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Capacity building strategies for sustainability farming SMMEs in South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2009-11)
English: South Africa’s land reform programme is faced with many challenges associated with its sustainability. It is widely believed that one of the major causes of the collapse/failure of farming SMMEs is lack of capacity ...
Economic implications of trade liberalisation on the South African red meat industry
(University of the Free State, 2001-05)
English: Successful agricultural trade relations have to a large extent become a function of how
well countries are able to measure the possible impact of increased trade liberalisation.
Many studies worldwide have ...
Price transmission in a deregulated Ethiopian coffee market
(University of the Free State, 2008-05)
English: Ethiopia’s coffee industry has undergone numerous structural changes and deregulation
measures as a result of changes in the political and economic landscape of the country
since early 1992. The state-controlled ...
Trends in South African agricultural land prices
(University of the Free State, 2006-12-07)
English: In recent years, concern has been expressed over rising agricultural land prices in South Africa. A major concern was that this situation would impede the successful implementation of the on-going land reform ...
The macro economy and irrigation agriculture in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2007-12)
English: The overall objective of this study was to develop a model capable of quantifying the economywide
impacts of market risk and other exogenous factors, with specific reference to efficient
irrigation water use ...
Investigation of key aspects for the successful marketing of cowpeas in Senegal
(University of the Free State, 2005-04)
Due to the lack of information on the factors that affect the marketing of
cowpeas in Senegal, this study investigates key aspects for the successful
marketing of cowpeas in Senegal. The contribution this study makes ...
The profitability of precision agriculture in the Bothaville district
(University of the Free State, 2006-11)
English: Variable-rate application technology based on soil potential and other field attributes is gradually replacing the standard rates of fertilizer application for individual cropping systems. In South Africa, ...
Economic analysis of land use: the case of East Hararghe administrative zone in Ethiopia
(University of the Free State, 2004-02)
This study aimed at developing and applying a methodology for land use analysis through
looking for a form of land use that provides sufficient and rising incomes to the agricultural
population of East Hararghe Administrative ...
Integrated modelling for sustainable management of salinity in the lower Vaal and Riet River irrigation areas
(University of the Free State, 2007-05)
English: Salinisation of irrigation schemes has become a problem in various schemes in South Africa. One such area that experiences salinisation problems selected for this research is the Lower Vaal and Lower Riet irrigation ...
The potential impact of trade on the economy of Lesotho
(University of the Free State, 2007-05)
The potential impact of trade on the economy of Lesotho was assessed using the Lesotho Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) 2000 as a data base to construct a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model, to design trade policy ...