Browsing Masters Degrees (Agricultural Economics) by Title
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Adoption of hybrid maize seed, fertilizer and machinery technologies by communal farmers in KwaZulu-Natal.
(2001)This study investigates the characteristics of technology adoption by small-scale farmers, notably the factors influencing the adoption of hybrid maize seed, inorganic fertilizer and machinery technologies. The study also ... -
Analysing the causes and symptoms of poverty in a land reform community in the midlands of KwaZulu-Natal.
(2012)The objectives of this thesis were firstly, to review existing literature in order to identify broadly accepted and measurable indicators of the possible causes of poverty and the resulting symptoms. Secondly, to gather ... -
Analysis and prediction of chemical treatment cost of potable water in the Upper and Middle Vaal water management areas.
(2009)This study is a component of a research project on the economic costs of eutrophication in the Vaal River system. Its objective is to investigate the relationship between raw water quality and the chemical costs of producing ... -
Analysis of factors determining livelihood diversification among smallholder farmers in KwaZulu-Natal.
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An analysis of the economic competitiveness of green maize production in smallholder irrigation schemes : a case of Makhathini flats irrigation scheme in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
(2014)Recent assessments of smallholder irrigation schemes indicate that their success has been limited. Factors that contributed to their modest performance were poor infrastructure, limited knowledge of crop production among ... -
Best institutional practices for farmworker and community equity-sharing schemes in South Africa.
(2003)Farmworker equity-share schemes were initiated by the private sector in the Western Cape region of South Africa in the early 1990's as a method of redistributing farm assets to land reform beneficiaries while maintaining ... -
Causes of bankruptcy amongst commercial farmers in South Africa : management and policy implications.
(2014-12-23)The number of commercial farms declared bankrupt in South Africa rose sharply over the period 1948 to 1994. Aggregate farm bankruptcies rose from 18 farms (0,016 percent of all farms) in 1948 to 389 farms in 1994 (0,632 ... -
Comparative analysis of the impact of food prices on household food security : evidence from the North-West and KwaZulu-Natal Provinces, South Africa.
(2015)The prevalence of household food insecurity in South Africa is not a result of a shortage of food but of a lack of access to food. Contributing to this are the rising food prices that adversely affect the rural poor, as ... -
A demand analysis of farm labour employment in the south coast and midlands commercial sugarcane farming by labour categories : implications of the sectoral determination.
(2016)The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of changes to the regulatory environme nt governing farm labour employment since the mid-1990s on wages and employment of farm workers in the South African sugar ... -
A demand analysis of labour in South African agriculture : the effects of labour legislation.
(2006)Labour legislation was introduced into agriculture in the early 1990s with the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) being gazetted in 1992. Since the mid-1990s "new" labour legislation pertaining to agriculture has ... -
Demand and supply factors in the export of South African fresh oranges to the European Union (EU) : 1976-1993.
(2014-12-23)This is the first empirical study of the factors affecting the demand for and supply of South African (SA) fresh orange exports into the five main European Union (EU) markets: the United Kingdom (UK), France, Germany, ... -
An economic analysis of irrigation water rights transfers in selected areas of South Africa.
(2014-12-24)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.
(2014-12-23)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.
(2014-12-24)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 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.
(2015-01-05)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.
(2014-11-25)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.
(2014-12-24)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 ...