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Cost of illness for outpatients attending public and private hospitals in Bangladesh
(BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2016)Background: A central aim of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is protection for all against the cost of illness. In a low income country like Bangladesh the cost burden of health care in tertiary facilities is likely to be ... -
Understanding farmers' preferences for wastewater reuse frameworks in agricultural irrigation : lessons from a choice experiment in the Western Cape, South Africa
(South African Water Research Commission, 2016-01)Wastewater has emerged as an alternative source of water. Since the agricultural sector remains the largest water user world-wide, it is the main potential user of treated wastewater. However, while there are trade-offs ... -
Board meeting frequency and corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting : evidence from Malaysia
(Virtus Interpress, 2017)This study aims at determining the effectiveness of board meeting frequency on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reporting by public listed companies on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia. A CSR reporting index consisting ... -
Towards agricultural transformation : factors influencing the cultivation of high value agricultural products in Uganda
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Growing global markets have created opportunities that much of sub-Saharan Africa has been leveraging through the expansion of export diversification. The share of high-value agriculture (HVA) in total ... -
A budget analysis of different soil fertility treatments for conventional and organic vegetable farming on a smallholding in South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The threat of food insecurity due to overpopulation led to the development of green revolution (GR) technologies in the mid 1900’s. The principles and technology became popular due to their efficiency and ... -
Analysis of the economic impact of a disaggregated agricultural sector in South Africa : a Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) multiplier approach
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The South African economy is developing and moving towards the secondary and tertiary sectors as indicated by the decline of the agricultural sector’s contribution to GDP in the past years. However, South ... -
The financial and managerial implications of herbicide resistance of annual ryegrass in the Central Swartland
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Food security is under increased pressure due to the demands set by a growing global population. Farming, the sector primarily responsible for food security, experiences this growing pressure directly. ... -
Financial implications of converting from livestock to game farming in the Karoo region, South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : South Africa’s game farming industry is becoming more common and more popular in the country’s agricultural sector. It is one of the geographically growing agriculture subsectors, with an approximate ... -
A financial analysis of combining crop rotations systems with appropriate potential soils in the middle Swartland
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The world’s human population is exploding. Most of the growth is expected to happen in Africa. As a result the strain on natural resources will only increase, creating the need for sustainable agricultural ... -
An analysis of the competitive performance of the South African citrus industry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The main objective of this research was to measure and analyse the competitive performance of the South African citrus industry. With this purpose in mind, a five-step analytical framework used in ... -
Measuring rural household food security in the Nkonkobe local municipality, Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Although South Africa is considered to be food secure at the country level, large numbers of households within the country remain food insecure (De Cock et al., 2013). Food inaccessibility in many rural ... -
The distortions to incentives in South African agriculture: a case study of the wheat industry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Throughout history, governments across the world have persisted with policy implementation that restricts international trade, including the trade of agricultural products. Although differing across ... -
An analysis of the competitive performance of the Cameroonian cocoa industry
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-12)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This study is aimed at investigating the competitive performance of the cocoa industry of Cameroon, 1961 to 2013, together with developing strategic proposals to sustain such performance. A five-step ... -
Clearing invasive alien plants as a cost-effective strategy for water catchment management : the case of the Olifants river catchment, South Africa
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)Invasive alien plants have a negative impact on ecosystem goods and services derived from ecosystems. Consequently, the aggressive spread of invasive alien plants (IAPs) in the river catchments of South Africa is a major ... -
A cost-benefit analysis of using Rooikrans as biomass feedstock for electricity generation : a case study of the De Hoop nature reserve, South Africa
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)Invasive alien plants (IAPs) like Rooikrans (Acacia Cyclops) have several undesirable effects on both the natural environment and the social, economic and cultural wellness of society in the De Hoop nature reserve of the ... -
The opportunity cost of not utilising the woody invasive alien plant species in the Kouga, Krom and Baviaans catchments in South Africa
(AOSIS Publishing, 2016)This study estimates the opportunity costs of using woody invasive alien plants (IAPs) for value-added products by estimating the net economic return from the value-added industries in South Africa. By 2008, IAPs were ... -
Case studies of emerging farmers and agribusinesses in South Africa
(SUN PRESS, 2011)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Foreword: Nearly two decades after the first democratic elections in South Africa, the agriculture and agribusiness landscape of the country are still under transformation. A new group of historically ... -
Remote sensing evapotranspiration (SEBS) evaluation using water balance
(Water Research Commission, 2011-06)ENGLISH SUMMARY : This report follows on from WRC Report 1690/1/09 (Gibson et al., 2009) entitled "Remote sensing as a tool for resource assessment towards the determination of the legal compliance of surface and groundwater ... -
Geohydrological conceptualization from a remotely sensed simplified water balance in the sandveld, South Africa
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2012)ENGLISH SUMMARY : The Sandveld (Western Cape, South Africa), located on the Cape West Coast, is characterized by low rainfall and minimal river flows, however despite this limitation, significant aquifer systems are found ... -
An analysis of spatial market integration: a case of Zambian dry bean markets connected by informal trade to Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2017-03)ENGLISH SUMMARY : Intra regional trade has the potential to contribute to food supply balance between surplus and deficit countries. However, this critical role can only be accomplished if surplus and deficit zones across ...
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