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Browsing Natural and Agricultural Sciences by UP Author "Davids, Patricia (Tracey)"
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Broiler production in South Africa : is there space for smallholders in the commercial chicken coup? Louw, Marlene; Davids, Patricia (Tracey); Scheltema, Nico (Routledge, 2017-06)It is agreed that agriculture provides avenues for impoverished households to produce and trade their way out of poverty. However, this requires market access and value chain integration of small-scale farmers. This paper ...
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Delport, Marion; Louw, Marlene; Davids, Patricia (Tracey); Vermeulen, Hester; Meyer, Ferdinand (Routledge, 2017-03)The study aims to improve understanding of meat demand in South Africa through the estimation of a Linear Approximation of an Almost Ideal Demand System (LA/AIDS) for the South African meat complex which includes beef, ...
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Davids, Patricia (Tracey); Meyer, Ferdinand; Louw, Mariska (Routledge, 2015-06)Following the application in March 2013 by the South African Poultry Association for increased tariffs to insure the sustainability of South African broiler production, this paper critically evaluates the effect of ...
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Meyer, Ferdinand; Davids, Patricia (Tracey); Van der Westhuizen, Divan; Louw, Marlene; Vermeulen, Hester (Plaas Publishing, 2016-09)The impact of the 2015/16 drought has been far reaching. Since the end of 2015, the severity of the drought has been evident across the key summer crop production regions. The greatest shock occurred in the white maize ...
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Davids, Patricia (Tracey); Meyer, Ferdinand; Westhoff, Patrick (Routledge, 2017)Maize is an important staple crop in southern Africa that has often been prioritised from a policy perspective, particularly in the imposition of export controls under periods of perceived uncertainty. This tendency has ...
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Westhoff, Patrick; Davids, Patricia (Tracey); Min Soon, Byung (Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, 2019)Retaliatory tariffs imposed by trading partners have had major impacts on U.S. commodity markets. As detailed in other articles in this theme issue, these tariffs have reduced U.S. exports and resulted in lower domestic ...
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Davids, Patricia (Tracey); Meyer, Ferdinand (Routledge, 2017-04)In light of its recent classification by the Department of Trade and Industry as an industry in distress, this paper undertakes a comprehensive evaluation of the competitiveness of South African broiler production in the ...
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