Agrekon

2012 - 2025

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

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Volume 59, issue 4, 2020

Efficiency of a mixed farming system in a marginal winter rainfall area of the Overberg, South Africa, with implications for thinking about sustainability pp. 387-400

Beatrice Conradie and Amelia Genis

An econometric estimation of gross margin volatility: a case of ox production in Namibia pp. 401-411

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

Price transmission in (de)regulated agricultural markets pp. 412-425

Jakub Olipra

Gendered analysis of the demand for poultry feed in Kenya pp. 426-439

John Njenga Macharia, Gracious Malton Diiro, John Rono Busienei, Kimpei Munei, Hippolyte D. Affognon, Sunday Ekesi, Beatrice Muriithi, Dorothy Nakimbugwe, Chrysantus Mbi Tanga and Komi K. M. Fiaboe

Production and hidden hunger impacts of sustainable agricultural practices: evidence from rural households in Africa pp. 440-458

Abdul-Hanan Abdallah, Awal Abdul-Rahaman and Gazali Issahaku

Volume 59, issue 3, 2020

Measuring the financial efficiency of agricultural cooperatives in South Africa: an application of the Simar–Wilson methodology pp. 269-286

C. L. Yobe, S. R. D. Ferrer and M. Mudhara

The effect of trust on farmers’ milk market participation in dairy cooperatives in West Shoa, Ethiopia pp. 287-302

Daniel Belay

Determinants of individual social capital in dairy cooperatives in West Shoa, Ethiopia pp. 303-320

Daniel Belay

Adoption and ex-post impact of alternative teff production technologies: micro-level evidence from Ethiopia pp. 321-336

Etsehiwot Semreab Tiruneh and Solomon Wassie

Effects of input subsidies on cropland allocation and diversification in Botswana’s subsistence economy pp. 337-353

Tebogo Seleka and David Mmopelwa

Household assets and food security in and around medium-sized towns: some insights from Morogoro and Iringa, Tanzania pp. 354-365

Ubaldus John Tumaini

Do oil prices and exchange rates account for agricultural commodity market spillovers? Evidence from the Diebold and Yilmaz Index pp. 366-385

Mehmet Balcilar and Festus Bekun

Volume 59, issue 2, 2020

Asymmetry in food safety information – the case of the 2018 Listeriosis outbreak and low-income, urban consumers in Gauteng, South Africa pp. 129-143

Marlene Louw and Melissa Van der Merwe

Analysis of price transmission in the beef value chain using a calculated retail carcass price pp. 144-155

Abiodun Ogundeji and Frikkie Maré

Eye-tracking consumers’ awareness of beef brands pp. 156-168

W. A. Lombard, J. H. Van Zyl and T. R. Beelders

Typology of contract farming arrangements: a transaction cost perspective pp. 169-187

Innocent Mugwagwa, Jos Bijman and Jacques Trienekens

(Fairtrade) certification: consequences of being a niche market pp. 188-201

Katharina Bissinger and Daniel Leufkens

Factors determining smallholder farmers’ willingness to pay for a metal silo in Zimbabwe pp. 202-217

Teresa Chuma, Maxwell Mudhara and Jones Govereh

Application of exploratory factor analysis to address the challenge of measuring social capital in a rural communal setting in South Africa pp. 218-234

Megan Davenport and Rashid Hassan

Postharvest losses at the farm level and its economy-wide costs: the case of the maize sector in Mozambique pp. 235-253

Meizal Popat, Garry Griffith, Stuart Mounter and Oscar Cacho

Impacts of improved sorghum varieties intensification on household welfare in the mid-Zambezi Valley of Zimbabwe pp. 254-267

Joseph P. Musara and Lovemore Musemwa

Volume 59, issue 1, 2020

Correction pp. iii-iii

The Editors

Improving livelihoods of smallholder farmers through region specific strategies: a case study of South African sheep production pp. 1-15

Yong Sebastian Nyam, Nicolette Matthews and Yonas Bahta

Impact of smallholder farmers’ welfare through participation in on-farm regional projects in East Africa pp. 16-29

Enock Warinda, Dickson M. Nyariki, Stephen Wambua and Reuben Muasya

How stable are farmers’ risk perceptions? A follow-up study of one community in the Karoo pp. 30-45

Ivo Wustro and Beatrice Conradie

Examining coffee export performance in Eastern and Southern African countries: do bilateral trade relations matter? pp. 46-64

Aimable Nsabimana and Wondmagegn Tirkaso

Are there periodically collapsing bubble behaviours in the global coffee market? pp. 65-77

Kai-Hua Wang, Chi-Wei Su, Ran Tao and Lin-Na Hao

Risk efficiency of optimal water allocation within a single- and multi-stage decision-making framework pp. 78-92

Primrose Madende and Bennie Grové

Do bottom-up and independent agricultural cooperatives really perform better? Insights from a technical efficiency analysis in Ethiopia pp. 93-109

Tafesse W. Gezahegn, Steven Van Passel, Tekeste Berhanu, Marijke D’haese and Miet Maertens

Food self-sufficiency and GM regulation under conflicting interests: the case of GM maize in South Africa pp. 110-128

Qianqian Shao, Dusan Drabik, Marnus Gouse and Justus Wesseler

Volume 58, issue 4, 2019

Agri-food trade and non-tariff measures pp. 387-388

Fabio Santeramo

On the impact of non-tariff measures on trade performances of the African agri-food sector pp. 389-406

Fabio Santeramo and Emilia Lamonaca

European Union non-tariff barriers to imports of African biofuels pp. 407-425

Franziska Schuenemann and William Kerr

Tariff rate quota impacts on export market access of South African fruit products into the EU market pp. 426-450

Chiedza Muchopa, Yonas Bahta and Abiodun A. Ogundeji

Quantifying the effects of non-tariff measures on African agri-food exporters pp. 451-471

Chang Liu, Dongtao Lin, Jiawei Liu and Yanran Li

Moving past transgenics – the potential for genomics to open markets in the EU for African agricultural products pp. 472-484

William Kerr

Using preferential trade access to promote global development goals: the case of beef and market access to Norway from Namibia and Botswana pp. 485-502

Ben Bennett and Karl M. Rich

Volume 58, issue 3, 2019

Land Use and Redistribution in the Arid West: The case of Laingsburg Magisterial District pp. 281-291

Beatrice Conradie

The distortions to incentives in South African agriculture: a case study of the wheat industry pp. 292-307

Michael Day and Nick Vink

How does women's empowerment in agriculture affect household food security and dietary diversity? The case of rural irrigation schemes in Limpopo Province, South Africa pp. 308-323

Vongai Gillian Murugani and Joyce Magoshi Thamaga-Chitja

Women's empowerment: the case of smallholder rice farmers in Kilombero District, Tanzania pp. 324-339

Esther Leah Achandi, Asmerom Kidane, Aloyce Hepelwa and Gaudiose Mujawamariya

Livelihood strategies and their determinants among smallholder farming households in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa pp. 340-353

Collin L. Yobe, Maxwell Mudhara and Paramu Mafongoya

Understanding South African consumers’ preferences and market potential for products with low water and carbon footprints pp. 354-368

Enoch Owusu-Sekyere, Yondela Mahlathi and Henry Jordaan

Examining the farmer-buyer relationships in vegetable marketing channels in Eswatini pp. 369-386

Bongiwe Porrie Dlamini-Mazibuko, Stuart Ferrer and Gerald Ortmann

Volume 58, issue 2, 2019

Forms of agricultural support and the “culture of dependency and entitlement” pp. 141-153

Michael Aliber

We’re ready, the system’s not – youth perspectives on agricultural careers in South Africa pp. 154-179

Luke Metelerkamp, Scott Drimie and Reinette Biggs

Revisiting farm size-productivity relationship: New empirical evidence from Ethiopia pp. 180-199

Solomon Wassie, Gashaw Abate and Tanguy Bernard

Would you purchase milk from a milk ATM? Consumers’ attitude as a key determinant of preference and purchase intention in uganda pp. 200-215

Joanita Kataike, Jowel Kulaba, Andrew Ronnie Mugenyi, Hans De Steur and Xavier Gellynck

The Economic Implications of Robinia pseudoacacia L. (black locust) on Agricultural Production in South Africa pp. 216-228

Luke Humphrey, Gavin Fraser and Grant Martin

Vertical price transmission in the white teff market in Ethiopia pp. 229-243

Maria Sassi and Yonas Abera Mamo

The importance of biological asset disclosures to the relevant user groups pp. 244-252

Marilene van Biljon and Deon Scott

Impacts of socio-psychological factors on smallholder farmers’ risk attitudes: empirical evidence and implications pp. 253-279

Woldegebrial Zeweld, Guido Van Huylenbroeck, Girmay Tesfay and Stijn Speelman

Volume 58, issue 1, 2019

Measuring and Explaining Productivity Growth in South African Agriculture pp. 1-2

Johann Kirsten, Petronella Chaminuka and Colin Thirtle

Recalibrating South African agricultural growth: Frikkie Liebenberg in Memoriam pp. 3-6

Johann Kirsten, Philip Pardey and Colin Thirtle

Public agricultural research and development spending in South Africa – update pp. 7-20

Petronella Chaminuka, Nienke Beintema, Kathleen Flaherty and Frikkie Liebenberg

Measuring Maize in South Africa: The Shifting Structure of Production During the Twentieth Century, 1904–2015 pp. 21-41

Jan C. Greyling and Philip Pardey

Quality adjusting agricultural machinery in South Africa pp. 42-52

Colleta Gandidzanwa, Frikkie Liebenberg, Ferdi Meyer and Beatrice Conradie

South African wine grape production, 2005–2015: regional comparisons of scale and technical efficiencies and total factor productivity pp. 53-67

Beatrice Conradie, Jenifer Piesse, Colin Thirtle and Nick Vink

Estimating and attributing benefits from wheat varietal innovations in South African agriculture pp. 68-85

Charity R. Nhemachena, Johann Kirsten and Frikkie G. Liebenberg

Yield and economic benefits of the national cultivar trials for wheat in South Africa: 1998–2016 pp. 86-101

Kenneth Nhundu, Petronella Chaminuka, Sedzani Nemakhavhani and Mardé Booyse

Economic value of quality restrictions on the wheat industry in South Africa pp. 102-112

Zwiafhela Naledzani, Petronella Chaminuka, Kenneth Nhundu, Charles Machethe and Frikkie Liebenberg

Economic returns from investment in beef cattle improvement research in South Africa pp. 113-124

Takalani T. Nevondo, Petronella Chaminuka, Kenneth Nhundu and Frikkie Liebenberg

Economic analysis of new generation vaccines for control of lumpy skin disease and Rift Valley Fever in South Africa pp. 125-140

Zimbini Mdlulwa, Mampe Masemola, Petronella Chaminuka and Sipho Madyo