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Volume 51, issue 4, 2013

The welfare impact of a Free Trade Agreement: ‘Cape to Cairo’

H.G. Jensen, R. Sandrey and Nick Vink

Determinants of farmers’ participation in oyster mushroom production in Swaziland: Implications for promoting a non-conventional agricultural enterprise

M.L. Mabuza, G.F. Ortmann and E. Wale

Rural livelihood diversification: A household adaptive strategy against flood variability in the Okavango Delta, Botswana

M.R. Motsholapheko, D.L. Kgathi and C. Vanderpost

Improving agricultural competitiveness by setting priorities for investments in crop research: Lessons From Zambia

C. Haankuku and Johann Kirsten

A cooperative benefits framework in South Africa's land redistribution process: The case of sugarcane farmland transfers

N.C. Mbatha and G.G. Antrobus

Comparative life cycle assessment of Flemish and Western Cape pork production

L. Devers, T.E. Kleynhans and E. Mathijs

The marginal product value of irrigation water for potato and vine cultivation in the Sandveld region, South Africa

W J. de Lange and B.K. Mahumani

Explaining productivity differences between beneficiaries of Zimbabwe's Fast Track Land Reform Programme and communal farmers

P. Zikhali and P. Chilonda

Volume 51, issue 3, 2013

Theory, measurement, policy and politics: Agricultural R&D and productivity in three countries

C. Thirtle

Demythifying contract farming: Evidence from rural South Africa

S. Freguin-Gresh, M. d'Haese and W. Anseeuw

Segmenting food consumption in the Free State province of South Africa

F. Botha, P. Taljaard, Z. Alemu, A. Jooste and A. Pelser

An investigation into selected determinants of family harmony in small and medium-sized family farms in South Africa

S.P. van der Merwe

The accountancy implications of commodity derivatives: A South African agricultural sector case study

S.L. Middelberg, P.W. Buys and P. Styger

Effect of selection on the production of day-old ostrich chicks in the Klein Karoo

W. Mugido, T.E. Kleynhans and W. Hoffman

Volume 51, issue 2, 2012

Agricultural economics: an exoteric or esoteric science?

Nick Vink

Determinants of South Africa's exports of leather products

André C. Jordaan and Joel Eita

Measuring and explaining technical efficiency of dairy farms: a case study of smallholder farms in East Africa

Ayele Gelan and B.W. Muriithi

Impact of mulching technology adoption on output and net return to yam farmers in Osun State, Nigeria

A.A. Akinola and N.A. Sofoluwe

The African aid trap – are we helping the poorest or the richest?

P. Reis Mourao

Volume 51, issue 01, 2012

1 CrossRef citations to date 0 Altmetric Original Articles Economics of meat production from springbuck in the Eastern Cape Karoo

T.S. Dlamini, G.C.G. Fraser and B. Grové

Determinants of fertiliser use by smallholder maize farmers in the Chinyanja Triangle in Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia

M.A.T.J. Mapila, J. Njuki, R. J. Delve, S. Zingore and J. Matibini

Transaction costs and cattle farmers’ choice of marketing channel in North-Central Namibia

T. Shiimi, P.R. Taljaard and H. Jordaan

Are Mauritian fishery exporters minding the standards gap?

S.A. Neeliah, D. Goburdhun and H. Neeliah

Customer satisfaction of agricultural business units: The case of a major South African agricultural business

L. Alsemgeest and A.v.A. Smit

Are hunting clubs the solution to small stock depredation? The case of Ceres, 1979 and 1980

B. Conradie

Volume 50, issue 4, 2011

Technological innovation and efficiency in the Nigerian maize sector: Parametric stochastic and non-parametric distance function approaches

G.C. Aye and E.D. Mungatana

Pricing weather derivatives for the Chardonnay cultivar in Wellington using a credit default swap methodology

N. Holemans, G. Van Vuuren and P. Styger

Methodology to determine the value of a poultry farm

J.C.N. Joubert and C.E. Cloete

The relevance of European Union–South African trade and the TDCA from a perspective of South Africa's agricultural exports between 1997 and 2008

C.N. Mbatha

Volume 50, issue 3, 2011

Wine Economics: Emergence, Developments, Topics

K. Storchmann

Scenario Development to Support Strategic Planning in the South African Table Grape Industry

S.M. Ntombela and T.E. Kleynhans

A Normative Economic Analysis of Cooperative Biodiesel Production Using Soybeans Produced by Smallholders in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

G.D. Sparks, G.F. Ortmann and M.C. Lyne

An Economic Evaluation of Soybean-Based Biodiesel Production on Commercial Farms in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

G.D. Sparks, G.F. Ortmann and L. Lagrange

Investigating Volatility in Coffee Prices Along the Ethiopian Coffee Value Chain

T.K. Worako, H. Jordaan and H.D. Van Schalkwyk

Effects of Transaction Costs on Choice of Selling Point: A Case of Smallholder Banana Growers in the Great Lakes Region of Central Africa

J.N. Jagwe and Charles Machethe

Agricultural Economics Scholarship in South Africa at the Crossroads: Is it Time for a National Institute of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics?

Johann Kirsten

Establishing a robust technique for monitoring and early warning of food insecurity in post-conflict South Sudan using ordinal logistic regression

L.B. Lokosang, S. Ramroop and S.L. Hendriks

Volume 50, issue 2, 2011

South African agricultural R&D investments: Sources, structure, and trends, 1910–2007

F. Liebenberg, P.G. Pardey and M. Kahn

Price transmission and adjustment in the Ethiopian coffee market

Z.G. Alemu and T.K. Worako

An error correction approach to modelling beef supply response in South Africa

A.A. Ogundeji, A. Jooste and O.A. Oyewumi

Global biofuel policies: A review

G.D. Sparks and G.F. Ortmann

Integrating agricultural input expenditure into a partial equilibrium model of the South African agricultural sector

Y. Gebrehiwet, F. Meyer and Johann Kirsten

The rise of South African agribusiness: The good, the bad, and the ugly

T.R. Ramabulana

Volume 50, issue 01, 2011

South African agricultural R&D: Policies and public institutions, 1880–2007

Frikkie Liebenberg and Philip G. Pardey

The welfare impact of a free trade agreement between SACU and Mercosur

Ron Sandrey, Hans Grinsted Jensen and Nick Vink

The food “quality turn” in South Africa: An initial exploration of its implications for small-scale farmers' market access

Estelle Biénabe, Hester Vermeulen and Cerkia Bramley

A consumer-orientated study of the South African beef supply chain

Anita Labuschagne, André Louw and Leah Ndanga

Simulation of efficiency impact of drainage water re-use: Case of small-scale vegetable growers in North West Province, South Africa

Stijn Speelman, Marijke D'Haese and Luc D'Haese

Performance determinants of wine farms in the Western Cape: An interval modelling approach

Elvis Nakana and Thulasizwe Mkhabela

Volume 49, issue 63, 2010

Increasing domestic consumption of South African wines: Exploring the market potential of the “Black Diamonds”

Leah Z.B. Ndanga, André Louw and Johan Van Rooyen

Volume 49, issue 4, 2010

Research on agri-food supply chains in Southern Africa involving small-scale farmers: Current status and future possibilities

G.F. Ortmann and Robert King

Catastrophic drought insurance based on the remotely sensed normalised difference vegetation index for smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe

Ephias M. Makaudze and Mario J. Miranda

Price transmission in the South African food market

Z.G. Alemu and A.A. Ogundeji

Factors affecting the price volatility of July futures contracts for white maize in South Africa

M.J. Monk, Henry Jordaan and B. Grové

Attribute preferences and willingness to pay for fortified cereal foods in Botswana

Edward Mabaya, Danie Jordaan, Patrick Malope, Milly Monkhei and Jose Jackson

The export potential of South African edible nuts with specific reference to the export of macadamia nuts to Germany

Noleen Miriam Sithole-Pisa and Wilma Viviers

Volume 49, issue 3, 2010

The impact of maize-based ethanol production on the competitiveness of the South African animal feed industry

D.B. Strydom, F. Meyer, P.R. Taljaard and B.J. Willemse

The Integrated Food Security Strategy of South Africa: An institutional analysis

Scott Drimie and Shaun Ruysenaar

Rural livelihood diversity to manage economic shocks: Evidence from south-east Zimbabwe

M.J. Mutenje, G.F. Ortmann, S.R.D. Ferrer and M.A.G. Darroch

Determinants of household participation in the child labour force: The case of Iwo Local Government Area in Osun State, Nigeria

Taiwo Alimi and Micah B. Masuku

Simulation analysis of risk management for a diversified commercial farm

D.J.C. Malan, A. Louw and C. Blignaut

Volume 49, issue 2, 2010

Editorial note

Nick Vink

When probability distributions miss the point: Using scenario thinking and stochastic modelling in conjunction

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

Financial viability of agroforestry for bioelectricity generation on various farm types in the Western Cape, South Africa

C.C.C. Von Doderer and T.E. Kleynhans

Determinants of rural household labour allocation for wetland and other livelihood activities: The case of the Limpopo wetland in Southern Africa

Wellington Jogo and Rashid Hassan

Modelling farmers' adaptation strategies for climate change and variability: The case of the Limpopo Basin, South Africa

Glwadys Aymone Gbetibouo, Rashid M. Hassan and Claudia Ringler

Land price premiums in South Africa's land redistribution process: A case study of Northern Kwazulu-Natal sugarcane farms

N.C. Mbatha, G.G. Antrobus and J. Van Rooyen

Ethanol blending policies and the South African animal feed industry

D.B. Strydom, P.R. Taljaard and B.J. Willemse

Volume 49, issue 01, 2010

How the leopard has changed its spots: past dynamics and future opportunities pp. 16

Gavin C.G. Fraser

What will South Africa’s new Cooperatives Act do for small producers? An analysis of three case studies in KwaZulu-Natal pp. 17

P. Nganya, Michael C. Lyne and Stuart R.D. Ferrer

Modelling efficiency with farm-produced inputs: dairying in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa pp. 20

Thulasizwe S. Mkhabela, Jenifer Piesse, Colin G. Thirtle and Nick Vink

The cost of producing milk in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands of South Africa: a cost-curve approach pp. 21

Thulasizwe S. Mkhabela and S.H. Mndeme

The role of social networks in development of small-scale enterprises in the Chimanimani district of Zimbabwe pp. 22

J. Zuwarimwe and Johann Kirsten

Factors influencing the long-term competitiveness of commercial milk producers: evidence from panel data in East Griqualand, South Africa pp. 22

J.P. du Toit, Gerald F. Ortmann and S. Ramroop

Economic performance of exotic dairy cattle under smallholder conditions in the marginal zones of Kenya using three analytical approaches pp. 24

Mutuku Muendo Kavoi, Dana Hoag and James Pritchett

Data note: Spatializing South African agricultural censuses, 1918–2017

Senait D. Senay, Jan C. Greyling, Philip G. Pardey and Helene Verhoef