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July 2024, Volume 63, Issue 3
- 113-132 Consumers’ purchasing behaviour and quality preferences for pork sold in the informal street markets of the Cape Metropole, South Africa
by Siphosethu Magqupu & Obert C. Chikwanha & Chenaimoyo L. F. Katiyatiya & Phillip E. Strydom & Cletos Mapiye - 133-147 Smallholder farmers’ willingness to pay for improved irrigation water use: the case of Menz Mama Midir Woreda in North Shewa Zone of Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia
by Awugten Gebrehana & Abule Mehare & Saleamlak Fentaw - 148-165 Preferences for index-based pasture insurance: a choice experiment in Limpopo Province, South Africa
by Bernard Manganyi & Damien Jourdain & Selma Karuaihe - 166-180 Determinants of crop abandonment by smallholder maize farmers in Zambia
by Nixon S. Chekenya & Nanii Yenibehit & Canicio Dzingirai - 181-190 Profiling food waste in the retail sector of developing economies
by S. Hobson & W. J. de Lange - 191-203 Smallholders’ willingness to pay for ZM-GrowTM foliar fertilizer in Dangla District of Northwestern Ethiopia
by Tadele Anagaw Zewdu & Solomon Bizuayehu Wassie & Ermias Tesfaye Teferi
April 2024, Volume 63, Issue 1-2
- 1-15 How do we secure a future for the youth in South African agriculture?
by Melissa van der Merwe - 16-29 The role of agricultural economists in supporting resilience in the Namibian livestock sector
by H. J. Sartorius von Bach - 30-50 Productivity and profitability of small-scale aquaculture in Malawi
by Maggie G. Munthali & Lemekezani Chilora & Ayala Wineman & Bonface Nankwenya & Levison Chiwaula & Milu Muyanga - 51-64 Examining the impact of human capital and innovation on farm productivity in the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast, South Africa
by Lloyd J. S. Baiyegunhi - 65-81 Household resilience and mitigating strategies to conflicts and shocks: evidence from household data in Uganda and Malawi
by James Muriuki & Darren Hudson & Syed Fuad - 82-96 GlobalGAP compliance costs in Ghana’s small-scale pineapple farming sector
by Prince B. Annor & Simeon Kaitibie & Michael C. Lyne - 97-112 The competitiveness of South African table grape exports in the European markets: Threats from Peru and Chile
by Jana-Mart van der Merwe & Nick Vink & Kandas Cloete
October 2023, Volume 62, Issue 3-4
- 197-214 Modelling the exiting of South African producers from commercial agricultural production – an agent-based model
by Kandas Cloete & Anke Möhring & Siphe Zantsi - 215-227 Proposing a farm assessment toolkit: evaluating a South African land reform case study
by Aart-Jan Verschoor & Colleta Gandidzanwa & Terence Newby & Anneliza Collett & Sonja Venter - 228-240 Is persistent “loadshedding” pulling the plug on agriculture in the Western Cape, South Africa?
by Kandas Cloete & Louw Pienaar & Melissa Van der Merwe - 241-257 Examining the determinants of agricultural innovation activities: a case study of emerging sugarcane farmers in South Africa
by Lloyd J. S. Baiyegunhi - 258-278 The single-serve wine option in South African restaurants: product involvement, risk perception and information-related behavioural effects
by Johan Bruwer & Martin Kidd & Nick Vink - 279-291 The Covid pandemic, cultivation and livelihoods in South Africa’s Eastern Cape
by Klara Fischer & Nomahlubi Mnukwa & Amanda Bengtsson - 292-308 Estimating oligopsonistic market power in Uganda’s rice industry
by Edgar E. Twine & Stella E. Adur-Okello & Gaudiose Mujawamariya - 309-327 Agricultural productivity, land use intensification and rural household welfare: evidence from Ethiopia
by Abebayehu Girma Geffersa - 328-336 Data note: Spatializing South African agricultural censuses, 1918–2017
by Senait D. Senay & Jan C. Greyling & Philip G. Pardey & Helene Verhoef
April 2023, Volume 62, Issue 2
- 117-132 Agricultural economics: a discipline in crisis?
by Melissa van der Merwe - 133-151 Economic and environmental comparison of conventional and conservation agriculture in South African wheat production
by Willy Mulimbi & Lawton Lanier Nalley & Johann Strauss & Kristiina Ala-Kokko - 152-163 Drivers of rural households’ food insecurity in Ethiopia: a comprehensive approach of calorie intake and food consumption score
by Million Sileshi & Stefan Sieber & Teshome Lejissa & Daniel W. Ndyetabula - 164-177 Assessing the crop productivity and household welfare effects of adopting certified seeds of improved cassava varieties in Uganda
by Beine P. Ahimbisibwe & John F. Morton & Shiferaw Feleke & Arega D. Alene & Tahirou Abdoulaye & Kate Wellard & Eric Mungatana & Anton Bua & Solomon Asfaw & Victor Manyong - 178-193 Can farmers’ climate change adaptation strategies ensure their food security? Evidence from Ethiopia
by Girma Gezimu Gebre & Yuichiro Amekawa & Aneteneh Ashebir - 194-196 Economics of Agricultural Development: World Food Systems and Resource Use
by Felician Andrew Kitole
January 2023, Volume 62, Issue 1
- 1-4 The measurement of agricultural productivity in Africa
by Jenifer Piesse & Nick Vink - 5-18 Total factor productivity growth in livestock production in Botswana: what is the role of scale and mix efficiency change in beef production?
by Omphile Temoso & John N. Ng’ombe & Sirak Bahta & David Hadley - 19-30 Technological differences in South African sheep production: a stochastic meta-frontier analysis
by Nicolette Matthews & Beatrice Conradie & Jenifer Piesse - 31-48 Taking stock of gender gaps in crop production technology adoption and technical efficiency in Ghana
by Abigail Ampomah Adaku & Francis Tsiboe & Joseph Clottey - 49-60 Farm size and productivity: smallholder dairy production in Eswatini
by Jan C. Greyling & Bandile Banele Mdluli & Beatrice Conradie - 61-79 Access to mutual labour support in agriculture: Implications for maize productivity and efficiency of farmers in northern Ghana
by Mensah Tawiah Cobbinah & Gideon Danso-Abbeam & Abiodun A. Ogundeji - 80-97 Productivity growth and the role of mechanisation in African agriculture
by Oliver K. Kirui & Lukas Kornher & Maksud Bekchanov - 98-115 Wheat productivity in the Cape Colony in 1825: evidence from newly transcribed tax censuses
by Johan Fourie & Jan Greyling
October 2022, Volume 61, Issue 4
- 379-398 Do youth farmers benefit from participating in contract farming? Evidence from French beans youth farmers in Arusha, Tanzania
by Mwita Erick Marwa & Julius Manda - 399-411 Determinants of smallholder farmers’ livelihood trajectories. Evidence from rural Malawi
by Mirriam Matita & Ephraim Wadonda Chirwa & Stevier Kaiyatsa & Jacob Mazalale & Masautso Chimombo & Loveness Msofi Mgalamadzi & Blessings Chinsinga - 412-432 Potential improvement in the performance of dairy farms in South Africa
by David Beca - 433-448 The effect of agricultural technology transfer on Zimbabwe’s economic development: a dynamic global trade analysis project approach
by Rutendo H. Jonga & Huang Delin & Courage Masona & Christopher Belford
July 2022, Volume 61, Issue 3
- 239-265 The COVID-19 effects on agricultural commodity markets
by Mehmet Balcilar & Kamil Sertoglu & Busra Agan - 266-281 Socioeconomic inequalities in household resilience capacity in the context of COVID-19 in the fisheries sector in Malawi
by Gowokani Chijere Chirwa & Levison Chiwaula - 282-291 Perceived changes in food security, finances and revenue of rural and urban households during COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria
by Olubunmi Bamiwuye & Olaide Akintunde & Lateef Jimoh & Khadijat Olanrewaju - 292-313 Agricultural trade liberalisation, agricultural total factor productivity growth and food security in Africa
by Regret Sunge & Nicholas Ngepah - 314-323 Rainfall variability and alternative technology adoption: evidence from Ethiopia
by Dambala Gelo - 324-338 Factors affecting adoption of technical, organisational and institutional dairy innovations in selected milksheds in Kenya
by Edith Wairimu & John Mburu & Asaah Ndambi & Charles Gachuiri - 339-359 Food loss and waste in maize in Mozambique and its economic impacts: a system dynamics assessment approach
by Meizal Popat & Oscar Cacho & Garry Griffith & Stuart Mounter - 360-378 Intolerance, xenophobia and cross-border supermarket groups’ operations in South Africa
by Nixon S. Chekenya & Laurine Chikoko
April 2022, Volume 61, Issue 2
- 109-120 Private extension delivers productivity growth in pasture-based dairy farming in the Eastern Cape, 2012–2018
by Beatrice Conradie & Craig Galloway & Andrea Renner - 121-137 Producer prices, carcass classification and consumers’ willingness to pay for different sheep meat grades: an experimental auction approach
by Carina Troost & Johann F. Kirsten - 138-150 Investigating the motivations driving meat analogue purchase among middle-income consumers in Mbombela, South Africa
by C. Z. Tsvakirai & N. M. Zulu - 151-166 Are SACU countries self-sufficient in cereals? A dynamic panel analysis
by H. J. Sartorius von Bach & K. M. Kalundu - 167-191 Do changes in maize prices and input prices affect smallholder farmers’ soil fertility management decisions? panel survey evidence from Kenya
by David Olson & Nicole M. Mason & Lilian Kirimi & Joyce Makau - 192-206 Crop mix portfolio response to climate risks: evidence from smallholder farmers in Kisumu County, Kenya
by Hezbon Akelo Awiti & Eric Obedy Gido & Gideon Aiko Obare - 207-228 Adoption and impact of improved wheat varieties on productivity and welfare among smallholder farmers in the Arsi Highland of Ethiopia
by Bedilu Demissie Zeleke & Adem Kedir Geleto & Sisay Asefa & Hussien H. Komicha - 229-238 Social protection policy and agricultural labour outcome in West Africa
by Romanus Osabohien & Oluwatoyin Matthew & Hajra Maqsood
January 2022, Volume 61, Issue 1
- 1-2 Special collection of articles on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on South African agriculture
by Johann Kirsten - 3-20 A sector-wide review of the COVID-19 impact on the South African agricultural sector during 2020–21
by Ferdinand Meyer & Johann Kirsten & Tracy Davids & Marion Delport & Hester Vermeulen & Wandile Sihlobo & Lucia Anelich - 21-41 Hotspots of vulnerability and disruption in food value chains during COVID-19 in South Africa: industry- and firm-level “pivoting” in response
by Ferdinand Meyer & Thomas Reardon & Tracy Davids & Melissa van der Merwe & Daniel Jordaan & Marion Delport & Gerhard Van Den Burgh - 42-51 Covid-19 and the South African wine industry
by Tracy Davids & Nick Vink & Kandas Cloete - 52-66 The impact of Covid-19 on black farmers in South Africa
by Marc Wegerif - 67-79 Can digital solutions transform agri-food systems in Africa?
by Edward Mabaya & Jaron Porciello - 80-93 Identifying possible misspecification in South African soybean oil futures contracts
by Andre Van der Vyver & Ulonka Barnard & Jean-Pierre Nordier - 94-108 Strategic perspectives on quitting or remaining in commercial agriculture in South Africa and why it matters
by Kandas Cloete & Jan Greyling & Marion Delport
October 2021, Volume 60, Issue 4
- 353-369 The financial burden of African Horse Sickness: a case of the European Union trade ban on South Africa’s horse industry
by Zimbini Mdlulwa & Mampe Masemola & Baratang A. Lubisi & Petronella Chaminuka - 370-387 Does the use of multiple agricultural technologies affect household welfare? Evidence from Northern Ghana
by Wencong Lu & Kwabena Nyarko Addai & John N. Ng’ombe - 388-407 Selling at the farmgate? Role of liquidity constraints and implications for agricultural productivity
by Josiah M. Ateka & Perez Ayieko Onono-Okelo & Martin Etyang - 408-423 Does commitment to cooperatives affect the economic benefits of smallholder farmers? Evidence from rice cooperatives in the Western province of Zambia
by Ebenezer Donkor & Jiri Hejkrlik - 424-444 Smallholder farmers’ willingness to pay for access to agricultural market information in Tanzania
by Mawazo Mwita Magesa & Noah Nasson Mkasanga - 445-459 Factors influencing farmers’ dis-adoption and retention decisions for biofortified crops: the case of orange-fleshed sweetpotato in Mozambique
by Wellington Jogo & Temesgen Bocher & Frederick Grant - 460-479 Farm- and community-level factors underlying the profitability of fertiliser usage for Ethiopian smallholder farmers
by B. T. Assefa & P. Reidsma & J. Chamberlin & M. K. van Ittersum - 480-495 Analysis of the Kenyan economy: an input-output approach
by Sofía Jiménez & Alfredo J. Mainar-Causapé & Emanuele Ferrari
July 2021, Volume 60, Issue 3
- 209-226 Productive efficiency and farm size in East Africa
by Jacques C. Julien & Boris E. Bravo-Ureta & Nicholas E. Rada - 227-242 Changing income portfolios and household welfare in rural Uganda
by Moses Kakungulu & Moses Isabirye & Kevin Teopista Akoyi & Kaat Van Hoyweghen & Liesbet Vranken & Miet Maertens - 243-252 What factors influence smallholder farmers’ decision to select a milk marketing channel in Zambia?
by Tulumbe Cheelo & Melissa van der Merwe - 253-263 Welfare impacts of introducing water pollution tax in the Olifants river basin in South Africa: A revisited analysis using a top-down micro-accounting approach
by Clement Kweku Kyei & Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu - 264-279 Structure and entry barriers to access groundnut markets for intermediary traders in central and northern Malawi
by Admire Katunga & Edilegnaw Wale Zegeye & Gerald Ortmann - 280-296 Analysis of intra-region market integration and spatial price transmission in groundnut markets in Malawi
by Moses Chitete & Wisdom Mgomezulu & Mercy Bwanaisa & Joseph Dzanja - 297-316 The poverty impacts of improved soybean technologies in Malawi
by Adane Hirpa Tufa & Arega D. Alene & Julius Manda & Shiferaw Feleke & Tesfamichael Wossen & M. G. Akinwale & David Chikoye & Victor Manyong - 317-334 Female farm holding in Botswana's agriculture industry
by Odile Mackett - 335-351 Adoption of ox-drawn minimum tillage ripping by smallholder farmers in Zambia
by Isabel C. Sakala & Thomson H. Kalinda & Chewe Nkonde & William J. Burke
April 2021, Volume 60, Issue 2
- 91-107 Towards a viable farm size – determining a viable household income for emerging farmers in South Africa's Land Redistribution Programme: an income aspiration approach
by Siphe Zantsi & Gabriele Mack & Nick Vink - 108-127 Land redistribution in South Africa’s land reform policy: a better way to select beneficiaries
by Siphe Zantsi & Jan C. Greyling - 128-144 District-level agricultural total factor productivity for the Karoo, South Africa: 1952–2002
by Beatrice Conradie & Amelia Genis & Jan Greyling & Jenifer Piesse - 145-156 Agronomic and socio-economic assessment of the introduction of a rice-based mixed cropping system to the Cuvelai seasonal wetland system in northern Namibia
by Yoshihiro Hirooka & Tadayoshi Masuda & Yoshinori Watanabe & Yasuhiro Izumi & Hiroyuki Inai & Simon Awala & Morio Iijima - 157-175 Cointegration and spatial price transmission among rice markets in Tanzania: implications for price stabilisation policies
by Yohana James Mgale & Yan Yunxian & Provident Dimoso - 176-191 Foreign direct investment into agriculture: does it crowd-out domestic investment?
by Justice Gameli Djokoto - 192-208 Welfare effects of small-scale farmers' participation in apple and mango value chains in Ethiopia
by Mengistie Mossie & Alemseged Gerezgiher & Zemen Ayalew & Zerihun Nigussie
January 2021, Volume 60, Issue 1
- 1-6 Introduction to volume 60 of Agrekon
by Johann Kirsten - 7-9 Reflections on two terms as editor of Agrekon
by Nick Vink - 10-30 Impacts of interlocked contractual arrangements on dairy farmers’ welfare in Zambia: a robust Bayesian instrumental variable analysis
by Rebecca N. Kiwanuka-Lubinda & John N. Ng’ombe & Charles Machethe - 31-42 Price attributes of Döhne Merino wool in South Africa
by A. Ferreira & W. A. Lombard & Y. T. Bahta & A. C. Geyer - 43-56 Speed of adoption of intensive agricultural practices in Rwanda: A duration analysis
by Jules Ngango & Seungjee Hong - 57-79 Determinants of livestock keepers’ primary animal health care practices
by Zimbini Mdlulwa & Eric Mathebula & Cynthia Ngwane - 80-84 How a government panel on land reform in South Africa is stuck in old ways
by Thorvald Gran - 85-87 Reply: how a government panel on land reform in South Africa is stuck in old ways
by Wandile Sihlobo - 88-89 In memoriam: Abdul Salam Mohammad Karaan (1968–2021)
by Nick Vink & Wandile Sihlobo & Johann Kirsten
October 2020, Volume 59, Issue 4
- 387-400 Efficiency of a mixed farming system in a marginal winter rainfall area of the Overberg, South Africa, with implications for thinking about sustainability
by Beatrice Conradie & Amelia Genis - 401-411 An econometric estimation of gross margin volatility: a case of ox production in Namibia
by H. J. Sartorius von Bach & K. M. Kalundu - 412-425 Price transmission in (de)regulated agricultural markets
by Jakub Olipra - 426-439 Gendered analysis of the demand for poultry feed in Kenya
by John Njenga Macharia & Gracious Malton Diiro & John Rono Busienei & Kimpei Munei & Hippolyte D. Affognon & Sunday Ekesi & Beatrice Muriithi & Dorothy Nakimbugwe & Chrysantus Mbi Tanga & Komi K. M. Fiaboe - 440-458 Production and hidden hunger impacts of sustainable agricultural practices: evidence from rural households in Africa
by Abdul-Hanan Abdallah & Awal Abdul-Rahaman & Gazali Issahaku
July 2020, Volume 59, Issue 3
- 269-286 Measuring the financial efficiency of agricultural cooperatives in South Africa: an application of the Simar–Wilson methodology
by C. L. Yobe & S. R. D. Ferrer & M. Mudhara - 287-302 The effect of trust on farmers’ milk market participation in dairy cooperatives in West Shoa, Ethiopia
by Daniel Belay - 303-320 Determinants of individual social capital in dairy cooperatives in West Shoa, Ethiopia
by Daniel Belay - 321-336 Adoption and ex-post impact of alternative teff production technologies: micro-level evidence from Ethiopia
by Etsehiwot Semreab Tiruneh & Solomon Bizuayehu Wassie - 337-353 Effects of input subsidies on cropland allocation and diversification in Botswana’s subsistence economy
by Tebogo B. Seleka & David Mmopelwa - 354-365 Household assets and food security in and around medium-sized towns: some insights from Morogoro and Iringa, Tanzania
by Ubaldus John Tumaini - 366-385 Do oil prices and exchange rates account for agricultural commodity market spillovers? Evidence from the Diebold and Yilmaz Index
by Mehmet Balcilar & Festus Victor Bekun
April 2020, Volume 59, Issue 2
- 129-143 Asymmetry in food safety information – the case of the 2018 Listeriosis outbreak and low-income, urban consumers in Gauteng, South Africa
by Marlene Louw & Melissa van der Merwe - 144-155 Analysis of price transmission in the beef value chain using a calculated retail carcass price
by Abiodun Ogundeji & Frikkie Maré - 156-168 Eye-tracking consumers’ awareness of beef brands
by W. A. Lombard & J. H. Van Zyl & T. R. Beelders - 169-187 Typology of contract farming arrangements: a transaction cost perspective
by Innocent Mugwagwa & Jos Bijman & Jacques Trienekens - 188-201 (Fairtrade) certification: consequences of being a niche market
by Katharina Bissinger & Daniel Leufkens - 202-217 Factors determining smallholder farmers’ willingness to pay for a metal silo in Zimbabwe
by Teresa Chuma & Maxwell Mudhara & Jones Govereh - 218-234 Application of exploratory factor analysis to address the challenge of measuring social capital in a rural communal setting in South Africa
by Megan Davenport & Rashid Hassan - 235-253 Postharvest losses at the farm level and its economy-wide costs: the case of the maize sector in Mozambique
by Meizal Popat & Garry Griffith & Stuart Mounter & Oscar Cacho - 254-267 Impacts of improved sorghum varieties intensification on household welfare in the mid-Zambezi Valley of Zimbabwe
by Joseph P. Musara & Lovemore Musemwa
January 2020, Volume 59, Issue 1
- 1-1 Correction
by The Editors - 1-15 Improving livelihoods of smallholder farmers through region specific strategies: a case study of South African sheep production
by Yong Sebastian Nyam & Nicolette Matthews & Yonas Tesfamariam Bahta - 16-29 Impact of smallholder farmers’ welfare through participation in on-farm regional projects in East Africa
by Enock Warinda & Dickson M. Nyariki & Stephen Wambua & Reuben Muasya - 30-45 How stable are farmers’ risk perceptions? A follow-up study of one community in the Karoo
by Ivo Wustro & Beatrice Conradie - 46-64 Examining coffee export performance in Eastern and Southern African countries: do bilateral trade relations matter?
by Aimable Nsabimana & Wondmagegn Tafesse Tirkaso - 65-77 Are there periodically collapsing bubble behaviours in the global coffee market?
by Kai-Hua Wang & Chi-Wei Su & Ran Tao & Lin-Na Hao - 78-92 Risk efficiency of optimal water allocation within a single- and multi-stage decision-making framework
by Primrose Madende & Bennie Grové - 93-109 Do bottom-up and independent agricultural cooperatives really perform better? Insights from a technical efficiency analysis in Ethiopia
by Tafesse W. Gezahegn & Steven Van Passel & Tekeste Berhanu & Marijke D’haese & Miet Maertens - 110-128 Food self-sufficiency and GM regulation under conflicting interests: the case of GM maize in South Africa
by Qianqian Shao & Dusan Drabik & Marnus Gouse & Justus Wesseler
October 2019, Volume 58, Issue 4
- 387-388 Agri-food trade and non-tariff measures
by Fabio Gaetano Santeramo - 389-406 On the impact of non-tariff measures on trade performances of the African agri-food sector
by Fabio Gaetano Santeramo & Emilia Lamonaca - 407-425 European Union non-tariff barriers to imports of African biofuels
by Franziska Schuenemann & William A. Kerr - 426-450 Tariff rate quota impacts on export market access of South African fruit products into the EU market
by Chiedza L. Muchopa & Yonas T. Bahta & Abiodun A. Ogundeji - 451-471 Quantifying the effects of non-tariff measures on African agri-food exporters
by Chang Liu & Dongtao Lin & Jiawei Liu & Yanran Li - 472-484 Moving past transgenics – the potential for genomics to open markets in the EU for African agricultural products
by William A. Kerr - 485-502 Using preferential trade access to promote global development goals: the case of beef and market access to Norway from Namibia and Botswana
by Ben Bennett & Karl M. Rich
July 2019, Volume 58, Issue 3
- 281-291 Land Use and Redistribution in the Arid West: The case of Laingsburg Magisterial District
by Beatrice Conradie - 292-307 The distortions to incentives in South African agriculture: a case study of the wheat industry
by Michael Day & Nick Vink - 308-323 How does women's empowerment in agriculture affect household food security and dietary diversity? The case of rural irrigation schemes in Limpopo Province, South Africa
by Vongai Gillian Murugani & Joyce Magoshi Thamaga-Chitja - 324-339 Women's empowerment: the case of smallholder rice farmers in Kilombero District, Tanzania
by Esther Leah Achandi & Asmerom Kidane & Aloyce Hepelwa & Gaudiose Mujawamariya - 340-353 Livelihood strategies and their determinants among smallholder farming households in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa
by Collin L. Yobe & Maxwell Mudhara & Paramu Mafongoya - 354-368 Understanding South African consumers’ preferences and market potential for products with low water and carbon footprints
by Enoch Owusu-Sekyere & Yondela Mahlathi & Henry Jordaan - 369-386 Examining the farmer-buyer relationships in vegetable marketing channels in Eswatini
by Bongiwe Porrie Dlamini-Mazibuko & Stuart Ferrer & Gerald Ortmann
April 2019, Volume 58, Issue 2
- 141-153 Forms of agricultural support and the “culture of dependency and entitlement”
by Michael Aliber - 154-179 We’re ready, the system’s not – youth perspectives on agricultural careers in South Africa
by Luke Metelerkamp & Scott Drimie & Reinette Biggs - 180-199 Revisiting farm size-productivity relationship: New empirical evidence from Ethiopia
by Solomon Bizuayehu Wassie & Gashaw Tadesse Abate & Tanguy Bernard - 200-215 Would you purchase milk from a milk ATM? Consumers’ attitude as a key determinant of preference and purchase intention in uganda
by Joanita Kataike & Jowel Kulaba & Andrew Ronnie Mugenyi & Hans De Steur & Xavier Gellynck - 216-228 The Economic Implications of Robinia pseudoacacia L. (black locust) on Agricultural Production in South Africa
by Luke Humphrey & Gavin Fraser & Grant Martin - 229-243 Vertical price transmission in the white teff market in Ethiopia
by Maria Sassi & Yonas Abera Mamo - 244-252 The importance of biological asset disclosures to the relevant user groups
by Marilene van Biljon & Deon Scott - 253-279 Impacts of socio-psychological factors on smallholder farmers’ risk attitudes: empirical evidence and implications
by Woldegebrial Zeweld & Guido Van Huylenbroeck & Girmay Tesfay & Stijn Speelman
January 2019, Volume 58, Issue 1
- 1-2 Measuring and Explaining Productivity Growth in South African Agriculture
by Johann Kirsten & Petronella Chaminuka & Colin Thirtle - 3-6 Recalibrating South African agricultural growth: Frikkie Liebenberg in Memoriam
by Johann Kirsten & Philip Pardey & Colin Thirtle - 7-20 Public agricultural research and development spending in South Africa – update
by Petronella Chaminuka & Nienke Beintema & Kathleen Flaherty & Frikkie Liebenberg - 21-41 Measuring Maize in South Africa: The Shifting Structure of Production During the Twentieth Century, 1904–2015
by Jan C. Greyling & Philip G. Pardey - 42-52 Quality adjusting agricultural machinery in South Africa
by Colleta Gandidzanwa & Frikkie Liebenberg & Ferdi Meyer & Beatrice Conradie - 53-67 South African wine grape production, 2005–2015: regional comparisons of scale and technical efficiencies and total factor productivity
by Beatrice Conradie & Jenifer Piesse & Colin Thirtle & Nick Vink - 68-85 Estimating and attributing benefits from wheat varietal innovations in South African agriculture
by Charity R. Nhemachena & Johann F. Kirsten & Frikkie G. Liebenberg - 86-101 Yield and economic benefits of the national cultivar trials for wheat in South Africa: 1998–2016
by Kenneth Nhundu & Petronella Chaminuka & Sedzani Nemakhavhani & Mardé Booyse - 102-112 Economic value of quality restrictions on the wheat industry in South Africa
by Zwiafhela Naledzani & Petronella Chaminuka & Kenneth Nhundu & Charles L. Machethe & Frikkie Liebenberg - 113-124 Economic returns from investment in beef cattle improvement research in South Africa
by Takalani T. Nevondo & Petronella Chaminuka & Kenneth Nhundu & Frikkie Liebenberg - 125-140 Economic analysis of new generation vaccines for control of lumpy skin disease and Rift Valley Fever in South Africa
by Zimbini Mdlulwa & Mampe Masemola & Petronella Chaminuka & Sipho Madyo
October 2018, Volume 57, Issue 3-4
- 167-180 Food policy and nutrition economics in the SDG era
by Sheryl L. Hendriks - 181-197 Rising absolutely, declining relatively: agriculture, climate change, and job creation in Africa
by Karen Brooks - 198-220 Roads and farming: the effect of infrastructure improvement on agricultural intensification in South-Western Kenya
by Philemon Kiprono & Tomoya Matsumoto - 221-232 Estimating trade elasticities for South Africa’s agricultural commodities for use in policy modelling
by S.M. Ntombela & M. Kalaba & H. Bohlmann - 233-250 The impact of poverty, risk aversion and time preference on maize marketing channel choice decisions: the case of Zvimba and Makonde districts of Zimbabwe
by Michael Kamoyo & Albert Makochekanwa - 251-265 Spatial market integration in the era of high food prices. A case of surplus and deficit maize markets in Kenya
by Raphael Gitau & Ferdi Meyer - 266-283 Assessing the viable agricultural land use options after clearing invasive alien plants in the Mokolo Catchment, Limpopo Province, South Africa
by T. Morokong & J. N. Blignaut & N. P. Nkambule & T. Vundla & S. Mudavanhu - 284-299 Explaining smallholder aspirations to expand irrigation crop production in Makhathini and Ndumo-B, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
by Unity Chipfupa & Edilegnaw Wale
April 2018, Volume 57, Issue 2
- 93-100 Tomlinson Commemorative Lecture (2017): Relevance versus indispensability in making the long term urgent
by J. M. Laubscher - 101-107 The influence of animal traits on feedlot profitability of Santa Gertrudis cattle in South Africa
by W. A. Lombard & F. A. Maré & H. Jordaan - 108-120 The profit-maximising feeding period for different breeds of beef cattle
by P. L. Oosthuizen & F. A. Maré - 121-136 Do Dairy Market Hubs improve smallholder farmers’ income? The case of dairy farmers in the Tanga and Morogoro regions of Tanzania
by Irene Bayiyana & Aloyce Hepelwa & Elizaphan J. O. Rao & Kenneth Mdadila - 137-151 Adoption and impact of fertiliser trees on heterogeneous farmer classified soil types in the Chongwe district of Zambia
by Elias Kuntashula & Robert Nhlane & Fulayi Chisola - 152-166 Impact of access to credit on farm income: policy implications for rural agricultural development in Lesotho
by Abiodun A. Ogundeji & Emmanuel Donkor & Charmaine Motsoari & Stephen Onakuse
January 2018, Volume 57, Issue 1
- 1-27 Location factors and spatial dependence in household perceptions and adaptations to climate change: A case in the upper Blue Nile Basin
by Stefano Mainardi - 28-39 Simon Brand Memorial Address
by Awudu Abdulai - 40-48 Drivers of farmers’ cattle insurance decisions: evidence from smallholders in northern Ethiopia
by Kinfe G Bishu & Edward Lahiff & Seamus O’Reilly & Mulugeta Gebregziabher - 49-63 Assessing participation in homestead food garden programmes, land ownership and their impact on productivity and net returns of smallholder maize producers in South Africa
by Y.T. Bahta & E. Owusu-Sekyere & B.E. Tlalang - 64-77 Market participation and marketing channel preferences by small scale sorghum farmers in semi-arid Zimbabwe
by Joseph P. Musara & Lovemore Musemwa & Munyaradzi Mutenje & Abbyssinia Mushunje & Charles Pfukwa - 78-90 Collective action and rural poverty reduction: Empirical evidence from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
by Sikhulumile Sinyolo & Maxwell Mudhara - 91-91 Erratum
by The Editors
October 2017, Volume 56, Issue 4
- 313-329 Welfare impacts of improved groundnut varieties in eastern Zambia: A heterogeneous treatment effects approach
by Julius Manda & Makaiko G. Khonje & Arega D. Alene & Therese Gondwe - 330-346 Factors affecting adoption and intensity of conservation agriculture techniques applied by smallholders in Masvingo district, Zimbabwe
by Machiweyi Kunzekweguta & Karl M. Rich & Michael C. Lyne - 347-365 Technical efficiency of smallholder maize production in Zambia: a stochastic meta-frontier approach
by John N. Ng’ombe - 366-382 The influence of market orientation on firm performance and members’ livelihood in Ethiopian seed producer cooperatives
by Dawit Tsegaye Sisay & Frans J. H. M. Verhees & Hans C. M. van Trijp - 383-401 Integrating quantified risk in efficiency analysis: evidence from rice production in East and Southern Africa
by Gaudiose Mujawamariya & Florent M. Kinkingninhoun Medagbe & Aziz Karimov - 402-403 Tamás Imre Fényes 13 September 1943 to 7 April 2017
by Nick Vink - 404-405 Food Security in South Africa: Human Rights and Entitlement Perspectives
by Julia Harper
July 2017, Volume 56, Issue 3
- 223-232 Impact of trade controls on price transmission between southern African maize markets
by Tracy Davids & Ferdi Meyer & Patrick Westhoff - 233-247 Evaluating the long-term effectiveness of crop insurance products to provide cost effective and constant cover for maize producers under stochastic yields and prices
by Frikkie Maré & Bennie Grové & Johan Willemse - 248-262 Does Food Assistance Improve Recipients' Dietary Diversity and Food Quality in Mozambique?
by Agatha Carol Zhou & Sheryl L. Hendriks - 263-273 Correlates and consequences of women’s participation in the cowpea value chain in eastern Zambia
by Therese Gondwe & A. Tegbaru & Alamu E. Oladeji & Makaiko Khonje & J. Manda & H. Gaya - 274-289 An economic risk analysis of fertiliser microdosing and rainwater harvesting in a semi-arid farming system in Tanzania
by Lutengano Mwinuka & Khamaldin Daud Mutabazi & Stefan Sieber & Jeremia Makindara & Jean-Claude Bizimana - 290-295 The Impact of Adoption of Recommended Tea Plucking Interval on Tea Yields in Kenya
by Vincent Ngeno - 296-311 Estimating the impact of sericulture adoption on farmer income in Rwanda: an application of propensity score matching
by Alexis Habiyaremye - 312-312 Corrigendum
by The Editors
April 2017, Volume 56, Issue 2
- 83-96 The analysis of market integration and price transmission – results and implications in an African context
by Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel - 97-109 Testing price leadership in major regional maize markets in Ethiopia: implications for targeted market intervention
by Mesay Yami & Ferdi Meyer & Rashid Hassan - 110-122 Vertical price transmission and its inflationary implications in South African food chains
by Marlene Louw & Ferdi Meyer & Johann Kirsten