Agrekon

2012 - 2026

Current editor(s): A. Jooste, National Agricultural Marketing Council

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Volume 65, issue 1, 2026

Date-label perceptions, discount strategies, and food security: insights from South African retail consumers pp. 1-18

Prisca Ifunanya Onyedikachi, Esther Akinlabi and Anup Pradhan

Unravelling farmers’ sticky varietal preferences against pro-nutritional crops: the case of biofortified sweet potato in Malawi pp. 19-40

Chrispin Sunganani Kaphaika, Samson Pilanazo Katengeza, Innocent Pangapanga-Phiri and Madalitso Happy Chambukira

Understanding the Drivers of Household Hunger and Resilience in Zambia: Implications for Nutrition Programming pp. 41-52

Mary Lubungu and Fwasa Singogo

Who knows about climate change? Determinants of climate awareness among rural farmers in Zambia using supervised machine learning pp. 53-81

Jonathan Masasi, John N. Ng’ombe, Stephen Prah and Thomson H. Kalinda

Adoption of hermetic storage bags among Tanzanian smallholders: economic and policy insights pp. 82-94

Baraka Mbesa, Jeremia Makindara, Michael Kadigi, Ramadhani Majubwa and Richard Madege

Do estate farms affect smallholder household labour decisions in Sub-Saharan Africa? A Case Study of Malawi pp. 95-115

Edeoba William Edobor and Jacob Ricker-Gilbert

Agricultural commercialisation and household welfare: insights into wealth creation aspirations among smallholder farmers in Malawi pp. 116-136

Nicholas D. Mkandawire, Julius Mangisoni, Innocent Pangapanga and Kennedy Machila

Effects of sustainable soil fertility management practices on maize income in rural Zambia: a double machine learning approach pp. 137-156

John Ng'ombe, Louis Chikopela, Thomson H. Kalinda and Elias Kuntashula

Volume 64, issue 3-4, 2025

The contributions to success of cow and firm characteristics and climate in pasture-based milk production in South Africa pp. 235-247

Gary Pitt, Craig Galloway and Beatrice Conradie

A Bayesian triple-hurdle model of maize market participation in Zambia pp. 248-267

John N. Ng’ombe, Able Bwalya, Rebecca N. Kiwanuka-Lubinda, William Burke, Kwabena Nyarko Addai and Joohun Han

Are healthier diets culturally affordable in Africa? evidence from four African countries pp. 268-290

Joaquin Ameller, Sophie Drogue, Kaleab Baye, Marie-Josephe Amiot, Noora Kanerva, Agnes Le Port, Marinel Hoffman, Abdelrahman Lubowa, Gaston Ampe, Mikael Fogelholm and Natalia Rosa-Sibakov

Household resilience to food insecurity in the face of climate variability: evidence from North Shewa zone, Amhara region, Ethiopia pp. 291-312

Debebe Cheber, Fekadu Beyene, Jema Haji and Tesfaye Lemma

Analysing the ineffectiveness of village fund utilisation in improving food security pp. 313-324

Sukarman Kamuli, Yowan Tamu, Mustaqim Pabbajah, Irwan Abdullah, Sastro M. Wantu and Yanti Aneta

Can a land certification programme increase migration? Evidence from rural Ethiopia pp. 325-344

Haddis Solomon and Yoko Kijima

Best practices for root crop productivity in Ethiopia: a synthesis of inputs, farm-management and climate adaptation pp. 345-357

Daregot Berihun Tenessa

Does contract farming have an impact on farm productivity and profitability? A study of A1 and A2 maize farmers in Mutare District, Zimbabwe pp. 358-382

Tariro Mafirakurewa, Mushunje Abbyssinia, Freddy Ruzhani, Bertha Kundai Mashayambombea and Zantsi Siphe

Logistics performance and agricultural exports: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 383-397

N. Baris Vardar, Atilla Cifter, Gul Esin Delipinar and Mehmet Gurel Tekelioglu

Asymmetric price transmission and market integration in Malawi’s selected rice markets pp. 398-413

Moses M. N. Chitete, Innocent Pangapanga-Phiri, Horace Phiri, Wisdom Mgomezulu, Patrick Kawaye, Lonjezo Erick Folias, Joseph Kanyamuka and Chiyembekezo Chafuwa

The influence of land consolidation for large-scale agricultural investments on smallholder commercialisation: insights from the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania pp. 414-431

Hosea Mpogole, Boniface Kauki, Laura Macha and Provident Dimoso

Case in point: estimating the impact of loadshedding on the Western Cape agricultural sector pp. 432-451

Kandas Cloete, Tracy Davids, Melissa van der Merwe, Ferdinand Meyer and Louw Pienaar

Volume 64, issue 2, 2025

South Africa’s land redistribution: an agent-based model for assessing structural and economic impacts pp. 93-112

Siphe Zantsi, Gabriele Mack, Anke Möhring, Kandas Cloete, Jan C. Greyling and Stefan Mann

The impact of improvement of the red meat industry on the South African economy: policy analysis using a dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model pp. 113-129

Mkhanyisi Tyelo and Cecilia Punt

Blockchain in agricultural value chains of developing economies – progress, challenges, and future pathways pp. 130-148

W. J. de Lange, M. van der Merwe, K. Takawira and C. J. van Rooyen

Trends and drivers of fertiliser consumption in the South African agricultural industry pp. 149-166

H. T. Ottermann, K. J. Truter, S. J. Haarhoff, D. van der Westhuizen, F. Meyer and P. A. Swanepoel

Willingness to pay for improved water supply services in Malawi’s small-scale irrigation schemes pp. 167-182

James Tsogolani, Chamuka Dickson Thebulo, Moses M. N. Chitete, Kennedy Machira, Horace Phiri, Charles Jumbe and Innocent Pangapanga-Phiri

Impact of Zambia’s farmer input support program E-voucher system on smallholder farmers’ food security pp. 183-199

Auckland Kuteya, Thomson H. Kalinda and Elias Kuntashula

Trade or trap? The impact of EU trade policies on South Africa's agri-food exports pp. 200-216

Melissa Van der Merwe, Ivo Zdráhal and Francois Lategan

Market integration of white teff (Eragrostis tef) in Ethiopia: a parity bound model pp. 217-234

Dereje Gebeyehu Ababu, Sylvain Kpenavoun Chogou and Epiphane Sodjinou

Volume 64, issue 1, 2025

On the origins of time use: women and the plough pp. 1-11

Fernando Gonzalez

The role and position of informal street vendors in the Onderberg district banana value chain pp. 12-31

Nomfundo Kakaza and Micheline Juliana Naude

Identifying clusters of innovation barriers in farming enterprises: a K-modes clustering approach pp. 32-49

Yasser Buchana

Economic feasibility and impacts of replacing tobacco with alternative crops in smallholder cropping systems: evidence from Uganda pp. 50-71

Irene Nakamatte, John Ilukor and Jackline Bonabana

Adapting to extreme weather conditions in a developing country: an economywide policy assessment from Malawi pp. 72-85

Henry Kankwamba

In memoriam: Wilhelm Eckart Kassier (1933–2025) pp. 86-89

Nick Vink and Johan van Zyl

Resilience and food security in a food systems context pp. 90-92

Eliaza Mkuna and Abiodun A. Ogundeji

Volume 63, issue 4, 2024

Obligations of agricultural economists in South Africa's policy formulation pp. 205-212

Sifiso Mboneni Ntombela

Increasing agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa during times of volatile prices and a changing climate pp. 213-222

Jacob Ricker-Gilbert

What do urban consumers want? Findings from a discrete choice experiment on the preference for locally produced staple food in Central Africa: Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) pp. 223-239

Sarah K. Thontwa, Joachim De Weerdt and Steven Van Passel

The impact of tenure security and agricultural diversity on food security pp. 240-256

Amanuel Hadera, Tewodros Tadesse, Bereket Gebremedhin, Girmay Tesfay and Woldegebrial Zewold

The dynamics of the South African lucerne hay industry pp. 257-276

Hermias N. van Niekerk

Competitiveness analysis of the South African avocado industry pp. 277-302

Sibonelo Zwane and Stuart R. D. Ferrer

Investigating factors affecting trade flows in pork and poultry global markets using gravity models pp. 303-318

Anthony Rezitis, Leonidas Zangelidis and Spyridon Karytsas

Comparative analysis of futures contract cross-hedging effectiveness for soybean: models and insights pp. 319-336

M. C. Erasmus and J. M. Geyser

Volume 63, issue 3, 2024

Consumers’ purchasing behaviour and quality preferences for pork sold in the informal street markets of the Cape Metropole, South Africa pp. 113-132

Siphosethu Magqupu, Obert C. Chikwanha, Chenaimoyo L. F. Katiyatiya, Phillip E. Strydom and Cletos Mapiye

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 pp. 133-147

Awugten Gebrehana, Abule Mehare and Saleamlak Fentaw

Preferences for index-based pasture insurance: a choice experiment in Limpopo Province, South Africa pp. 148-165

Bernard Manganyi, Damien Jourdain and Selma Karuaihe

Determinants of crop abandonment by smallholder maize farmers in Zambia pp. 166-180

Nixon S. Chekenya, Nanii Yenibehit and Canicio Dzingirai

Profiling food waste in the retail sector of developing economies pp. 181-190

S. Hobson and W. J. de Lange

Smallholders’ willingness to pay for ZM-GrowTM foliar fertilizer in Dangla District of Northwestern Ethiopia pp. 191-203

Tadele Anagaw Zewdu, Solomon Bizuayehu Wassie and Ermias Tesfaye Teferi

Volume 63, issue 1-2, 2024

How do we secure a future for the youth in South African agriculture? pp. 1-15

Melissa Van der Merwe

The role of agricultural economists in supporting resilience in the Namibian livestock sector* pp. 16-29

H. J. Sartorius von Bach

Productivity and profitability of small-scale aquaculture in Malawi pp. 30-50

Maggie G. Munthali, Lemekezani Chilora, Ayala Wineman, Bonface Nankwenya, Levison Chiwaula and Milu Muyanga

Examining the impact of human capital and innovation on farm productivity in the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast, South Africa pp. 51-64

Lloyd J. S. Baiyegunhi

Household resilience and mitigating strategies to conflicts and shocks: evidence from household data in Uganda and Malawi pp. 65-81

James Muriuki, Darren Hudson and Syed Fuad

GlobalGAP compliance costs in Ghana’s small-scale pineapple farming sector pp. 82-96

Prince B. Annor, Simeon Kaitibie and Michael C. Lyne

The competitiveness of South African table grape exports in the European markets: Threats from Peru and Chile pp. 97-112

Jana-Mart van der Merwe, Nick Vink and Kandas Cloete