Agrekon

2012 - 2025

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

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Volume 61, issue 4, 2022

Do youth farmers benefit from participating in contract farming? Evidence from French beans youth farmers in Arusha, Tanzania pp. 379-398

Mwita Erick Marwa and Julius Manda

Determinants of smallholder farmers’ livelihood trajectories. Evidence from rural Malawi pp. 399-411

Mirriam Matita, Ephraim Wadonda Chirwa, Stevier Kaiyatsa, Jacob Mazalale, Masautso Chimombo, Loveness Msofi Mgalamadzi and Blessings Chinsinga

Potential improvement in the performance of dairy farms in South Africa pp. 412-432

David Beca

The effect of agricultural technology transfer on Zimbabwe’s economic development: a dynamic global trade analysis project approach pp. 433-448

Rutendo H. Jonga, Huang Delin, Courage Masona and Christopher Belford

Volume 61, issue 3, 2022

The COVID-19 effects on agricultural commodity markets pp. 239-265

Mehmet Balcilar, Kamil Sertoglu and Büşra Ağan

Socioeconomic inequalities in household resilience capacity in the context of COVID-19 in the fisheries sector in Malawi pp. 266-281

Gowokani Chijere Chirwa and Levison Chiwaula

Perceived changes in food security, finances and revenue of rural and urban households during COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria pp. 282-291

Olubunmi Bamiwuye, Olaide Akintunde, Lateef Jimoh and Khadijat Olanrewaju

Agricultural trade liberalisation, agricultural total factor productivity growth and food security in Africa pp. 292-313

Regret Sunge and Nicholas Ngepah

Rainfall variability and alternative technology adoption: evidence from Ethiopia pp. 314-323

Dambala Gelo

Factors affecting adoption of technical, organisational and institutional dairy innovations in selected milksheds in Kenya pp. 324-338

Edith Wairimu, John Mburu, Asaah Ndambi and Charles Gachuiri

Food loss and waste in maize in Mozambique and its economic impacts: a system dynamics assessment approach pp. 339-359

Meizal Popat, Oscar Cacho, Garry Griffith and Stuart Mounter

Intolerance, xenophobia and cross-border supermarket groups’ operations in South Africa pp. 360-378

Nixon S. Chekenya and Laurine Chikoko

Volume 61, issue 2, 2022

Private extension delivers productivity growth in pasture-based dairy farming in the Eastern Cape, 2012–2018 pp. 109-120

Beatrice Conradie, Craig Galloway and Andrea Renner

Producer prices, carcass classification and consumers’ willingness to pay for different sheep meat grades: an experimental auction approach pp. 121-137

Carina Troost and Johann Kirsten

Investigating the motivations driving meat analogue purchase among middle-income consumers in Mbombela, South Africa pp. 138-150

C. Z. Tsvakirai and N. M. Zulu

Are SACU countries self-sufficient in cereals? A dynamic panel analysis pp. 151-166

H. J. Sartorius von Bach and K. M. Kalundu

Do changes in maize prices and input prices affect smallholder farmers’ soil fertility management decisions? panel survey evidence from Kenya pp. 167-191

David Olson, Nicole M. Mason, Lilian Kirimi and Joyce Makau

Crop mix portfolio response to climate risks: evidence from smallholder farmers in Kisumu County, Kenya pp. 192-206

Hezbon Akelo Awiti, Eric Obedy Gido and Gideon Aiko Obare

Adoption and impact of improved wheat varieties on productivity and welfare among smallholder farmers in the Arsi Highland of Ethiopia pp. 207-228

Bedilu Demissie Zeleke, Adem Kedir Geleto, Sisay Asefa and Hussien H. Komicha

Social protection policy and agricultural labour outcome in West Africa pp. 229-238

Romanus Osabohien, Oluwatoyin Matthew and Hajra Maqsood

Volume 61, issue 1, 2022

Special collection of articles on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on South African agriculture pp. 1-2

Johann Kirsten

A sector-wide review of the COVID-19 impact on the South African agricultural sector during 2020–21 pp. 3-20

Ferdinand Meyer, Johann Kirsten, Tracy Davids, Marion Delport, Hester Vermeulen, Wandile Sihlobo and Lucia Anelich

Hotspots of vulnerability and disruption in food value chains during COVID-19 in South Africa: industry- and firm-level “pivoting” in response pp. 21-41

Ferdinand Meyer, Thomas Reardon, Tracy Davids, Melissa Van der Merwe, Daniel Jordaan, Marion Delport and Gerhard Van Den Burgh

Covid-19 and the South African wine industry pp. 42-51

Tracy Davids, Nick Vink and Kandas Cloete

The impact of Covid-19 on black farmers in South Africa pp. 52-66

Marc Wegerif

Can digital solutions transform agri-food systems in Africa? pp. 67-79

Edward Mabaya and Jaron Porciello

Identifying possible misspecification in South African soybean oil futures contracts pp. 80-93

Andre Van der Vyver, Ulonka Barnard and Jean-Pierre Nordier

Strategic perspectives on quitting or remaining in commercial agriculture in South Africa and why it matters pp. 94-108

Kandas Cloete, Jan Greyling and Marion Delport

Volume 60, issue 4, 2021

The financial burden of African Horse Sickness: a case of the European Union trade ban on South Africa’s horse industry pp. 353-369

Zimbini Mdlulwa, Mampe Masemola, Baratang A. Lubisi and Petronella Chaminuka

Does the use of multiple agricultural technologies affect household welfare? Evidence from Northern Ghana pp. 370-387

Wencong Lu, Kwabena Nyarko Addai and John N. Ng’ombe

Selling at the farmgate? Role of liquidity constraints and implications for agricultural productivity pp. 388-407

Josiah M. Ateka, Perez Ayieko Onono-Okelo and Martin Etyang

Does commitment to cooperatives affect the economic benefits of smallholder farmers? Evidence from rice cooperatives in the Western province of Zambia pp. 408-423

Ebenezer Donkor and Jiri Hejkrlik

Smallholder farmers’ willingness to pay for access to agricultural market information in Tanzania pp. 424-444

Mawazo Mwita Magesa and Noah Nasson Mkasanga

Factors influencing farmers’ dis-adoption and retention decisions for biofortified crops: the case of orange-fleshed sweetpotato in Mozambique pp. 445-459

Wellington Jogo, Temesgen Bocher and Frederick Grant

Farm- and community-level factors underlying the profitability of fertiliser usage for Ethiopian smallholder farmers pp. 460-479

B. T. Assefa, P. Reidsma, Jordan Chamberlin and M. K. van Ittersum

Analysis of the Kenyan economy: an input-output approach pp. 480-495

Sofía Jiménez, Alfredo Mainar and Emanuele Ferrari

Volume 60, issue 3, 2021

Productive efficiency and farm size in East Africa pp. 209-226

Jacques C. Julien, Boris E. Bravo-Ureta and Nicholas E. Rada

Changing income portfolios and household welfare in rural Uganda pp. 227-242

Moses Kakungulu, Moses Isabirye, Kevin Teopista Akoyi, Kaat Van Hoyweghen, Liesbet Vranken and Miet Maertens

What factors influence smallholder farmers’ decision to select a milk marketing channel in Zambia? pp. 243-252

Tulumbe Cheelo and Melissa Van der Merwe

Welfare impacts of introducing water pollution tax in the Olifants river basin in South Africa: A revisited analysis using a top-down micro-accounting approach pp. 253-263

Clement Kyei and Margaret Mabugu

Structure and entry barriers to access groundnut markets for intermediary traders in central and northern Malawi pp. 264-279

Admire Katunga, Edilegnaw Wale Zegeye and Gerald Ortmann

Analysis of intra-region market integration and spatial price transmission in groundnut markets in Malawi pp. 280-296

Moses Chitete, Wisdom Mgomezulu, Mercy Bwanaisa and Joseph Dzanja

The poverty impacts of improved soybean technologies in Malawi pp. 297-316

Adane Hirpa Tufa, Arega D. Alene, Julius Manda, Shiferaw Feleke, Tesfamicheal Wossen, M. G. Akinwale, David Chikoye and Victor Manyong

Female farm holding in Botswana's agriculture industry pp. 317-334

Odile Mackett

Adoption of ox-drawn minimum tillage ripping by smallholder farmers in Zambia pp. 335-351

Isabel C. Sakala, Thomson H. Kalinda, Chewe Nkonde and William Burke

Volume 60, issue 2, 2021

Towards a viable farm size – determining a viable household income for emerging farmers in South Africa's Land Redistribution Programme: an income aspiration approach pp. 91-107

Siphe Zantsi, Gabriele Mack and Nick Vink

Land redistribution in South Africa’s land reform policy: a better way to select beneficiaries pp. 108-127

Siphe Zantsi and Jan C. Greyling

District-level agricultural total factor productivity for the Karoo, South Africa: 1952–2002 pp. 128-144

Beatrice Conradie, Amelia Genis, Jan Greyling and Jenifer Piesse

Agronomic and socio-economic assessment of the introduction of a rice-based mixed cropping system to the Cuvelai seasonal wetland system in northern Namibia pp. 145-156

Yoshihiro Hirooka, Tadayoshi Masuda, Yoshinori Watanabe, Yasuhiro Izumi, Hiroyuki Inai, Simon Awala and Morio Iijima

Cointegration and spatial price transmission among rice markets in Tanzania: implications for price stabilisation policies pp. 157-175

Yohana James Mgale, Yan Yunxian and Provident Dimoso

Foreign direct investment into agriculture: does it crowd-out domestic investment? pp. 176-191

Justice Djokoto

Welfare effects of small-scale farmers' participation in apple and mango value chains in Ethiopia pp. 192-208

Mengistie Mossie, Alemseged Gerezgiher, Zemen Ayalew and Zerihun Nigussie

Volume 60, issue 1, 2021

Introduction to volume 60 of Agrekon pp. 1-6

Johann Kirsten

Reflections on two terms as editor of Agrekon pp. 7-9

Nick Vink

Impacts of interlocked contractual arrangements on dairy farmers’ welfare in Zambia: a robust Bayesian instrumental variable analysis pp. 10-30

Rebecca N. Kiwanuka-Lubinda, John N. Ng’ombe and Charles Machethe

Price attributes of Döhne Merino wool in South Africa pp. 31-42

A. Ferreira, W. A. Lombard, Yonas Bahta and A. C. Geyer

Speed of adoption of intensive agricultural practices in Rwanda: A duration analysis pp. 43-56

Jules Ngango and Seungjee Hong

Determinants of livestock keepers’ primary animal health care practices pp. 57-79

Zimbini Mdlulwa, Eric Mathebula and Cynthia Ngwane

How a government panel on land reform in South Africa is stuck in old ways pp. 80-84

Thorvald Gran

Reply: how a government panel on land reform in South Africa is stuck in old ways pp. 85-87

Wandile Sihlobo

In memoriam: Abdul Salam Mohammad Karaan (1968–2021) pp. 88-89

Nick Vink, Wandile Sihlobo and Johann Kirsten