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Browsing Natural and Agricultural Sciences by Supervisor "Machethe, Charles Lepepeule"
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)South Africa has been a net importer of wheat for the past two decades. Due to the inverse relationship between quality and yields, it has been argued that the pursuit of the high wheat quality standards as set by government ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020)Financial exclusion remains a challenge in Malawi despite government efforts to increase financial inclusion through the development of policies and the implementation of financial inclusion strategies. Limited information ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Sugarcane farming is one of the most important agricultural enterprises in South Africa and most of the people working in the agricultural sector are employed in the sugar industry. Sugarcane farmers and sugar mills ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Smallholder irrigation farming is potentially transformative to poor communities. Although previous studies have examined the relationship between smallholder irrigation farming and livelihoods in South Africa, little ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-08-18)This thesis identifies determinants of market participation of smallholder sorghum and millet farmers and proposes strategies for improving their market participation. The study used survey data from 195 smallholder communal ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2014)The broiler industry is considered an essential sub-sector of the agricultural industry for the stimulation of economic growth in South Africa. This subsector consists of a vibrant largescale component, and together with ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)The agricultural sector is key to the attainment of general economic growth and poverty alleviation poverty in Africa. Therefore, it is important to develop the sector and this requires removing constraints limiting ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)One of the biggest challenges gripping the South African economy and society as a whole is the dualism that has arisen as a result of previous regimes’ disempowering legislation and attitudes towards black people. This is ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006)Little is known about food consumption patterns of the majority of the black population and the various factors influencing food consumption patterns. An understanding of the above aspects is critical for any business ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)The Recapitalisation and Development Programme (RECAP) is the government’s agricultural support programme administered by the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR). The programme uses about 25% of the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2021)Financial inclusion is fundamental to sustainable agriculture and inclusive rural economic development. Prevailing dominant measurements of financial inclusion (FI) tend to measure the concept as access to bank services ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)Financial inclusion has become a focal point in nation building. It facilitates inclusive growth, which contributes significantly to the economic development of the rural poor. However, the existing financial inclusion ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-06-02)The objective of this study is to look into the changes in land-use patterns on the mostly private land properties brought about by the envisaged Dinokeng Pilot Project on State-owned land properties since it was introduced ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2011-06-23)Agriculture is considered a critical sector in attaining economic growth for most economies in Africa. However, for the sector to play its role, it needs to be commercialised to enable smallholder farmers to participate ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-08-11)Despite many decades of experimentation with supplier-led approaches to credit, limited success has been achieved in improving access to credit for smallholder farmers. In Mozambique, previous attempts by government to ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022-02-14)Poverty, broadly defined as deprivation and lack of opportunities and choices, remains one of the major global challenges. In South Africa, poverty is most prevalent in rural areas. Literature indicates that poverty is ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022)The adoption of technology by smallholder farmers has been shown to have a positive impact on their productivity. This applies to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as well. Despite the important role played ...
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Lending to small - scale farmers in South Africa: a case for best practices in formal institutions (University of Pretoria, 2014)The lack of access to agricultural credit is a constraint to the development of the small-scale segment of the agricultural sector. The challenge for formal financial institutions is to provide agricultural credit that ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)This thesis examines factors influencing smallholder dairy farmers’ participation in interlocked contractual arrangements, the nature and level of participation, the role of interlocked contractual arrangements in promoting ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2016)Economic sustainability of land reform agricultural projects is considered an essential aspect of food security and economic growth in South Africa. With agriculture identified as an engine of economic growth, especially ...
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