Doctoral Degrees (Agricultural Economics)
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Investigating farm-level exit decisions and exit rates in commercial agriculture in South Africa, an agent-based approach
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Land supply is an undeniable but neglected component in the agriculture transformation debate, with discussions on and research in the field of structural change in the sector considered overdue. The ... -
Organic wine : choice and consumer value perceptions
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2022-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The purchase and consumption of organic wine are generally ascribed to altruistic motivation. However, there is a dearth of research that can comprehensively explain the value perceptions of organic wine ... -
Unlocking the potential of the emerging smallholder farming sector in South African agriculture : an agent-based approach
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This dissertation investigates how land redistribution can be achieved and how its main prospective beneficiaries, emerging farmers, can be integrated effectively in commercial farming in South Africa. A ... -
Dynamics of institutional arrangements for small-scale vegetable farmers in Namibia: An analysis of the market, state and community institutions
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2020-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : In developing countries, especially in Africa, the commercialisation of agriculture has proven to be a means of increasing the income of farm households and productivity, resulting in poverty reduction ... -
Policy, production, and productivity : spatial dynamics in the South African maize industry during the 20th century
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This dissertation investigates the way distortionary agricultural policies, responding to political tensions during South Africa’s structural transformation, also distorted the location of production. ... -
Sustainable land use planning in the aftermath of the clearing of alien invasive plant species : a system dynamics modelling approach
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Biological invasions caused by invasive alien plant species (IAPs) pose diverse direct and indirect impacts on economic, social and environmental systems globally. The net impacts can be beneficial or ... -
Modelling the financial vulnerability of farming systems to climate change in selected case study areas in South Africa
(Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University, 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
(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
(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 ... -
Toepassings van stelselsdenke op ontwikkelingsteorie
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1991)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Attempting to understand the development and welfare of mankind is a classic problem. The formulation of development theory since World War Two and of welfare economic theory since the beginning of the ... -
Gedifferensieerde woonbuurtvorming binne die munisipaliteit van Bloemfontein : 'n faktorekologiese toepassingstudie
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1977-12)Geen opsomming beskikbaar. -
'n Grondopname van die Malmesbury-Piketberg streek
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1945-12)AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: n Kort oorsig van die landbougeskiedenis, fisiografie, geologie, klimaat, plantegroei en bevolking van die Malmesbury -Piketberg - streek word gegee. 'n Grondopname is van die streek gemaak en die ... -
Proportional yields and processing of pork derived from different halothane hyperthermia pig genotypes
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1998-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The carcass and meat quality characteristics of three halothane genotypes in pigs were evaluated. Sixty crossbred Landrace x Large White pigs (NN = 25, Nn = 19, nn = 16) of ± 86 kg live weight were ... -
Structural adjustments in the wheat industry of the Western Cape Province
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The objective of this dissertation was to investigate the structural imbalances of the wheat industry of the Western Cape Province and, with due recognition of a changing environment, to develop ... -
'n Kommunikasiestrategie vir die Nasionale Departement van Landbou ter ondersteuning van kleinboerontwikkeling
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: It is indeed possible for agricultural institutions to render optimum services to farmers provided that such services meet the requirements of the farmers. Insofar as the agricultural extension and ... -
An institutional economics approach to agribusiness in development : South African case studies
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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 ...
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