Agrekon

2012 - 2026

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

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Volume 54, issue 4, 2015

Re-Estimating South African Agricultural Output Value, Quantity And Price Aggregates, 1910--2010 pp. 1-27

Frikkie Liebenberg, Philip Pardey, Jason Beddow and Johann Kirsten

Estimating The Maximum Value of Crop Hail Insurance Under Stochastic Yield and Price Risk pp. 28-44

Frikkie Maré, Bennie Grové and Johan Willemse

A Study of Seasonality on the Safex Wheat Market pp. 45-72

Chris Motengwe and Angel Pardo

Harvest of Hope: The Contribution of Peri-Urban Agriculture in South African Townships pp. 73-86

Martin Dyer, Richard Mills, Beatrice Conradie and Jenifer Piesse

Performance Measurement of Extensive Beef Cattle Farms in Botswana pp. 87-112

Omphile Temoso, David Hadley and Renato Villano

Price Transmission in the Zambian Sugar Sector: An Assessment of Market Efficiency and Policy Implications pp. 113-136

Brian Chisanga, Ferdinand H. Meyer, Alex Winter-Nelson and Nicholas Sitko

Volume 54, issue 3, 2015

The Intensity of adoption of Conservation agriculture by smallholder farmers in Zimbabwe pp. 1-22

Tarisayi Pedzisa, Lovemore Rugube, Alex Winter-Nelson, Kathy Baylis and Kizito Mazvimavi

Cow or Goat? Population pressure and livestock keeping in Burundi pp. 23-42

Sam Desiere, Sanctus Niragira and Marijke D'Haese

The Aggregate economic benefits of the National Cultivar Trials for Maize in South Africa with specific reference to the Highveld region pp. 43-61

Thula Dlamini and Frik Liebenberg

Association between irrigated farming and improved nutrition in farm households in Malawi pp. 62-86

Todd Benson

A long-term view of the effectiveness of wool promotion schemes pp. 87-106

Malcolm Abbott

The impact of integrated agricultural research for development on food security among smallholder farmers of southern Africa pp. 107-125

Nelson Mango, Kefasi Nyikahadzoi, Clifton Makate, Nothando Dunjana and Shephard Siziba

Volume 54, issue 2, 2015

Productivity benchmarking of free-range sheep operations for Laingsburg, South Africa pp. 1-17

Beatrice Conradie and Jenifer Piesse

The direct and indirect economic contribution of small-scale black agriculture in South Africa pp. 18-37

Michael Aliber and Lelethu Mdoda

The impact of exchange rate risk on Africa's imports of world poultry pp. 38-50

Christopher G. Davis and Fawzi Taha

Urban farmers and urban agriculture in Johannesburg: Responding to the food resilience strategy pp. 51-75

Naudé Malan

Public sector expenditure in agriculture and economic growth in Nigeria: An empirical investigation pp. 76-92

Akeem A. Tijani, Olumemino Oluwasola and Olayinka I. Baruwa

Volume 54, issue 1, 2015

The trade effects of technical barriers on South Africa's orange exports pp. 1-27

Tinashe Kapuya

On the performance of fractional multinomial response models for estimating Engel Curves pp. 28-52

Steven Koch

Traceability systems and origin based meat products in the South African sheep meat industry pp. 53-69

Melissa Van der Merwe and Johann Kirsten

Evaluating the effect of proposed tariff protection for the South African broiler industry pp. 70-95

P. Davids, F.H. Meyer and M. Louw

Determinants of smallholder farmers' participation in maize and pigeonpea markets in Tanzania pp. 96-119

Frank E. Mmbando, Edilegnaw Z. Wale and Lloyd J.S. Baiyegunhi

Comparison of Rotterdam Model versus almost ideal demand system for fish and red meat pp. 120-137

Habibeh Sherafatmand and Ali Akbar Baghestany

Volume 53, issue 4, 2014

The F.R. Tomlinson memorial lecture: Two decades of land reform in South Africa: Insights from an agricultural economics pp. 1-15

M. Lyne

Reconsidering the role of food prices in South African headline inflation pp. 16-37

Logan Rangasamy and E. Nel

Hunger in the former apartheid homelands: Determinants of convergence one century after the 1913 land act pp. 38-67

L. Pienaar and Dieter von Fintel

Implications of increasing world oil scarcity for national food security in South Africa pp. 68-91

J. Wakeford and M. Swilling

Establishing the linkages between the South African agricultural trade balance and macroeconomic indicators pp. 92-105

O.A. Fadeyi, A.A. Ogundeji and B.J. Willemse

Determinants of herd size among small-scale cattle farmers: the case of selected villages at the Mhinga Traditional Authority in Limpopo, South Africa pp. 106-122

N.P. Sikhweni and R. Hassan

Determinants of Keeping Small Ruminants and Non-ruminant Livestock in Malawi: A Simulated Maximum Likelihood Multivariate Probit pp. 123-135

M.M. Assa, B.B. Maonga and L.D. Mapemba

Volume 53, issue 3, 2014

Land dynamics and future trajectories of structural transformation in Africa pp. 1-30

Thomas Jayne

Developing a resilience indicator for food security monitoring and evaluation: Index construction and household classification for six African countries pp. 31-56

M. Browne, G.F. Ortmann and S.L. Hendriks

Drivers of cattle commercialization in rural South Africa: A combined test of transaction cost and store-of-wealth hypotheses pp. 57-78

Jorine Tafadzwa Ndoro and Patrick Hitayezu

The rise of Brazilian agriculture: some lessons for South Africa pp. 79-100

Hans Jensen, Nick Vink and Ron Sandrey

Agricultural land valuation methods used by financiers: The case of South Africa pp. 101-115

S.L. Middelberg

The F.R. Tomlinson memorial lecture: The ubiquitous agricultural economist Bloemfontein, 16 February 2012 pp. 116-128

Jt Potgieter

Volume 53, issue 2, 2014

Food security in South Africa: Status quo and policy imperatives pp. 1-24

Sheryl Hendriks

Household food security monitoring and evaluation using a resilience indicator: an application of categorical principal component analysis and simple sum of assets in five African countries pp. 25-46

M. Browne, G.F. Ortmann and S.L. Hendriks

Social capital effects on rural household poverty in Msinga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa pp. 47-64

Lloyd James S. Baiyegunhi

Characteristics of potato contract producers in the South African potato processing industry pp. 65-82

D.B. Strydom, H. van Zyl and B.J. Willemse

The impact of feed costs on the production of eggs in South Africa in period 1970-2007: An analysis using a demand-supply simultaneous equation model pp. 83-107

S. Sharaunga, M.A.G. Darroch and M. Mudhara

Impact of households' membership of farmer groups on the adoption of agricultural technologies in Uganda: Evidence from the Uganda Census of Agriculture 2008/09 pp. 108-136

Annet Adong

Indexing household resilience to food insecurity shocks: The case of South Sudan pp. 137-159

L.B. Lokosang, S. Ramroop and T. Zewotir

Volume 53, issue 1, 2014

Conceptual framework for value chain analysis for poverty alleviation among smallholder farmers pp. 1-25

Henry Jordaan, Bennie Grové and Gerhard R. Backeberg

Settling for a discount: A review of the pioneer foods price reduction remedy pp. 26-45

Liberty Mncube

The role of agriculture in welfare, income distribution and economic development of the Free State Province of South Africa: A CGE approach pp. 46-74

Yonas Bahta, B.J. Willemse and B. Grove

Selecting alternative export markets for Namibia's red meat products: Application of a decision support model pp. 75-103

D.C. Spies, E.F. Idsardi and E. Steenkamp

Adoption of genetically modified crops in South Africa: Effects on wholesale maize prices pp. 104-123

Babatunde O Abidoye and Edward Mabaya

Identifying strategic markets for South Africa's citrus exports pp. 124-158

Tinashe Kapuya, Evans K. Chinembiri and Mmatlou Kalaba

Volume 52, issue sup1, 2013

Explaining declining agricultural total factor productivity in the Karoo districts of the Western Cape, 1952 to 2002 pp. 1-23

Beatrice Conradie, Jenifer Piesse, Colin Thirtle, Nick Vink and Kevin Winter

Exploring options in reforming South African land ownership: Opportunities for sharing land, labour and expertise pp. 24-45

Thula S. Dlamini, Aart-Jan Verschoor and Gavin C.G. Fraser

Stochastic efficiency analysis of alternative basic grain marketing strategies pp. 46-63

M.M. Venter, D.B. Strydom and B. Grové

Urban agriculture's enterprise potential: Exploring vegetable box schemes in Cape Town pp. 64-86

A. Thom and B. Conradie

Investigating potential financial gains from using production inputs more efficiently pp. 87-100

Henry Jordaan, Bennie Grové and Nicolette Matthews

Exploring pricing policy options to stimulate healthy eating in South Africa: Seeking consensus using the Delphi technique approach pp. 101-117

Thulasizwe Mkhabela

Developing a collaborative marketing strategy for sheep farmers in Namibia pp. 118-132

L. Morris and F.A. Mare

The impact of changed land use on farmland values and farmland valuations: An example from the south-eastern Nama Karoo pp. 133-151

J.S.F. Wessels and B.J. Willemse

Volume 52, issue 4, 2013

Determining South African consumers’ willingness to pay for certified Karoo lamb: An application of an experimental auction pp. 1-20

K. van Zyl, H. Vermeulen and Johann Kirsten

Transaction cost analysis of raisins marketing by emerging farmers from Eksteenskuil, South Africa pp. 21-42

Henry Jordaan and Bennie Grové

A historical perspective of the link between economic recessions and agricultural trade performance: The case of South Africa’s fruit and wine exports pp. 43-65

E.F. Idsardi and P.C. Cloete

Is Fairtrade in commercial farms justifiable? Its impact on commercial and small-scale producers in South Africa pp. 66-88

Bridget Jari, Jeanette D. Snowball and Gavin C.G. Fraser

Socio-economic and institutional factors constraining participation of Swaziland's mushroom producers in mainstream markets: An application of the value chain approach pp. 89-112

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

Values rural households in KwaZulu-Natal hold towards forests and their participation in community-based forest management pp. 113-147

S. Sharaunga, M. Mudhara and E. Wale

Trends, issues, threats, and opportunities affecting farmers pp. 148-167

Kent Olson

Volume 52, issue 3, 2013

South Africa's National Development Plan and New Growth Path: reflections on policy contradictions and implications for food security pp. 1-17

Sheryl Hendriks

The efficiency of the South African white maize futures market pp. 18-33

Kerry McCullough and Barry Strydom

A gendered analysis of wine export value chains from South Africa to Sweden pp. 34-62

Stephen Greenberg

Market support schemes and their interaction: the case of the wool industry pp. 63-82

Malcolm Abbott

Estimating the impact of innovation systems on maize yields: the case of Iar4d in southern Africa pp. 83-100

Shephard Siziba, Kefasi Nyikahadzoi, Joachim Binam Nyemeck, Aliou Diagne, Adekunle Adewale and Fatunbi Oluwole

Small millers' and bakers' perceptions of the limitations of agro-processing development in the wheat-milling and baking industries in rural areas in South Africa pp. 101-122

André Louw, Gerhard Troskie and Mariëtte Geyser

Volume 52, issue 2, 2013

Assessing the potential for electricity generation from animal waste biogas on South African farms pp. 1-24

B. Lutge and B. Standish

Farmers' choice among recently developed hybrid banana varieties in Uganda: A multinomial logit analysis pp. 25-51

K. Akankwasa, G.F. Ortmann, E. Wale and W.K. Tushemereirwe

Small and medium-sized entities in the agricultural sector: Fair value reporting challenges pp. 52-74

P.N. Maina and H.C. Wingard

The impact of cooperative patronage: The case of National Small Holder Farmers' Association (NASFAM) of Malawi in Kasungu District pp. 75-103

Greenwell Collins Matchaya and Virginie Perotin

Political and economic features of the maize seed industry in southern Africa pp. 104-127

Girma Kassie, Olaf Erenstein, W. Mwangi, J. MacRobert, P. Setimela and B. Shiferaw

A microeconomic analysis of the socio-economic situation along the Kat River Water Basin: Comment pp. 128-135

Wittmann Nadine

Institutions and economic research: A case of location externalities on agricultural resource allocation in the Kat River basin, South Africa: A Rejoinder pp. 136-145

Cn Mbatha and Gg Antrobus

Volume 52, issue 1, 2013

Provinces and agricultural development: challenge or opportunity? pp. 1-27

D.P. Troskie

The standard error of regressions: a note on new evidence of significance misuse pp. 28-39

C.N. Mbatha and Martin Gustafsson

Farmers' perceptions of the impact of legislation on farm workers' wages and working conditions: an eastern cape case study pp. 40-67

T. Roberts and G.G. Antrobus

Good for whom? Supermarkets and small farmers in south africa - a critical review of current approaches to increasing access to modern markets pp. 68-86

T. van der Heijden and Nick Vink

Farmers' demand for weather-based crop insurance contracts: the case of maize in south africa pp. 87-110

H. Holly Wang, Raphael N. Karuaihe, Douglas L. Young and Yuehua Zhang

Impact of climate change on planning and dealing with flood disasters in South Africa: a case study of soweto on sea pp. 111-132

A.A. Ogundeji, M.F. Viljoen, H.J. Booysen and G. du T. De Villiers