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The distortions to incentives in South African agriculture: a case study of the wheat industry

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  • Day, Michael
  • Vink, Nick

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The aggregate distortions to the incentives of South African agricultural producers have been estimated, but these measures have not been disaggregated to reveal individual agents’ incentives in a vertical value chain. In order to do this, the aggregate distortion estimates were first updated to account for the past decade, and then the wheat value chain was disaggregated for the marketing years starting in October 2000 and ending in September 2014. The results highlight how aggregate distortion estimates as developed by Anderson et al. (2006) and calculated by Kirsten, Edwards, and Vink (2009) for South African agriculture in essence mask the inter agent distortion differences in a vertical value chain. The focus in this article is on the measurement of the disaggregated distortions, while further research on the structure of the industry (its competitiveness at all levels of the value chain) and the role of the exchange rate is required to increase our understanding of the real incentives that confront these agents.

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  • Day, Michael & Vink, Nick, 2019. "The distortions to incentives in South African agriculture: a case study of the wheat industry," Agrekon, Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA), vol. 58(3), July.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:agreko:347872
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.347872
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    1. Meyer, Ferdinand H. & Kirsten, Johann F., 2005. "Modelling the wheat sector in South Africa," Agrekon, Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA), vol. 44(2), pages 1-13, June.
    2. Jean-Pierre Butault, 2011. "Evolution of Agricultural Support in Real Terms in OECD Countries and Emerging Economies," OECD Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Papers 37, OECD Publishing.
    3. Michael Day & Nick Vink, 2019. "The distortions to incentives in South African agriculture: a case study of the wheat industry," Agrekon, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 58(3), pages 292-307, July.
    4. Anderson, Kym & Kurzweil, Marianne & Martin, Will & Sandri, Damiano & Valenzuela, Ernesto, 2008. "Measuring distortions to agricultural incentives, revisited," World Trade Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 7(4), pages 675-704, October.
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    Keywords

    Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries; Supply Chain;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q17 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agriculture in International Trade
    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy
    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products

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