De Cock, N.D Haese, M.Vink, N.Van Rooyen, C. J.Staelens, L.Schonfeldt, H. C.D Haese, L.(Springer, 2013-02)
Although South Africa is food secure as a nation,
many households remain food insecure. The government
has recognized several key food security challenges in the
Integrated Food Security Strategy (IFSS). However, ...
Jansen van Vuuren, Barend Gerhardus(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Decision making in a complex environment is not an easy step as there are
uncertainty variables that cannot be foreseen. This causes decision makers to
use tools that can help and support difficult ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It is common practice in computable general equilibrium (CGE) models that the output composition of multi-product industries remains constant despite changes in relative prices of products. The results ...
Mofokeng, Maine Jonas(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Maize is the most important field crop in South Africa. It is used for both animal feeds and human consumption. It is also used by many industries as an input, is a source of foreign exchange and of ...
Von Doderer, Clemens Cornelius Christian(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The energy paradigm shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources is driven, among others, by a growing sustainability awareness, necessitating more sophisticated measurements in terms of a wider ...
Greyling, Jan C.(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The importance of the agricultural sector in the South African economy is
often stressed by farmers and agricultural industry organisations. The reality,
however, is that the sector has constituted less ...
Carter, Jonathan Edward David(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1999-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Historically, commercial agricultural research in South Africa has been state supported,
but due to recent political changes in South Africa this is changing. The political
transition has been accompanied ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The implementation of the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act of 1996 resulted in the
deregulation of the South African fruit industry in October 1997. This led to independent
decision-making regarding ...
Du Toit, Carel van der Merwe(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The deregulation and the following restructuring of the South African fruit industry in 1996
had a significant influence on the decision-making environment that participants in the
industry were used ...
Kirsten, Johan Frederick(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-12)
ENGLISH ABSTARCT: The Law on the Marketing of Agricultural Produce (no 47 of 1996) introduced a new era
in the marketing of deciduous fruit. Previously the producer was obliged by statute to
deliver his deciduous fruit ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The agro-food sector is swiftly moving towards an internationally interconnected
system with a large variety of complex relationships, due to year-round supply,
product differentiation and developments ...
Van Zyl, Pieter Luttig(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACR: Approximately 10 years ago South Africa, and specifically the Oudtshoorn region was the only place in the world that supplied ostrich products for the international market. Today, South Africa is only one ...
Cloete, Johanna Cecilia(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates, primarily, value adding in the red meat value chain, and secondary, the scope of red meat consumption in the Langeberg on a formal level. The value chain is proposed as a value ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The declaration of Namibia’s independence from South Africa in 1990 has seen the Namibian government aim to plan and implement development programmes that enhance a growing agricultural sector. The new ...