a small degree of increasing returns to scale.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Conradie, B, Cookson, G & Thirtle, C, 2006, 'Efficiency and farm size in Western Cape grape production : pooling small datasets', South African Journal of Economics, vol. 74, no. 2, pp. 334-343. [http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0038-2280&site=1]	en
dc.identifier.issn	0038-2280
dc.identifier.other	10.1111/j.1813-6982.2006.00061.x
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/3311
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Blackwell	en
dc.rights	Blackwell. The definitive version is available at www.blackwell-synergy.com	en
dc.subject	Grape production	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Farms, Size of -- South africa	en
dc.title	Efficiency and farm size in Western Cape grape production : pooling small datasets	en
dc.type	Postprint Article	en