Browsing Masters Degrees (Agricultural Economics) by Title
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An economic analysis of irrigation water rights transfers in selected areas of South Africa.
(1998)Due to the enormous incremental construction cost of water storage and conveyance infrastructure, and because most water resources in South Africa have been fully appropriated, attention has changed from supply side ... -
An economic analysis of restructuring the South African hake quota market.
(1998)Hake is the most valuable fisheries species in South Africa, with an estimated landed value of R658 million in 1997. Fundamental restructuring of the South African hake fishery is however recommended by the White Paper ... -
An economic analysis of soil conservation policy for selected commercial farms in KwaZulu-Natal.
(1995)Inherent in the erosion process is a high level of uncertainty. This is associated with the inability to accurately quantify and predict the consequences of prolonged erosion for agricultural production, or estimate the ... -
An economic analysis of the factors that affect the success of new freehold growers in the South African sugar industry.
(2009)The South African (SA) Sugar Industry is committed to transformation in land ownership and supports the SA government's target to transfer 30% of freehold sugarcane land to previously disadvantaged individuals (PDls) by ... -
Economic and agronomic evaluation of using excreta-derived plant nutrients sources (latrine dehydrated and pasteurised pellets, struvite and nitrified urine concentrate) as agricultural fertilisers.
(2018)Faecal sludge can be recycled and processed into usable products such as the Latrine Dehydrated and Pasteurised (“LaDePa”) pellets and urine into Nitrified Urine Concentrate (NUC) and struvite, which can be used as ... -
Economic and institutional factors affecting the performance of the graduated mortgage loan repayment scheme used by medium-scale sugarcane farmers in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2003)Private sector sugar millers and Ithala Development Finance Corporation (Ithala) implemented a graduated mortgage loan repayment scheme in the 1995/96 sugarcane production-season to try and improve access to farmland by ... -
Economic evaluation of a transport development programme for small-scale cane growers.
(1995)The recent deregulation measures in the South African sugar industry have the effect of removing most of the previous restrictions to entry faced by potential small-scale cane growers. To accommodate the current and ... -
An economic evaluation of factors affecting the adoption of an income equalisation deposit (IED) scheme for commercial farmers in South Africa.
(2001)Recent research suggests that an Income Equalisation Deposit (IED) scheme could be a feasible new risk management tool for commercial farmers in South Africa. This prompted a study of practicing consultants' (tax experts) ... -
An economic evaluation of water treatment costs in the Umgeni catchment area.
(1996)This study has two objectives: first, to identify the main contaminants responsible for high water treatment costs in the Umgeni catchment area, and second, to predict water treatment costs from observed levels of ... -
The economic feasibility of non-farm biodiesel production in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2010)Recent years have seen an unprecedented global increase in the production and use of biofuels. This has been driven primarily by government support for biofuel industries. Soybeans are the only field crop produced in ... -
The economic impact of a rural land tax on selected commercial farms in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2007)This study investigates the potential economic impact of a land tax implemented in terms of the Local Government Municipal Property Rates Act No. 6 of 2004 (“the LGMPRA”) on selected commercial farms in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) ... -
Economic impacts of land fragmentation in Butare, southern Rwanda.
(2002)Butare, where this study was conducted, exhibits one of the highest population densities in Rwanda. Agriculture is the dominant economic sector and provides employment for more than 90 per cent of the working population. ... -
Effects of interactions between governance, intergenerational and gender dimensions on smallholder irrigation scheme in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2018)Smallholder irrigation schemes (SISs) face several challenges hindering them from performing at satisfactory levels. In South Africa, the government made considerable financial investments in developing SISs and revitalising ... -
Efficiency implications of water markets in the lower Orange and Crocodile rivers, South Africa.
(2004)Irrigation farmers in the Lower Orange (Kakamas and Boegoeberg) and Lower Crocodile rivers (between Nelspruit and Komatipoort) areas in South Africa were surveyed during October 2003 in order to study whether water ... -
Enhancing competitiveness of wine through empowerment labels : a case study of wine prices and consumer preferences at two wine retail outlets in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands.
(2011)South Africa’s history of the disempowerment of black people (Africans, Coloureds, Indians, and Chinese), presented the post apartheid government after 1994 with problems of policy formulation around empowerment of the ... -
An evaluation of availability of traction power for tillage and its effects on food security of smallholder farmers’ households in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2017)Agricultural input availability remains an impediment to poverty reduction and achievement of food security in Sub-Saharan African countries. Timely availability of traction power is important in crop production, yet its ... -
An ex ante impact assessment of the farm level impacts of genetically modified (GM) sugarcane to contain insect resistant (IR) and herbicide tolerant (HT) genes in the Eston sugarcane supply region of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2019)Notwithstanding public contention about GM crops, commonly defined as crops for which the genes have been engineered by inserting genes from other organisms such as bacteria or animals into their DNAs, there is a general ... -
Exploring the role of digital technology in enhancing an environmentally responsive architecture: toward a fog water harvesting and visitors centre on Signal Hill
(2018)The development and progression of architecture throughout the ages has been for the most part as a result of the influence of new technologies. Today, more environmentally responsible and innovative buildings are being ... -
Factors affecting participation in livestock lease agreements : a study of dorper sheep and jersey cattle farmers in South Africa.
(2007)This dissertation investigates the hypotheses that high transaction costs contribute to relatively low participation rates in livestock leasing in South Africa; and that specific contractual characteristics contribute to ... -
Factors affecting the demand for labour in large-scale sugarcane farming in three regions of KwaZulu-Natal, 1984-2008.
(2013)Many authors have cited the relatively high unemployment rate as the most severe economic problem facing South Africa today. At the same time, government institutions claim that the agricultural sector can help solve the ...