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Volume 48, issue 4, 2009

Household food security status in South Africa pp. 17

Miriam Altman, Tim G.B. Hart and Peter T. Jacobs

Exploring definitions of food insecurity and vulnerability: time to refocus assessments pp. 22

Tim G.B. Hart

The status of household food security targets in South Africa pp. 24

Peter T. Jacobs

The contribution of subsistence farming to food security in South Africa pp. 24

Mompati N. Baiphethi and Peter T. Jacobs

Should subsistence agriculture be supported as a strategy to address rural food insecurity? pp. 25

Michael Aliber and Tim G.B. Hart

Exploring Statistics South Africa’s national household surveys as sources of information about household-level food security pp. 26

Michael Aliber

Boosting smallholder production for food security: some approaches and evidence from studies in sub-Saharan Africa pp. 29

Innocent Matshe

Volume 48, issue 3, 2009

Institutional and governance factors influencing the performance of selected smallholder agricultural cooperatives in KwaZulu-Natal pp. 14

M. Chibanda, Gerald F. Ortmann and Michael C. Lyne

The role of the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) in determining carnation demand in the United Kingdom: implications for Colombian and Kenyan exports pp. 16

Andrew Muhammad and Guyslain Ngeleza

Labour inputs and financial profitability of conventional and agroforestry-based soil fertility management practices in Zambia pp. 17

Oluyede Ajayi, Festus K. Akinnifesi, G. Sileshi and W. Kanjipite

Agricultural land purchases for alternative uses – evidence from two farming areas in the Western Cape province, South Africa pp. 20

L.L. Reed and Theo Kleynhans

Modelling the impacts of the industrial biofuels strategy on the South African agricultural and biofuel subsectors pp. 22

Thomas Funke, P.G. Strauss and Ferdinand H. Meyer

Agricultural production in Greater Sekhukhune: the future for food security in a poverty node of South Africa? pp. 31

Scott Drimie, T. Germishuyse, L. Rademeyer and Craig Schwabe

Volume 48, issue 2, 2009

Logistical estimation of the probability of mainstream market participation among small-scale livestock farmers: a case study of the Northern Cape province pp. 13

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

Nile perch demand in the Netherlands: are exports from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda source-differentiated? pp. 17

Andrew Muhammad

The impact of HIV/AIDS on food security and household vulnerability in Swaziland pp. 21

Micah B. Masuku and M.M. Sithole

Analysing the South African table grape industry within a partial equilibrium framework pp. 22

Sanri Reynolds

Impact of market deregulation on the competitiveness of commercial milk producers in East Griqualand: a unit cost ratio (UCR) analysis: 1983-2006 pp. 24

J.P. du Toit and Gerald F. Ortmann

The impact of smallholder commercialisation of organic crops on food consumption patterns, dietary diversity and consumption elasticities pp. 200

Sheryl L. Hendriks and Mark M. Msaki

Volume 48, issue 01, 2009

What is the appropriate level of aggregation for productivity indices? Comparing district, regional and national measures pp. 12

Beatrice Conradie, Jenifer Piesse and Colin G. Thirtle

Is geographic diversification sufficient to limit contract grower risk? pp. 14

Mariette Geyser, Andre Louw and L. Botha

The impact of food aid on maize prices and production in Swaziland pp. 21

Majola Lawrence Mabuza, Sheryl L. Hendriks, Gerald F. Ortmann and M.M. Sithole

The potential impact of the Doha Development Agenda on the South African economy: liberalising OECD agriculture and food trade pp. 23

Bonani Nyhodo, Cecilia Punt and Nick Vink

The impact of South African supermarkets on agricultural development in the SADC: a case study in Zambia, Namibia and Botswana pp. 25

Rosemary A. Emongor and Johann Kirsten

Volume 47, issue 4, 2008

What is really in the economic partnership agreements for the Southern African region? A perspective from Botswana’s beef export markets pp. 15

C. Nhlanhla Mbatha and Nick Charalambides

Factors enhancing market participation by small-scale cotton farmers pp. 18

Rendani Randela, Zerihun Gudeta Alemu and Jan A. Groenewald

Institutions and economic research: a case of location externalities on agricultural resource allocation in the Kat River basin, South Africa pp. 19

C. Nhlanhla Mbatha and G.G. Antrobus

Producer price and price transmission in a deregulated Ethiopian coffee market pp. 22

Tadesse Worako, Herman D. van Schalkwyk, Zerihun Gudeta Alemu and Gezahegn Ayele

Environmental offsets and other market approaches with specific reference to the Olifants River (East) and Berg River pp. 23

W. Lieb Nieuwoudt

Volume 47, issue 3, 2008

A factor analysis of access to and use of service infrastructure amongst emerging farmers in South Africa pp. 14

P. Chaminuka, G.M. Senyolo, Moraka Nakedi Makhura and Abenet Belete

Logistic modelling of smallholder livestock farmers’ adoption of tree-based fodder technology in Zimbabwe pp. 14

R. Jera and Oluyede Ajayi

Households’ welfare analyses of the impact of global change on water resources in South Africa pp. 18

James S. Juana, Kenneth M. Strzepek and Johann Kirsten

Modelling the impacts of macro-economic variables on the South African biofuels industry pp. 19

Ferdinand H. Meyer, P.G. Strauss and Thomas Funke

Facilitating decision-making in agriculture by using a system of models pp. 19

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

Alternative marketing options for small-scale farmers in the wake of changing agri-food supply chains in South Africa pp. 22

Andre Louw, Daniel du Plessis Scheepers Jordaan, Leah Z.B. Ndanga and Johann Kirsten

Volume 47, issue 2, 2008

South Africa’s new Cooperatives Act: A missed opportunity for small farmers and land reform beneficiaries pp. 18

Michael C. Lyne and Ray Collins

Modelling South African grain farmers’ preferences to adopt derivative contracts using discrete choice models pp. 18

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

Competitive performance of global deciduous fruit supply chains: South Africa versus Chile pp. 18

T.E. Mashabela and Nick Vink

Contracting arrangements in agribusiness procurement practices in South Africa pp. 24

Hester Vermeulen, Johann Kirsten and Kurt Sartorius

Investigating alternative governance systems for the South African mohair supply chain pp. 27

Daniel du Plessis Scheepers Jordaan and Johann Kirsten

Volume 47, issue 01, 2008

Factors affecting the use of forward pricing methods in price risk management with special reference to the influence of risk aversion pp. 14

Henry Jordaan and Bennie Grove

Determinants of off-farm participation decision of farm households in Ethiopia pp. 20

A.D. Beyne

Management decisions on commercial sugarcane farms in KwaZulu-Natal: a focus on choice bracketing behaviour for risk management pp. 24

R. MacNicol, Gerald F. Ortmann and Stuart R.D. Ferrer

Determinants of the demand for regular farm labour in South Africa, 1960-2002 pp. 24

G.N. Sparrow, Gerald F. Ortmann, Michael C. Lyne and Mark A.G. Darroch

Agricultural trade policy reform in South Africa pp. 26

Margaret Chitiga, Tonia Kandiero and Phindile Ngwenya

Costs and benefits of higher tariffs on wheat imports to South Africa pp. 33

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

Volume 46, issue 4, 2007

The Effect of Monetary Changes on Relative Agricultural Prices pp. 15

T.A. Asjaha and Andre Jooste

Economic Analysis of Phosphorus Applications under Variable and Single-Rate Applications in the Bothaville District pp. 16

Ntsikane Maine, Wilhelm T. Nell, James Lowenberg-DeBoer and Zerihun Gudeta Alemu

A Stochastic Budgeting Analysis of Three Alternative Scenarios to Convert from Beef-Cattle Farming to Game Ranching pp. 18

Bennie Grove, Pieter R. Taljaard and Philip C. Cloete

Factors Affecting Maize Producers Adoption of Forward Pricing in Price Risk Management: The Case of Vaalharts pp. 18

Henry Jordaan and Bennie Grove

Expenditure elasticities for rural households in the Embo ward, Umbumbulu, KwaZulu-Natal pp. 18

M. Browne, Gerald F. Ortmann and Sheryl L. Hendriks

Will consumers pay less for fat on beef cuts? The case in Bloemfontein, South Africa pp. 19

M.A. Shongwe, Andre Jooste, A. Hugo, Zerihun Gudeta Alemu and A. Pelser

Strategic focus areas and emerging trade arrangements in the South African agricultural industry since the demise of the marketing boards pp. 20

Ockert T. Doyer, Marijke F.C. D'Haese, Johann Kirsten and C.J. van Rooyen

Distortions in farmer prices since 1950s: South Africa in international perspective pp. 33

Kym Anderson, Francesca de Nicola, Esteban Jara, Marianne Kurzweil, Damiano Sandri and Ernesto Valenzuela

Volume 46, issue 3, 2007

Secure land rental contracts and agricultural investment in two communal areas of KwaZulu-Natal pp. 12

T. Dengu and Michael C. Lyne

SAFEX maize price volatility scrutinised pp. 15

Mariette Geyser and Michela Cutts

Impact of Alternative Land Management Options on Soil Fertility and Erosion in Uganda pp. 15

Patrick Birungi and Rashid M. Hassan

Measuring the Price Volatility of Certain Field Crops in South Africa using the ARCH/GARCH Approach pp. 17

Henry Jordaan, Bennie Grove, Andre Jooste and A.G. Alemu

Perceptions of key business and financial risk by large-scale sugarcane farmers in KwaZulu-Natal in a dynamic socio-political environment pp. 20

R. MacNicol, Gerald F. Ortmann and Stuart R.D. Ferrer

Towards more inclusive long-term bulk water resource management pp. 27

Willem J. de Lange and Theo Kleynhans

The deregulation of agricultural markets in South Africa and New Zealand: a comparison pp. 28

Ronald A. Sandrey and Nick Vink

Volume 46, issue 2, 2007

Quantifying the impact of phytosanitary standards with specific reference to MRLs on the trade flow of South African avocados to the EU pp. 14

S. Scheepers, Andre Jooste and Zerihun Gudeta Alemu

A Bayesian approach towards facilitating climate change adaptation research on the South African agricultural sector pp. 15

J.K. Musango and C. Peter

Nutrient elasticities among Nigerian households differentiated by income pp. 15

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

What do we mean when we say casualisation of farm work is rising?: Evidence from fruit farms in the Western Cape pp. 22

Beatrice Conradie

Agriculture and poverty: Farming for food or farming for money? pp. 24

Karl Pauw

Agricultural cooperatives II: Can they facilitate access of small-scale farmers in South Africa to input and product markets? pp. 26

Gerald F. Ortmann and Robert King

Volume 46, issue 01, 2007

Domestic Water Use and Values in Swaziland: A Contingent Valuation Analysis pp. 14

Stefano Farolfi, Ramos Mabugu and S.N. Ntshingila

Quantifying the Trade Effect of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Regulations of OECD Countries on South African Food Exports pp. 17

Yemane Gebrehiwet, Simphiwe Ngqangweni and Johann Kirsten

Impact of the Sectoral Determination for Farm Workers on the South African Sugar Industry: Case Study of the KwaZulu-Natal North and South Coasts pp. 19

Justin Murray and Corne Van Walbeek

A Conceptual Analysis of Relational Contracts in Agribusiness Supply Chains: The Case of the Sugar Industry in Swaziland pp. 22

Micah B. Masuku, Johann Kirsten and R. Owen

Direct-use Values of Non-Timber Forest Products from Two Areas on the Transkei Wild Coast pp. 22

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

Tariff and Tariff Rate Quota Liberalization in the South African Livestock Industry: Approaches to Welfare Measurement pp. 22

Olubukola Ayodeju Oyewumi, Andre Jooste, Wolfgang Britz and Herman D. van Schalkwyk

Exploring the Economic Rationale for Protecting Geographical Indicators in Agriculture pp. 25

Cerkia Bramley and Johann Kirsten

Agricultural Cooperatives I: History, Theory and Problems pp. 29

Gerald F. Ortmann and Robert King