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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 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 ...