Economics of meat production from springbuck in the Eastern Cape Karoo

Dlamini, Thula S; Fraser, Gavin C G; Grové, B

Title: Economics of meat production from springbuck in the Eastern Cape Karoo
Creator: Dlamini, Thula S
Creator: Fraser, Gavin C G
Creator: Grové, B
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2012
Date: 2012
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/471312
Identifier: vital:77440
Identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC126711
Description: The feasibility of springbuck based meat production in the Eastern Cape Karoo was analysed through a stochastic budgeting model, while openly taking cost and price risk into consideration. Monte Carlo simulation of a springbuck-based meat production enterprise was used to quantify the risks that would be faced by springbuck ranchers. Springbuck ranching has been proven a viable alternative in the production of highly nutritious and healthy meat (venison) that is in high demand in European markets and more recently, with a promising and increasing local demand as well. The results indicate that in the Eastern Cape Karoo, springbuck ranching for meat production is a viable business. As the call for more environmentally friendly rangelands utilisation economic systems intensifies, rangelands owners in the Eastern Cape Karoo have a practicable option. At the very least, an alternative to broaden their incomes with springbuck-based meat production exists.
Format: 19 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Agrekon
Relation: Dlamini, T.S., Fraser, G.C. and Grové, B., 2012. Economics of meat production from springbuck in the Eastern Cape Karoo. Agrekon, 51(1), pp.1-20
Relation: Agrekon volume 51 number 1 1 20 2012 2078-0400
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