• Modelling the financial vulnerability of farming systems to climate change in selected case study areas in South Africa 

  Oosthuizen, Hamman Jacobus (2014-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Numerous studies indicate that the agricultural sector is physically and economically vulnerable to climate change. In order to determine possible impacts of projected future climates on the financial ...
• Modelling multi-product industries in computable general equilibrium (CGE) models 

  Punt, Cecilia (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)

  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 ...
• Determining sustainable lignocellulosic bioenergy systems in the Cape Winelands District Municipality, South Africa 

  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 ...
• An institutional economics approach to agribusiness in development : South African case studies 

  Karaan, Abolus Salam Mohammad (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2006-04)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation is a sojourn into institutional economics and its application to contemporary economic and development issues in South Africa. Economic development initiatives in agribusiness have ...
• An econometric analysis of the economic and environmental efficiency of dairy farms in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands 

  Mkhabela, Thulasizwe (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation is an analysis of dairy production in the Midlands district of KwaZulu-Natal. The analysis of agricultural production generally ignores undesirable outputs that are produced alongside ...
• Farm modelling for interactive multidisciplinary planning of small grain production systems in South Africa 

  Hoffmann, Willem Hendrik (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A complex and volatile decision-making environment and constant pressure on product prices, due to the cost-price squeeze, complicates decision-making for grain farmers in the Western Cape. Furthermore, ...
• A reinterpretation of the value attributes of agricultural land for the valuation of farms bought for lifestyle purposes 

  Reed, Lily Lozelle (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-03)

  Traditionally, agricultural land was regarded mainly as a production factor. Accordingly, in their application of the market sales comparison approach to agricultural land, valuers relied on a set of attributes related ...
• Strategic planning of agricultural land information systems in South Africa 

  Makhwaje, Ernest N. (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008-12)

  The planning processes involved in the design and development of strategic land information systems in a semantic context require a logical approach. An array of efficacy problems associated with the relevance of the ...
• Multi-criteria decision-making for water resource management in the Berg Water management area 

  De Lange, Willem J. (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The concept of social welfare maximisation directs strategic decision-making within a milieu of integrated planning problems. This study applies the aforementioned statement to decision-making regarding ...

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