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April 2017, Volume 56, Issue 2
- 123-138 Price formation and competitiveness of the South African broiler industry in the global context
by T. Davids & F.H. Meyer - 139-157 Breaking the ‘big data’ barrier when selecting agricultural export markets: an innovative approach
by Martin Cameron & Wilma Viviers & Ezra Steenkamp - 158-172 Contract Farming as Part of a Multi-Instrument Inclusive Business Structure: A Theoretical Analysis
by W.O. Chamberlain & W. Anseeuw - 173-190 The effect of emotions on purchase behaviour towards novel foods. An application of Means–End chain methodology
by Ramo Barrena & Teresa García & Mercedes Sánchez - 191-204 South Africa’s competitiveness against its main competitors in the market of pears imported by the EU28
by Jaime De Pablo Valenciano & Maria Mercedes Capobianco Uriarte & Miguel Angel Giacinti Battistuzzi - 205-221 Does adoption of conservation farming practices result in increased crop revenue? Evidence from Zambia
by John N. Ng’ombe & Thomson H. Kalinda & Gelson Tembo
January 2017, Volume 56, Issue 1
- 1-12 Risk assessment and control of agricultural supply chains under Internet of Things
by Bo Yan & Xinni Wang & Ping Shi - 13-27 Evaluating the demand for meat in South Africa: an econometric estimation of short term demand elasticities
by Marion Delport & Marlene Louw & Tracy Davids & Hester Vermeulen & Ferdi Meyer - 28-39 Fostering linking social capital for successful agricultural development projects in South Africa
by Bridget Taruvinga & Portia Ndou & Igenecious Nicholas Hlerema & Thetshelesani Lesly Maraganedzha & Christian Philippus Du Plooy & Sonja Venter - 40-52 What factors determine household food security among smallholder farmers? Insights from Msinga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
by Mbongeni Maziya & Maxwell Mudhara & Joyce Chitja - 53-66 The dynamics of price adjustment and relationships in the formal and informal beef markets in Namibia
by Kennedy Sean Kalundu & Ferdi Meyer - 67-81 Impact of drought tolerant maize adoption on maize productivity, sales and consumption in rural Zimbabwe
by Clifton Makate & Rongchang Wang & Marshall Makate & Nelson Mango
October 2016, Volume 55, Issue 4
- 303-330 Agriculture in a Developmental State: Finding the Nexus for Development(al) Agricultural Economists
by Moraka Nakedi Makhura - 331-355 Maturity Effects in Futures Contracts on the SAFEX Market
by Chris Motengwe & Paul Alagidede - 356-376 Poverty Traps in South African Agriculture
by Herman Geyer - 377-410 Non-Tariff Measures Affecting Agricultural Trade in SADC
by M. Kalaba & J. Kirsten & T. Sacolo - 411-435 Factors Influencing the Competitiveness of the South African Wheat Industry: A Hedonic Price Model
by Johannes Daniël van der Merwe & Philippus Christoffel Cloete & Herman Daniël van Schalkwyk - 436-457 The Impact of Social Grants on the Propensity and Level of Use of Inorganic Fertiliser among Smallholders in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
by Sikhulumile Sinyolo & Maxwell Mudhara & Edilegnaw Wale - 458-482 Commercialisation of Food Crops and Farm Productivity: Evidence from Smallholders in Central Africa
by Justus Ochieng & Beatrice Knerr & George Owuor & Emily Ouma - 483-508 Real-Time Grain Commodities Price Predictions in South Africa: A Big Data and Neural Networks Approach
by Kayode Ayankoya & Andre P. Calitz & Jean H. Greyling
July 2016, Volume 55, Issue 3
- 191-215 Factors Influencing Consumers' Choice of Imported Poultry Meat Products in a Developing Market: Lessons from Zimbabwe
by Charles Makanyeza & Francois du Toit - 216-236 Towards a New Capital Formation Series for Machinery in South African Agriculture
by Colleta Gandidzanwa & Frikkie Liebenberg - 237-253 Estimating the Supply Response of Maize in South Africa: A Nerlovian Partial Adjustment Model Approach
by R.R. Shoko & P. Chaminuka & A. Belete - 254-277 The Choice of Marketing Channel by Maize and Pigeonpea Smallholder Farmers: Evidence from the Northern and Eastern Zones of Tanzania
by FE Mmbando & E Wale & LJS Baiyegunhi & MAG Darroch - 278-301 Multidimensional Household Food Security Measurement in Rural Zambia
by Ayala Wineman
June 2016, Volume 55, Issue 1-2
- 1-33 Entrepreneurship and the Reallocation of African Farmers
by Wim Naudé - 34-61 Malthus revisited: Long-term Trends in South African Population Growth and Agricultural Output
by Nico Strydom & Jean Struweg - 62-80 A Global Perspective of Food Market Integration: A Review
by Ronald Kabbiri & Manoj Dora & Gabriel Elepu & Xavier Gellynck - 81-102 Production and Consumption Responses to Policy Interventions in Tanzania's Dairy Industry
by Edgar Edwin Twine - 103-132 Dimensions of Empowerment Influencing Women in KwaZulu-Natal to diversify away from agricultural-based livelihoods
by Stanley Sharaunga & Maxwell Mudhara - 133-167 Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa: What Does the Future Holds for Smallholder Crop Farmers?
by Sunday Y. Hosu & E.N. Cishe & P.N. Luswazi - 168-188 Adoption of striga ( striga hermonthica ) Management Technologies in Northern Nigeria
by M.B. Hassan & L.J.S. Baiyegunhi & G. F. Ortmann & T. Abdoulaye
November 2015, Volume 54, Issue 4
- 1-27 Re-Estimating South African Agricultural Output Value, Quantity And Price Aggregates, 1910--2010
by Frikkie Liebenberg & Philip Pardey & Jason Beddow & Johann Kirsten - 28-44 Estimating The Maximum Value of Crop Hail Insurance Under Stochastic Yield and Price Risk
by Frikkie Maré & Bennie Grové & Johan Willemse - 45-72 A Study of Seasonality on the Safex Wheat Market
by Chris Motengwe & Angel Pardo - 73-86 Harvest of Hope: The Contribution of Peri-Urban Agriculture in South African Townships
by Martin Dyer & Richard Mills & Beatrice Conradie & Jenifer Piesse - 87-112 Performance Measurement of Extensive Beef Cattle Farms in Botswana
by Omphile Temoso & David Hadley & Renato Villano - 113-136 Price Transmission in the Zambian Sugar Sector: An Assessment of Market Efficiency and Policy Implications
by Brian Chisanga & Ferdinand H. Meyer & Alex Winter-Nelson & Nicholas J Sitko
September 2015, Volume 54, Issue 3
- 1-22 The Intensity of adoption of Conservation agriculture by smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe
by Tarisayi Pedzisa & Lovemore Rugube & Alex Winter-Nelson & Kathy Baylis & Kizito Mazvimavi - 23-42 Cow or Goat? Population pressure and livestock keeping in Burundi
by Sam Desiere & Sanctus Niragira & Marijke D'Haese - 43-61 The Aggregate economic benefits of the National Cultivar Trials for Maize in South Africa with specific reference to the Highveld region
by Thula Dlamini & Frik Liebenberg - 62-86 Association between irrigated farming and improved nutrition in farm households in Malawi
by Todd Benson - 87-106 A long-term view of the effectiveness of wool promotion schemes
by Malcolm Abbott - 107-125 The impact of integrated agricultural research for development on food security among smallholder farmers of southern Africa
by Nelson Mango & Kefasi Nyikahadzoi & Clifton Makate & Nothando Dunjana & Shephard Siziba
June 2015, Volume 54, Issue 2
- 1-17 Productivity benchmarking of free-range sheep operations for Laingsburg, South Africa
by Beatrice Conradie & Jenifer Piesse - 18-37 The direct and indirect economic contribution of small-scale black agriculture in South Africa
by Michael Aliber & Lelethu Mdoda - 38-50 The impact of exchange rate risk on Africa's imports of world poultry
by Christopher G. Davis & Fawzi A. Taha - 51-75 Urban farmers and urban agriculture in Johannesburg: Responding to the food resilience strategy
by Naudé Malan - 76-92 Public sector expenditure in agriculture and economic growth in Nigeria: An empirical investigation
by Akeem A. Tijani & Olumemino Oluwasola & Olayinka I. Baruwa
March 2015, Volume 54, Issue 1
- 1-27 The trade effects of technical barriers on South Africa's orange exports
by Tinashe Kapuya - 28-52 On the performance of fractional multinomial response models for estimating Engel Curves
by Steven F. Koch - 53-69 Traceability systems and origin based meat products in the South African sheep meat industry
by M. van der Merwe & J.F. Kirsten - 70-95 Evaluating the effect of proposed tariff protection for the South African broiler industry
by P. Davids & F.H. Meyer & M. Louw - 96-119 Determinants of smallholder farmers' participation in maize and pigeonpea markets in Tanzania
by Frank E. Mmbando & Edilegnaw Z. Wale & Lloyd J.S. Baiyegunhi - 120-137 Comparison of Rotterdam Model versus almost ideal demand system for fish and red meat
by Habibeh Sherafatmand & Ali Akbar Baghestany
November 2014, Volume 53, Issue 4
- 1-15 The F.R. Tomlinson memorial lecture: Two decades of land reform in South Africa: Insights from an agricultural economics
by M. Lyne - 16-37 Reconsidering the role of food prices in South African headline inflation
by L. Rangasamy & E. Nel - 38-67 Hunger in the former apartheid homelands: Determinants of convergence one century after the 1913 land act
by L. Pienaar & D. von Fintel - 68-91 Implications of increasing world oil scarcity for national food security in South Africa
by J. Wakeford & M. Swilling - 92-105 Establishing the linkages between the South African agricultural trade balance and macroeconomic indicators
by O.A. Fadeyi & A.A. Ogundeji & B.J. Willemse - 106-122 Determinants of herd size among small-scale cattle farmers: the case of selected villages at the Mhinga Traditional Authority in Limpopo, South Africa
by N.P. Sikhweni & R. Hassan - 123-135 Determinants of Keeping Small Ruminants and Non-ruminant Livestock in Malawi: A Simulated Maximum Likelihood Multivariate Probit
by M.M. Assa & B.B. Maonga & L.D. Mapemba
September 2014, Volume 53, Issue 3
- 1-30 Land dynamics and future trajectories of structural transformation in Africa
by T.S. Jayne - 31-56 Developing a resilience indicator for food security monitoring and evaluation: Index construction and household classification for six African countries
by M. Browne & G.F. Ortmann & S.L. Hendriks - 57-78 Drivers of cattle commercialization in rural South Africa: A combined test of transaction cost and store-of-wealth hypotheses
by Jorine Tafadzwa Ndoro & Patrick Hitayezu - 79-100 The rise of Brazilian agriculture: some lessons for South Africa
by Hans Grinsted Jensen & Nick Vink & Ron Sandrey - 101-115 Agricultural land valuation methods used by financiers: The case of South Africa
by S.L. Middelberg - 116-128 The F.R. Tomlinson memorial lecture: The ubiquitous agricultural economist Bloemfontein, 16 February 2012
by JT Potgieter
June 2014, Volume 53, Issue 2
- 1-24 Food security in South Africa: Status quo and policy imperatives
by Sheryl Hendriks - 25-46 Household food security monitoring and evaluation using a resilience indicator: an application of categorical principal component analysis and simple sum of assets in five African countries
by M. Browne & G.F. Ortmann & S.L. Hendriks - 47-64 Social capital effects on rural household poverty in Msinga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
by Lloyd James S. Baiyegunhi - 65-82 Characteristics of potato contract producers in the South African potato processing industry
by D.B. Strydom & H. van Zyl & B.J. Willemse - 83-107 The impact of feed costs on the production of eggs in South Africa in period 1970-2007: An analysis using a demand-supply simultaneous equation model
by S. Sharaunga & M.A.G. Darroch & M. Mudhara - 108-136 Impact of households' membership of farmer groups on the adoption of agricultural technologies in Uganda: Evidence from the Uganda Census of Agriculture 2008/09
by Annet Adong - 137-159 Indexing household resilience to food insecurity shocks: The case of South Sudan
by L.B. Lokosang & S. Ramroop & T. Zewotir
March 2014, Volume 53, Issue 1
- 1-25 Conceptual framework for value chain analysis for poverty alleviation among smallholder farmers
by Henry Jordaan & Bennie Grové & Gerhard R. Backeberg - 26-45 Settling for a discount: A review of the pioneer foods price reduction remedy
by Liberty Mncube - 46-74 The role of agriculture in welfare, income distribution and economic development of the Free State Province of South Africa: A CGE approach
by Y.T. Bahta & B.J. Willemse & B. Grove - 75-103 Selecting alternative export markets for Namibia's red meat products: Application of a decision support model
by D.C. Spies & E.F. Idsardi & E. Steenkamp - 104-123 Adoption of genetically modified crops in South Africa: Effects on wholesale maize prices
by Babatunde O Abidoye & Edward Mabaya - 124-158 Identifying strategic markets for South Africa's citrus exports
by Tinashe Kapuya & Evans K. Chinembiri & Mmatlou W. Kalaba
March 2013, Volume 52, Issue sup1
- 1-23 Explaining declining agricultural total factor productivity in the Karoo districts of the Western Cape, 1952 to 2002
by Beatrice Conradie & Jenifer Piesse & Colin Thirtle & Nick Vink & Kevin Winter - 24-45 Exploring options in reforming South African land ownership: Opportunities for sharing land, labour and expertise
by Thula S. Dlamini & Aart-Jan Verschoor & Gavin C.G. Fraser - 46-63 Stochastic efficiency analysis of alternative basic grain marketing strategies
by M.M. Venter & D.B. Strydom & B. Grové - 64-86 Urban agriculture's enterprise potential: Exploring vegetable box schemes in Cape Town
by A. Thom & B. Conradie - 87-100 Investigating potential financial gains from using production inputs more efficiently
by Henry Jordaan & Bennie Grové & Nicolette Matthews - 101-117 Exploring pricing policy options to stimulate healthy eating in South Africa: Seeking consensus using the Delphi technique approach
by Thulasizwe Mkhabela - 118-132 Developing a collaborative marketing strategy for sheep farmers in Namibia
by L. Morris & F.A. Mare - 133-151 The impact of changed land use on farmland values and farmland valuations: An example from the south-eastern Nama Karoo
by J.S.F. Wessels & B.J. Willemse
December 2013, Volume 52, Issue 4
- 1-20 Determining South African consumers’ willingness to pay for certified Karoo lamb: An application of an experimental auction
by K. van Zyl & H. Vermeulen & J.F. Kirsten - 21-42 Transaction cost analysis of raisins marketing by emerging farmers from Eksteenskuil, South Africa
by Henry Jordaan & Bennie Grové - 43-65 A historical perspective of the link between economic recessions and agricultural trade performance: The case of South Africa’s fruit and wine exports
by E.F. Idsardi & P.C. Cloete - 66-88 Is Fairtrade in commercial farms justifiable? Its impact on commercial and small-scale producers in South Africa
by Bridget Jari & Jeanette D. Snowball & Gavin C.G. Fraser - 89-112 Socio-economic and institutional factors constraining participation of Swaziland's mushroom producers in mainstream markets: An application of the value chain approach
by M.L. Mabuza & G.F. Ortmann & E. Wale - 113-147 Values rural households in KwaZulu-Natal hold towards forests and their participation in community-based forest management
by S. Sharaunga & M. Mudhara & E. Wale - 148-167 Trends, issues, threats, and opportunities affecting farmers
by Kent Olson
September 2013, Volume 52, Issue 3
- 1-17 South Africa's National Development Plan and New Growth Path: reflections on policy contradictions and implications for food security
by Sheryl Hendriks - 18-33 The efficiency of the South African white maize futures market
by Kerry McCullough & Barry Strydom - 34-62 A gendered analysis of wine export value chains from South Africa to Sweden
by Stephen Greenberg - 63-82 Market support schemes and their interaction: the case of the wool industry
by Malcolm Abbott - 83-100 Estimating the impact of innovation systems on maize yields: the case of Iar4d in southern Africa
by Shephard Siziba & Kefasi Nyikahadzoi & Joachim Binam Nyemeck & Aliou Diagne & Adekunle Adewale & Fatunbi Oluwole - 101-122 Small millers' and bakers' perceptions of the limitations of agro-processing development in the wheat-milling and baking industries in rural areas in South Africa
by André Louw & Gerhard Troskie & Mariëtte Geyser
June 2013, Volume 52, Issue 2
- 1-24 Assessing the potential for electricity generation from animal waste biogas on South African farms
by B. Lutge & B. Standish - 25-51 Farmers' choice among recently developed hybrid banana varieties in Uganda: A multinomial logit analysis
by K. Akankwasa & G.F. Ortmann & E. Wale & W.K. Tushemereirwe - 52-74 Small and medium-sized entities in the agricultural sector: Fair value reporting challenges
by P.N. Maina & H.C. Wingard - 75-103 The impact of cooperative patronage: The case of National Small Holder Farmers' Association (NASFAM) of Malawi in Kasungu District
by Greenwell Collins Matchaya & Virginie Perotin - 104-127 Political and economic features of the maize seed industry in southern Africa
by G.T. Kassie & O. Erenstein & W. Mwangi & J. MacRobert & P. Setimela & B. Shiferaw - 128-135 A microeconomic analysis of the socio-economic situation along the Kat River Water Basin: Comment
by Wittmann Nadine - 136-145 Institutions and economic research: A case of location externalities on agricultural resource allocation in the Kat River basin, South Africa: A Rejoinder
by CN Mbatha & GG Antrobus
March 2013, Volume 52, Issue 1
- 1-27 Provinces and agricultural development: challenge or opportunity?
by D.P. Troskie - 28-39 The standard error of regressions: a note on new evidence of significance misuse
by C.N. Mbatha & M.A. Gustafsson - 40-67 Farmers' perceptions of the impact of legislation on farm workers' wages and working conditions: an eastern cape case study
by T. Roberts & G.G. Antrobus - 68-86 Good for whom? Supermarkets and small farmers in south africa - a critical review of current approaches to increasing access to modern markets
by T. van der Heijden & N. Vink - 87-110 Farmers' demand for weather-based crop insurance contracts: the case of maize in south africa
by H. Holly Wang & Raphael N. Karuaihe & Douglas L. Young & Yuehua Zhang - 111-132 Impact of climate change on planning and dealing with flood disasters in South Africa: a case study of soweto on sea
by A.A. Ogundeji & M.F. Viljoen & H.J. Booysen & G. du T. De Villiers
December 2012, Volume 51, Issue 4
- 1-18 The welfare impact of a Free Trade Agreement: 'Cape to Cairo'
by H.G. Jensen & R. Sandrey & N. Vink - 19-40 Determinants of farmers' participation in oyster mushroom production in Swaziland: Implications for promoting a non-conventional agricultural enterprise
by M.L. Mabuza & G.F. Ortmann & E. Wale - 41-62 Rural livelihood diversification: A household adaptive strategy against flood variability in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
by M.R. Motsholapheko & D.L. Kgathi & C. Vanderpost - 63-80 Improving agricultural competitiveness by setting priorities for investments in crop research: Lessons From Zambia
by C. Haankuku & J.F. Kirsten - 81-104 A cooperative benefits framework in South Africa's land redistribution process: The case of sugarcane farmland transfers
by N.C. Mbatha & G.G. Antrobus - 105-128 Comparative life cycle assessment of Flemish and Western Cape pork production
by L. Devers & T.E. Kleynhans & E. Mathijs - 129-143 The marginal product value of irrigation water for potato and vine cultivation in the Sandveld region, South Africa
by W.J. de Lange & B.K. Mahumani - 144-166 Explaining productivity differences between beneficiaries of Zimbabwe's Fast Track Land Reform Programme and communal farmers
by P. Zikhali & P. Chilonda
September 2012, Volume 51, Issue 3
- 1-23 Theory, measurement, policy and politics: Agricultural R&D and productivity in three countries
by C. Thirtle - 24-51 Demythifying contract farming: Evidence from rural South Africa
by S. Freguin-Gresh & M. d'Haese & W. Anseeuw - 52-77 Segmenting food consumption in the Free State province of South Africa
by F. Botha & P. Taljaard & Z. Alemu & A. Jooste & A. Pelser - 78-96 An investigation into selected determinants of family harmony in small and medium-sized family farms in South Africa
by S.P. van der Merwe - 97-116 The accountancy implications of commodity derivatives: A South African agricultural sector case study
by S.L. Middelberg & P.W. Buys & P. Styger - 117-127 Effect of selection on the production of day-old ostrich chicks in the Klein Karoo
by W. Mugido & T.E. Kleynhans & W. Hoffman
2012, Volume 51, Issue 2
- 1-21 Agricultural economics: an exoteric or esoteric science?
by N. Vink - 22-37 Livestock predation, household adaptation and compensation policy: a case study of Shorobe Village in northern Botswana
by Donald Kgathi & Gagoitseope Mmopelwa & Baitshephi Mashabe & Ketlhatlogile Mosepele - 38-52 Determinants of South Africa's exports of leather products
by André Jordaan & Joel Eita - 53-74 Measuring and explaining technical efficiency of dairy farms: a case study of smallholder farms in East Africa
by A. Gelan & B.W. Muriithi - 75-92 Impact of mulching technology adoption on output and net return to yam farmers in Osun State, Nigeria
by A.A. Akinola & N.A. Sofoluwe - 93-106 The African aid trap – are we helping the poorest or the richest?
by P. Reis Mourao
2012, Volume 51, Issue 1
- 1-20 Economics of meat production from springbuck in the Eastern Cape Karoo
by T.S. Dlamini & G.C.G. Fraser & B. Grové - 21-41 Determinants of fertiliser use by smallholder maize farmers in the Chinyanja Triangle in Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia
by M.A.T.J. Mapila & J. Njuki & R. J. Delve & S. Zingore & J. Matibini - 42-58 Transaction costs and cattle farmers’ choice of marketing channel in North-Central Namibia
by T. Shiimi & P.R. Taljaard & H. Jordaan - 59-82 Are Mauritian fishery exporters minding the standards gap?
by S.A. Neeliah & D. Goburdhun & H. Neeliah - 83-95 Customer satisfaction of agricultural business units: The case of a major South African agricultural business
by L. Alsemgeest & A.v.A. Smit - 96-113 Are hunting clubs the solution to small stock depredation? The case of Ceres, 1979 and 1980
by B. Conradie