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2003 - 2009

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Volume 48, issue 2, 2009

The impact of HIV/AIDS on food security and household vulnerability in Swaziland

M.B. Masuku and M.M. Sithole

The impact of smallholder commercialisation of organic crops on food consumption patterns, dietary diversity and consumption elasticities

S.L. Hendriks and M.M. Msaki

Logistical estimation of the probability of mainstream market participation among small-scale livestock farmers: a case study of the Northern Cape province

.D. Uchezuba, E. Moshabele and D. Digopo

Impact of market deregulation on the competitiveness of commercial milk producers in East Griqualand: a unit cost ratio (UCR) analysis: 1983-2006

J.P. du Toit and G.F. Ortmann

Analysing the South African table grape industry within a partial equilibrium framework

S. Reynolds

Nile perch demand in the Netherlands: are exports from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda source-differentiated?

Andrew Muhammad

Volume 48, issue 1, 2009

The impact of South African supermarkets on agricultural development in the SADC: a case study in Zambia, Namibia and Botswana

R. Emongor and J. Kirsten

The potential impact of the Doha Development Agenda on the South African economy: liberalising OECD agriculture and food trade

B. Nyhodo, C. Punt and N. Vink

Is geographic diversification sufficient to limit contract grower risk?

M. Geyser, A. Louw and L. Botha

What is the appropriate level of aggregation for productivity indices? Comparing district, regional and national measures

Beatrice Conradie, Jenny Piesse and Colin Thirtle

Volume 47, issue 4, 2008

Producer price and price transmission in a deregulated Ethiopian coffee market

T.K. Worako, H.D. van Schalkwyk, Z.G. Alemu and G. Ayele

Institutions and economic research: a case of location externalities on agricultural resource allocation in the Kat River basin, South Africa

C. Nhkanha Mbatha and G.G. Antrobus

Factors enhancing market participation by small-scale cotton farmers

Rendani Randela, Z.G. Alemu and J.A. Groenewald

Environmental offsets and other market approaches with specific reference to the Olifants River (East) and Berg River

W.L. Nieuwoudt

What is really in the economic partnership agreements for the Southern African region? A perspective from Botswana’s beef export markets

C. Nhlanhla Mbatha and Nick Charalambides

Volume 47, issue 3, 2008

Logistic modelling of smallholder livestock farmers’ adoption of tree-based fodder technology in Zimbabwe

R. Jera and Oluyede Clifford Ajayi

A factor analysis of access to and use of service infrastructure amongst emerging farmers in South Africa

P. Chaminuka, G.M. Senyolo, M.N. Makhura and A. Belete

Facilitating decision-making in agriculture by using a system of models

P.G. Strauss, F.H. Meyer and J.F. Kirsten

Modelling the impacts of macro-economic variables on the South African biofuels industry

F. Meyer, P.G. Strauss and T. Funke

Households’ welfare analyses of the impact of global change on water resources in South Africa

J.S. Juana, K.M. Strzepek and J.F. Kirsten

Alternative marketing options for small-scale farmers in the wake of changing agri-food supply chains in South Africa

A. Louw, D. Jordaan, L. Ndanga and J.F. Kirsten

Volume 47, issue 2, 2008

Investigating alternative governance systems for the South African mohair supply chain

D. Jordaan and J. Kirsten

Competitive performance of global deciduous fruit supply chains: South Africa versus Chile

T.E. Mashabela and N. Vink

Modelling South African grain farmers’ preferences to adopt derivative contracts using discrete choice models

E.M. Ueckermann, James Blignaut, Rangan Gupta and J. Raubenheimer

Contracting arrangements in agribusiness procurement practices in South Africa

H. Vermeulen, J. Kirsten and K. Sartorius

South Africa’s new Cooperatives Act: A missed opportunity for small farmers and land reform beneficiaries

M. Lyne and R. Collins

Volume 47, issue 1, 2008

Determinants of the demand for regular farm labour in South Africa, 1960-2002

G.N. Sparrow, G.F. Ortmann, M.C. Lyne and M.A.G. Darroch

Costs and benefits of higher tariffs on wheat imports to South Africa

Scott McDonald, Cecilia Punt, Lillian Rantho and Melt van Schoor

Management decisions on commercial sugarcane farms in KwaZulu-Natal: a focus on choice bracketing behaviour for risk management

R. MacNicol, G.F. Ortmann and S.R.D. Ferrer

Factors affecting the use of forward pricing methods in price risk management with special reference to the influence of risk aversion

H. Jordaan and B. Grove

Determinants of off-farm participation decision of farm households in Ethiopia

A.D. Beyne

Agricultural trade policy reform in South Africa

M. Chitiga, T. Kandiero and P. Ngwenya

Volume 46, issue 4, 2007

Will consumers pay less for fat on beef cuts? The case in Bloemfontein, South Africa

M.A. Shongwe, A. Jooste, A. Hugo, Z.G. Alemu and A. Pelser

Distortions in farmer prices since 1950s: South Africa in international perspective

Kym Anderson, F. de Nicola, E. Jara, M. Kurzweil, Damiano Sandri and Ernesto Valenzuela

The Effect of Monetary Changes on Relative Agricultural Prices

T.A. Asjaha and A. Jooste

Strategic focus areas and emerging trade arrangements in the South African agricultural industry since the demise of the marketing boards

O.T. Doyer, D'Haese, M.F.C., J.F. Kirsten and C.J. Van Rooyen

Expenditure elasticities for rural households in the Embo ward, Umbumbulu, KwaZulu-Natal

M. Browne, G.F. Ortmann and S. Hendriks

Factors Affecting Maize Producers Adoption of Forward Pricing in Price Risk Management: The Case of Vaalharts

H. Jordaan and B. Grove

A Stochastic Budgeting Analysis of Three Alternative Scenarios to Convert from Beef-Cattle Farming to Game Ranching

B. Grove, P.R. Taljaard and P.C. Cloete

Economic Analysis of Phosphorus Applications under Variable and Single-Rate Applications in the Bothaville District

N. Maine, W.T. Nell, Lowenberg-DeBoer, J. and Z.G. Alemu

Volume 46, issue 3, 2007

Towards more inclusive long-term bulk water resource management

W.J. de Lange and T.E. Kleynhans

The deregulation of agricultural markets in South Africa and New Zealand: a comparison

R. Sandrey and N. Vink

Measuring the Price Volatility of Certain Field Crops in South Africa using the ARCH/GARCH Approach

H. Jordaan, B. Grove, A. Jooste and A.G. Alemu

Secure land rental contracts and agricultural investment in two communal areas of KwaZulu-Natal

T. Dengu and M.C. Lyne

Perceptions of key business and financial risk by large-scale sugarcane farmers in KwaZulu-Natal in a dynamic socio-political environment

R. Mac Nicol, G.F. Ortmann and S.R.D. Ferrer

Impact of Alternative Land Management Options on Soil Fertility and Erosion in Uganda

P.B. Birungi and R.M. Hassan

SAFEX maize price volatility scrutinised

M. Geyser and M. Cutts

Volume 46, issue 2, 2007

Nutrient elasticities among Nigerian households differentiated by income

S.O. Akinleye and M.A.Y. Rahji

Quantifying the impact of phytosanitary standards with specific reference to MRLs on the trade flow of South African avocados to the EU

S. Scheepers, A. Jooste and Z.G. Alemu

Agricultural cooperatives II: Can they facilitate access of small-scale farmers in South Africa to input and product markets?

G.F. Ortmann and Robert P. King

What do we mean when we say casualisation of farm work is rising?: Evidence from fruit farms in the Western Cape

B.. Conradie

Agriculture and poverty: Farming for food or farming for money?

Karl Pauw

A Bayesian approach towards facilitating climate change adaptation research on the South African agricultural sector

J.K. Musango and C. Peter

Volume 46, issue 1, 2007

Tariff and Tariff Rate Quota Liberalization in the South African Livestock Industry: Approaches to Welfare Measurement

O.A. Oyewumi, A. Jooste, Wolfgang Britz and H.D. van Schalkwyk

Direct-use Values of Non-Timber Forest Products from Two Areas on the Transkei Wild Coast

C.M. Shackleton, H.G. Timmermans, N. Nongwe, N. Hamer, N. Palmer and R. Palmer

A Conceptual Analysis of Relational Contracts in Agribusiness Supply Chains: The Case of the Sugar Industry in Swaziland

M. Masuku, J.F. Kirsten and R. Owen

Impact of the Sectoral Determination for Farm Workers on the South African Sugar Industry: Case Study of the KwaZulu-Natal North and South Coasts

J. Murray and C. van Walbeek

Domestic Water Use and Values in Swaziland: A Contingent Valuation Analysis

S. Farolfi, R.E. Mabugu and S.N. Ntshingila

Agricultural Cooperatives I: History, Theory and Problems

G.F. Ortmann and Robert P. King

Exploring the Economic Rationale for Protecting Geographical Indicators in Agriculture

C. Bramley and J.F. Kirsten

Quantifying the Trade Effect of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Regulations of OECD Countries on South African Food Exports

Y. Gebrehiwet, S. Ngqangweni and J.F. Kirsten