2010 AAAE Third Conference/AEASA 48th Conference, September 19-23, 2010, Cape Town, South Africa

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96808: Support for pro-poor agricultural development and rural poverty reduction in Eastern Cape

Robert Dzivakwi and Peter T. Jacobs

96805: Factors influencing adoption and intensity of adoption of orange flesh sweetpotato varieties: evidence from an extension intervention in Nyanza and Western province, Kenya

Wachira Kaguongo, Gerald F. Ortmann, Edilegnaw Wale, Mark A.G. Darroch and Jan W. Low

96801: The Efficiency of Small-Scale Agriculture in Limpopo Province of South Africa

Majory O. Meliko, K. Chauke Phinea and Stephen A. Oni

96800: Analysis of Costs and Returns to Maize-Cowpea Intercrop Production in Oyo state, Nigeria

A.O. Segun-Olasanmi and A.S. Bamire

96798: The Anthropometric Status of Farming households in Kogi State, Nigeria

Matthew Olaniyi Adewumi, Raphael O. Babatunde and Ayodele Olufunke

96797: Contribution of Agriculture to the Economy of Limpopo Province

Majory O. Meliko and Stephen A. Oni

96651: The Impact of Certification on Smallholder Coffee Farmers in Kenya: The case of ‘UTZ’ certification program

Mercy W. Kamau, Lawrence Obae Mose, Ricardo Fort and Ruerd Ruben

96650: What are the Dynamic Effects of Fertilizer Subsidies on Household Well‐being? Evidence from Malawi

Jacob Ricker-Gilbert and Thomas Jayne

96649: Of What Merit is Improved Inputs use in Uganda's Maize Productivity?

Geofrey Okoboi

96648: Decomposing Total Factor Productivity Change of Cotton Cultivars (Barakat-90 and Barac (67)B) in the Gezira Scheme (1991 – 2007) Sudan

Mohamed O.A. Bushara and Hoyam E. Barakat

96646: Maize prices in South Africa: Can the producer increase his revenue by marketing grain through cattle?

Frikkie A. Mare, Wilhelm T. Nell and B.J. Willemse

96645: Analysis of the Governance Structure used by Eksteenskull Raisin Producers: Is there a need for more Vertical Coordination?

Henry Jordaan and Bennie Grove

96644: Measuring Integration and Efficiency in Maize Grain Markets: The Case of South Africa and Mozambique

Lulama Traub, Robert Myers, Thomas Jayne and Ferdinand H. Meyer

96643: Structure, Conduct and Performance in the South African Potato Processing Industry

J.W. Hanekom, B.J. Willemse and D.B. Strydom

96642: Best fit model selection for spatial differences (regression) in the profitability analysis of precision phosphate (P) application to winter cereals in Precision Agriculture (PA)

Ella Christina Hough, Wilhelm T. Nell, Ntsikane Maine, Jan A. Groenewald and M. van der Rijst

96641: Transaction Costs and Cattle Farmers' Choice of Marketing Channels in North-Central Namibia

T. Shiimi, Pieter R. Taljaard and Henry Jordaan

96640: Enhancing food and livelihood security in the context of the food and financial crisis: challenges and opportunities for small scale rainwater harvesting and conservation

Mompati N. Baiphethi, Machiel F. Viljoen, Godfrey Kundhlande and N.G. Ralehlolo

96639: The Determinants of Agricultural Export Growth in South Africa

Ernst Idsardi

96437: South African Farmers’ Perceptions of the Benefits and Costs of Complying with EUREPGAP to Export Fresh Citrus to the European Union (EU)

Mark A.G. Darroch

96436: Household Food Insecurity, Rapid Food Price Inflation and the Economic Downturn

Peter T. Jacobs

96435: Budget Allocation for Rural Agricultural Development in the NWP: A Multiple Criteria Analysis

J.D. van der Merwe, Philip C. Cloete and Herman D. van Schalkwyk

96434: Measuring Asymmetric Price and Volatility Spillover in the South African Broiler Market

I.D. Uchezuba, Andre Jooste and Johan Willemse

96433: The Current State of Agribusiness Education and Training in Africa

Edward T. Mabaya, Ralph D. Christy and Maureen Bandama

96432: Comparative advantage of potato production in seven regions of South Africa

Christo J. Joubert, N.H. Phahlane, Andre Jooste, C. Dempers and Louise Kotze

96430: Potential of Sorghum and Finger Millet to Enhance Household Food Security in Zimbabwe's Semi-arid Regions: A Review

P. Mukarumbwa and Abbyssinia Mushunje

96429: Extension and adoption of biofortified crops: Quality protein maize in East Africa

Hugo De Groote, Nilupa S. Gunaratna, Kebebe Ergano and Dennis Friesen

96425: The Potential Impact of Increased Irrigation Water Tariffs in South Africa

Tania Gill and Cecilia Punt

96423: Determinants for Use of Certified Maize Seed and the Relative Importance of Transaction Costs

Munyua Bernard, Jonathan Hellin, Rose Adhiambo Nyikal and John G. Mburu

96419: Economic Analysis of Alternative Maize Storage Technologies in Kenya

Simon Chege Kimenju and Hugo De Groote

96417: Sensory Evaluation and Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Quality Protein Maize (QPM) using Experimental Auctions in Rural Tanzania

Christine G. Kiria, Hester Vermeulen and Hugo De Groote

96197: Assessing rural consumers’ WTP for orange, biofortified maize in Ghana with experimental auctions and a simulated radio message

Hugo De Groote, Keith Tomlins, Joyce Haleegoah, Manfred Awool, Benedicta Frimpong, Abijit Banerji, Shyamal K. Chowdury and J.V. Meenakshi

96196: Volatility Spill-over in a Customs Union: The Case of South Africa Sheep Import from Namibia

Olubukola Ayodeju Oyewumi and Rakhal Sarker

96195: Technical efficiency of olive oil manufacturing and efficacy of modernization programme in Tunisia

Kenichi Kashiwagi, Nadhem Mtimet, Lokman Zaibet and Masakazu Nagaki

96194: The quality turn in South Africa: insights from a comprehensive investigation into the food quality behaviours, perceptions and knowledge of South African consumers with a focus on middle and upper socioeconomic groups

Hester Vermeulen and Estelle Bienabe

96193: Does the environment in which ICT-based market information services (MIS) projects operate affect their performance? Experiences from Kenya

Julius Juma Okello and Lydia K. Ndirangu

96192: Determinants of the Speed of Adoption of Soil Fertility-Enhancing Technologies in Western Kenya

Martins Odendo, Gideon A. Obare and Beatrice Salasya

96191: Assessment of developing-country urban consumers’ willingness to pay for quality of leafy vegetables: The case of middle and high income consumers in Nairobi, Kenya

Marther W. Ngigi, Julius Juma Okello, Carl-Johan Lagerkvist, Nancy Karanja and John G. Mburu

96189: Participatory Farmer Evaluation of Stem borer Resistant Maize varieties in three maize growing ecologies of Kenya

James Okuro Ouma, Martins Odendo, Charles Bett, Hugo De Groote, Stephen Mugo, Charles Mutinda, James Gethi, Stephen Njoka, S. Ajanga and J. Shuma

96188: Awareness and use of m-banking services in agriculture: The case of smallholder farmers in Kenya

Oliver Kirui, Julius Juma Okello and Rose Adhiambo Nyikal

96187: Measuring and Explaining Technical Efficiency of Dairy Farms: A Case Study of Smallholder Farms in East Africa

Ayele Gelan and Beatrice Muriithi

96186: Adoption et Impact Socio-Esonomique de la semi-mecanisation du Procede de Transformation des Amandes de Karite en Beurre au Nord-Benin

Morenike Cendrine Ahouandjinou, Patrice Ygue Adegbola, Jacob Afouda Yabi and Souleimane Adeyemi Adekambi

96185: Willingness to pay for extension services in Uganda among farmers involved in crop and animal husbandry

Francis Mwaura, Fred Roland Muwanika and Geofrey Okoboi

96184: Country and border effects in the transmission of maize prices in Eastern Africa: evidence from a semi-parametric regression model

Rico Ihle, Stephan von Cramon-Taubadel and Sergiy Zorya

96183: Catastrophic Drought Insurance based on the Remotely Sensed Normalized Difference Vegetation Index for Smallholder Farmers in Zimbabwe

Ephias Makaudze and Mario Miranda

96182: Ex-ante Evaluation of Cassava Research for Development in Malawi: A Farm Household and Random Utility Modeling Approach

Joseph Rusike, S. Jumbo, Pheneas Ntawuruhunga, J.M. Kawonga, Braima James, R. Okechukwu and Victor M. Manyong

96181: Economics of Meat Production from the Springbuck in the Eastern Cape Karoo

Thula S. Dlamini and Gavin C.G. Fraser

96179: “Supply and demand trends for fertilizer in Zimbabwe: 1930 to date”: Key drivers and lessons learnt

Isaac J. Minde, Kizito Mazvimavi, Conrad Murendo and Patrick V. Ndlovu

96177: Dairy Cattle Productivity after the Post Election Crisis in Uasin Gishu District of Kenya

M.K. Korir, J. Kibet, Mary J. Kipsat, P.M. Nyangweso and M. Rirei

96176: Revisiting the "Cotton Problem:" A Comparative Analysis of Cotton Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa

Claire Delpeuch, Anneleen Vandeplas and Johan Swinnen

96174: Sub-Saharan African Cotton Policies in Retrospect

Claire Delpeuch and Antoine Leblois