Agricultural Production Economics: AGE 211
- Authors: Tshuma, M C , Obi, A
- Date: 2011-07
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17661 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010050
- Description: Agricultural Production Economics: AGE 211, supplementary examination July 2011.
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- Date Issued: 2011-07
- Authors: Tshuma, M C , Obi, A
- Date: 2011-07
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17661 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010050
- Description: Agricultural Production Economics: AGE 211, supplementary examination July 2011.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2011-07
Agricultural Policy: AGE 422
- Authors: Bester, B J , Kundhlande, G
- Date: 2010-02
- Subjects: Agriculture -- Economic aspects
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17653 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010038
- Description: Agricultural Policy: AGE 422, examination February 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-02
- Authors: Bester, B J , Kundhlande, G
- Date: 2010-02
- Subjects: Agriculture -- Economic aspects
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17653 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010038
- Description: Agricultural Policy: AGE 422, examination February 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-02
Agricultural Policy: AGE 422
- Authors: Bester, B J , Kundhlande, G
- Date: 2009-11
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17671 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010064
- Description: Agricultural Policy: AGE 422, degree examination November 2009.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2009-11
- Authors: Bester, B J , Kundhlande, G
- Date: 2009-11
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17671 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010064
- Description: Agricultural Policy: AGE 422, degree examination November 2009.
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- Date Issued: 2009-11
Agricultural Policy: AGE 422
- Authors: Bester, B J , Kundhlande, G
- Date: 2011-02
- Subjects: Agriculture -- Economic aspects
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17657 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010044
- Description: Agricultural Policy: AGE 422, examination February 2011.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2011-02
- Authors: Bester, B J , Kundhlande, G
- Date: 2011-02
- Subjects: Agriculture -- Economic aspects
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17657 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010044
- Description: Agricultural Policy: AGE 422, examination February 2011.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2011-02
Agricultural Method: MAG 412
- Authors: Kganedi, F , Luthuli, N C
- Date: 2011-06
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17728 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010143
- Description: Agricultural Method: MAG 412, June 2011.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2011-06
- Authors: Kganedi, F , Luthuli, N C
- Date: 2011-06
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17728 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010143
- Description: Agricultural Method: MAG 412, June 2011.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2011-06
Agricultural Method: MAG 411
- Authors: Kganedi, A R , Luthuli, N C
- Date: 2011-06
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17727 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010142
- Description: Agricultural Method: MAG 411, degree examination June 2011.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2011-06
- Authors: Kganedi, A R , Luthuli, N C
- Date: 2011-06
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17727 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010142
- Description: Agricultural Method: MAG 411, degree examination June 2011.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2011-06
Agricultural mechanization for sustainable agriculture and food security in Zimbabwe: a case of Bindura District in Mashonaland Central Province
- Authors: Chisango, Future, T
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Farm mechanization -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural machinery -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural productivity -- Zimbabwe , Sustainable agriculture -- Zimbabwe , Food supply -- Zimbabwe , Agriculture and state -- Zimbabwe
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc Agric (Agricultural Economics)
- Identifier: vital:11156 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/348 , Farm mechanization -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural machinery -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural productivity -- Zimbabwe , Sustainable agriculture -- Zimbabwe , Food supply -- Zimbabwe , Agriculture and state -- Zimbabwe
- Description: A cardinal development goal of the Zimbabwean government is agricultural mechanization through the acquisition and use of tractors by arable crop farmers in communal and resettlement state land. This research project therefore aimed at investigating the impact of mechanization on agricultural productivity focusing on farmers in Bindura district of Zimbabwe who benefitted under the ongoing farm mechanization program. The existing land policy and the issue of technical efficiency in agricultural productivity are assumed to be the drivers of the program. It is likely that these key issues will constitute an important consideration in determining the sustainability of the mechanization policy. A multistage sampling technique was used to randomly select 90 farmers in the study area. The Cobb Douglas approach and Logistic regression were used to analyze data obtained from the respondents. Results revealed that tractor use was positively influenced by household size, access to extension services and crop output equivalent. Education, land area cultivated, stoniness negatively influenced the probability of adoption of mechanized farming. Furthermore, the technical efficiency estimate of adopter and nonadopters of mechanized farming showed no difference in their level of technical efficiency in agricultural productivity that was 64 percent on average. The level of observed inefficiency was increased by slope, stoniness and household size while age reduced technical inefficiency. It is recommended that government should consolidate the present gains arising from extension services. Also, environmental factors such as slope (topography) and stoniness, which constituted major disincentives in communal areas, could be overcome if government and farmers can identify and open up new areas of farmland for occupation by farmers.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2010
- Authors: Chisango, Future, T
- Date: 2010
- Subjects: Farm mechanization -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural machinery -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural productivity -- Zimbabwe , Sustainable agriculture -- Zimbabwe , Food supply -- Zimbabwe , Agriculture and state -- Zimbabwe
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc Agric (Agricultural Economics)
- Identifier: vital:11156 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/348 , Farm mechanization -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural machinery -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural productivity -- Zimbabwe , Sustainable agriculture -- Zimbabwe , Food supply -- Zimbabwe , Agriculture and state -- Zimbabwe
- Description: A cardinal development goal of the Zimbabwean government is agricultural mechanization through the acquisition and use of tractors by arable crop farmers in communal and resettlement state land. This research project therefore aimed at investigating the impact of mechanization on agricultural productivity focusing on farmers in Bindura district of Zimbabwe who benefitted under the ongoing farm mechanization program. The existing land policy and the issue of technical efficiency in agricultural productivity are assumed to be the drivers of the program. It is likely that these key issues will constitute an important consideration in determining the sustainability of the mechanization policy. A multistage sampling technique was used to randomly select 90 farmers in the study area. The Cobb Douglas approach and Logistic regression were used to analyze data obtained from the respondents. Results revealed that tractor use was positively influenced by household size, access to extension services and crop output equivalent. Education, land area cultivated, stoniness negatively influenced the probability of adoption of mechanized farming. Furthermore, the technical efficiency estimate of adopter and nonadopters of mechanized farming showed no difference in their level of technical efficiency in agricultural productivity that was 64 percent on average. The level of observed inefficiency was increased by slope, stoniness and household size while age reduced technical inefficiency. It is recommended that government should consolidate the present gains arising from extension services. Also, environmental factors such as slope (topography) and stoniness, which constituted major disincentives in communal areas, could be overcome if government and farmers can identify and open up new areas of farmland for occupation by farmers.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2010
Agricultural Market Analysis: AGE 312
- Authors: Obi, A , Kundhlande, G
- Date: 2010-07
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17660 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010049
- Description: Agricultural Market Analysis: AGE 312, Supplementary examination July 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-07
- Authors: Obi, A , Kundhlande, G
- Date: 2010-07
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17660 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010049
- Description: Agricultural Market Analysis: AGE 312, Supplementary examination July 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-07
Agricultural Extension and Human Development: AGX 321
- Authors: Lategan, F S , Stevens, J B
- Date: 2009-02
- Subjects: Agricultural extension work -- Study and teaching
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17677 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010072
- Description: Agricultural Extension and Human Development: AGX 321, supplementary degree examination February 2009.
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- Date Issued: 2009-02
- Authors: Lategan, F S , Stevens, J B
- Date: 2009-02
- Subjects: Agricultural extension work -- Study and teaching
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17677 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010072
- Description: Agricultural Extension and Human Development: AGX 321, supplementary degree examination February 2009.
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- Date Issued: 2009-02
Agricultural Extension and Human Development: AGX 321
- Authors: Lategan, F S , Stevens, J B
- Date: 2008-11
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17683 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010084
- Description: Agricultural Extension and Human Development: AGX 321, degree examination November 2008.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2008-11
- Authors: Lategan, F S , Stevens, J B
- Date: 2008-11
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17683 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010084
- Description: Agricultural Extension and Human Development: AGX 321, degree examination November 2008.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2008-11
Agricultural Extension and Human Development: AGX 321
- Lategan, F S, Monde, N, Stevens, J B
- Authors: Lategan, F S , Monde, N , Stevens, J B
- Date: 2009-11
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17685 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010086
- Description: Agricultural Extension and Human Development: AGX 321, supplementary degree November 2009.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2009-11
- Authors: Lategan, F S , Monde, N , Stevens, J B
- Date: 2009-11
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17685 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010086
- Description: Agricultural Extension and Human Development: AGX 321, supplementary degree November 2009.
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- Date Issued: 2009-11
Agricultural Extension and Human Development: AGX 321
- Lategan, F S, Monde, N, Stevens, J B
- Authors: Lategan, F S , Monde, N , Stevens, J B
- Date: 2010-02
- Subjects: Agricultural extension work -- Study and teaching
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17681 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010082
- Description: Agricultural Extension and Human Development: AGX 321, supplementary degree examination February 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-02
- Authors: Lategan, F S , Monde, N , Stevens, J B
- Date: 2010-02
- Subjects: Agricultural extension work -- Study and teaching
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17681 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010082
- Description: Agricultural Extension and Human Development: AGX 321, supplementary degree examination February 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-02
Agricultural Extension & Rural Development: AGX 321
- Authors: Lategan, F S , Stevens, J B
- Date: 2009-02
- Subjects: Agricultural extension work -- Study and teaching
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17678 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010073
- Description: Agricultural Extension & Rural Development: AGX 321, Supplementary examination February 2009.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2009-02
- Authors: Lategan, F S , Stevens, J B
- Date: 2009-02
- Subjects: Agricultural extension work -- Study and teaching
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17678 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010073
- Description: Agricultural Extension & Rural Development: AGX 321, Supplementary examination February 2009.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2009-02
Agricultural expenditure for economic growth and poverty reduction in Zimbabwe
- Authors: Mapfumo, Alexander
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Agriculture -- Research -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural extension work -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural development projects -- Zimbabwe , Poverty -- Zimbabwe , Economic development -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural services -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural credit -- Zimbabwe
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc Agric (Agricultural Economics)
- Identifier: vital:11155 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/422 , Agriculture -- Research -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural extension work -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural development projects -- Zimbabwe , Poverty -- Zimbabwe , Economic development -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural services -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural credit -- Zimbabwe
- Description: A vibrant and an efficient agricultural sector would enable a country to feed its growing population, generate employment, earn foreign exchange and provide raw materials for industries. The agricultural sector has a multiplier effect on any nation's socio-economic and industrial fabric because of the multifunctional nature of agriculture. The main objective of this study was to investigate how government expenditure on agriculture has affected economic growth in Zimbabwe from 1980-2009. The Log linear growth regression model was employed where gross domestic gross was the dependant variable and the explanatory variables are the factors which affect it which include government agricultural expenditure. The expenditures of government on agriculture were divided into three functions namely extension, credit assistance and R & D. The regression analyses were performed using Econometric-views 7 (E-views 7) statistical package. Regression was carried out on time series data for the period 1980 to 2009. The data was tested for stationarity and for autocorrelation. Problems of non stationarity of data were corrected by integrating the trending series. Results from the empirical analysis provide strong evidence indicating that agriculture is an engine of economic growth. The results from this study suggest that spending more on agricultural research and development can improve economic growth and ultimately reduce poverty. However, it can also be concluded that insufficient government agricultural expenditure on extension and credit assistance adversely affected economic growth in Zimbabwe, based on the results of the study. Global experience with pro-poor growth and empirical work spanning India, Benin and Malawi demonstrates the importance of agricultural expenditure for poverty reduction in poor rural areas, while also pointing to the need for complementary non farm sector growth. This study also proposes a simple methodology to estimate the agricultural spending that will be required to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of halving poverty by 2015 (MDG1) in Zimbabwe. This method uses growth poverty and growth expenditure elasticities to estimate the financial resources required to meet the MDG1. The study attempts to address a key knowledge gap by improving estimation of first MDG agricultural expenditure at country level.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2012
- Authors: Mapfumo, Alexander
- Date: 2012
- Subjects: Agriculture -- Research -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural extension work -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural development projects -- Zimbabwe , Poverty -- Zimbabwe , Economic development -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural services -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural credit -- Zimbabwe
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MSc Agric (Agricultural Economics)
- Identifier: vital:11155 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/422 , Agriculture -- Research -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural extension work -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural development projects -- Zimbabwe , Poverty -- Zimbabwe , Economic development -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural services -- Zimbabwe , Agricultural credit -- Zimbabwe
- Description: A vibrant and an efficient agricultural sector would enable a country to feed its growing population, generate employment, earn foreign exchange and provide raw materials for industries. The agricultural sector has a multiplier effect on any nation's socio-economic and industrial fabric because of the multifunctional nature of agriculture. The main objective of this study was to investigate how government expenditure on agriculture has affected economic growth in Zimbabwe from 1980-2009. The Log linear growth regression model was employed where gross domestic gross was the dependant variable and the explanatory variables are the factors which affect it which include government agricultural expenditure. The expenditures of government on agriculture were divided into three functions namely extension, credit assistance and R & D. The regression analyses were performed using Econometric-views 7 (E-views 7) statistical package. Regression was carried out on time series data for the period 1980 to 2009. The data was tested for stationarity and for autocorrelation. Problems of non stationarity of data were corrected by integrating the trending series. Results from the empirical analysis provide strong evidence indicating that agriculture is an engine of economic growth. The results from this study suggest that spending more on agricultural research and development can improve economic growth and ultimately reduce poverty. However, it can also be concluded that insufficient government agricultural expenditure on extension and credit assistance adversely affected economic growth in Zimbabwe, based on the results of the study. Global experience with pro-poor growth and empirical work spanning India, Benin and Malawi demonstrates the importance of agricultural expenditure for poverty reduction in poor rural areas, while also pointing to the need for complementary non farm sector growth. This study also proposes a simple methodology to estimate the agricultural spending that will be required to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of halving poverty by 2015 (MDG1) in Zimbabwe. This method uses growth poverty and growth expenditure elasticities to estimate the financial resources required to meet the MDG1. The study attempts to address a key knowledge gap by improving estimation of first MDG agricultural expenditure at country level.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2012
Agricultural entrepreneurship development as strategy for economic empowerment: The case of small-scale farmers in Eastern Cape Province of South Africa
- Authors: Akinwale, Olusola Mokayode
- Date: 2020-11
- Subjects: Sustainable development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , South Africa -- Economic conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/20241 , vital:45637
- Description: This study emanated from the struggle for economic empowerment among small-scale farmers in South African. The study advocates for the establishment of a viable environment where agricultural entrepreneurship can thrive. While the South African Nation Development Plan (NDP) proposed to create one million jobs through agricultural sector by 2030, the majority of small-scale farmers in South Africa are struggling to grow beyond the level of subsistence farming, and the youths appear not to be interested in the farming. It is therefore become necessary to conduct this current study that is exploratory in nature; it explored several factors and barriers to agricultural entrepreneurship development, as well as factors that can contribute to the development of prosperous and sustainable agricultural entrepreneurship among small-scale farmers in South African. The study was conducted in two district municipalities of Eastern Cape Province of South Africa – OR Tambo and Chris Hani. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods were used to make findings. Findings from the study shows that economic empowerment can be achieved through agricultural entrepreneurship development by giving adequate attention to specific factors like individuals’ attitude, production skills, access to market and marketing skills, management skills. Empirically, basic components like personal interests, adequate training and background, efficient extension service, famers’ network and communication, specific goal-oriented, understanding market, farmers’ collaboration, and access to sufficient funding are few of the factors that will make the small-scale farmers grow to the level of commercial farming. The study concluded that prerequisite to developing a sustainable agricultural entrepreneurship climate among small-scale farmers in South African is the combination of basic components aforementioned. Suggestions were made for strong collaboration between government and private sectors to provide development assistance for small-scale farmers as they struggles to develop their small-scale farming to sustainable entrepreneurship level. , Thesis (DPhil) -- Faculty of Management and Commerce, 2020
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- Date Issued: 2020-11
- Authors: Akinwale, Olusola Mokayode
- Date: 2020-11
- Subjects: Sustainable development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , South Africa -- Economic conditions
- Language: English
- Type: Doctoral theses , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10353/20241 , vital:45637
- Description: This study emanated from the struggle for economic empowerment among small-scale farmers in South African. The study advocates for the establishment of a viable environment where agricultural entrepreneurship can thrive. While the South African Nation Development Plan (NDP) proposed to create one million jobs through agricultural sector by 2030, the majority of small-scale farmers in South Africa are struggling to grow beyond the level of subsistence farming, and the youths appear not to be interested in the farming. It is therefore become necessary to conduct this current study that is exploratory in nature; it explored several factors and barriers to agricultural entrepreneurship development, as well as factors that can contribute to the development of prosperous and sustainable agricultural entrepreneurship among small-scale farmers in South African. The study was conducted in two district municipalities of Eastern Cape Province of South Africa – OR Tambo and Chris Hani. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods were used to make findings. Findings from the study shows that economic empowerment can be achieved through agricultural entrepreneurship development by giving adequate attention to specific factors like individuals’ attitude, production skills, access to market and marketing skills, management skills. Empirically, basic components like personal interests, adequate training and background, efficient extension service, famers’ network and communication, specific goal-oriented, understanding market, farmers’ collaboration, and access to sufficient funding are few of the factors that will make the small-scale farmers grow to the level of commercial farming. The study concluded that prerequisite to developing a sustainable agricultural entrepreneurship climate among small-scale farmers in South African is the combination of basic components aforementioned. Suggestions were made for strong collaboration between government and private sectors to provide development assistance for small-scale farmers as they struggles to develop their small-scale farming to sustainable entrepreneurship level. , Thesis (DPhil) -- Faculty of Management and Commerce, 2020
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- Date Issued: 2020-11
Agricultural Development Planning: AGE 321
- Authors: Obi, A , Kundhlande, G
- Date: 2010-11
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17675 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010070
- Description: Agricultural Development Planning: AGE 321, degree examination November 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-11
- Authors: Obi, A , Kundhlande, G
- Date: 2010-11
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17675 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010070
- Description: Agricultural Development Planning: AGE 321, degree examination November 2010.
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- Date Issued: 2010-11
Agricultural Development Planning: AGE 321
- Authors: Obi, A , Kundhlande, G
- Date: 2009-02
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17670 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010063
- Description: Agricultural Development Planning: AGE 321, degree examination November 2009.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2009-02
- Authors: Obi, A , Kundhlande, G
- Date: 2009-02
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17670 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010063
- Description: Agricultural Development Planning: AGE 321, degree examination November 2009.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2009-02
Agricultural Development Planning: AGE 321
- Authors: Obi, A , Kundhlande, G
- Date: 2010-02
- Subjects: Agriculture -- Developmental aspects
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17652 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010036
- Description: Agricultural Development: AGE 321, supplementary examination February 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-02
- Authors: Obi, A , Kundhlande, G
- Date: 2010-02
- Subjects: Agriculture -- Developmental aspects
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17652 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010036
- Description: Agricultural Development: AGE 321, supplementary examination February 2010.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2010-02
Agricultural Development Planning: AGE 321
- Authors: Obi, A , Kundhlande, G
- Date: 2009-11
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17673 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010067
- Description: Agricultural Development: AGE 505, honours examination November 2009.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2009-11
- Authors: Obi, A , Kundhlande, G
- Date: 2009-11
- Language: English
- Type: Examination paper
- Identifier: vital:17673 , http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1010067
- Description: Agricultural Development: AGE 505, honours examination November 2009.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2009-11
Agricultural development and emerging small-scale farmers in Mbizana Local Municipality
- Authors: Nxitywa, Nosithembiso
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Farmers -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Farms, Small --South Africa -- Eastern Cape Agricultural development projects -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/33726 , vital:33006
- Description: The agricultural sector is among one of the sectors that contribute to the economy of the country, in job creation and food security to mention a few aspects. The Eastern Cape Province is one of the poorest provinces in the country where most people depend on small-scale agriculture as their major source of livelihood, particularly in the rural areas. This is mainly due to the challenges of poverty and unemployment. Small-scale farming is a key activity to eliminate poverty and unemployment. However, mainly obstacles prevail and this includes access to markets, support and skills development. This research study aims to investigate the sustainability of small-scale farmers. The data was collected by means of in depth interviews from Mbizana local Municipality. A total of 12 respondents were selected as a sample for this investigation as well as ensuring that data quality is attained. Causal layered analysis was used to analyse the results. The results indicate that small-scale farmers are faced with several challenges which include, finance, skilled contractors and land ownership. Furthermore, it is evident that small-scale farmers are struggling to obtain a sustainable economic return. Farmers can participate in high-value markets by obtaining the required food safety certifications, which otherwise would be inaccessible to them individually but as groups or cooperatives to enhance them to easily access markets. In local informal markets, for instance, smallholders often find their prices undercut by produce that informal traders buy from large-scale commercial farmers. Supermarket chains, on the other hand, provide a lucrative niche market for smallholders but these downstream linkages are limited to smallholders that meet product variety and quality standards.
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- Date Issued: 2018
- Authors: Nxitywa, Nosithembiso
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Farmers -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape , Farms, Small --South Africa -- Eastern Cape Agricultural development projects -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/33726 , vital:33006
- Description: The agricultural sector is among one of the sectors that contribute to the economy of the country, in job creation and food security to mention a few aspects. The Eastern Cape Province is one of the poorest provinces in the country where most people depend on small-scale agriculture as their major source of livelihood, particularly in the rural areas. This is mainly due to the challenges of poverty and unemployment. Small-scale farming is a key activity to eliminate poverty and unemployment. However, mainly obstacles prevail and this includes access to markets, support and skills development. This research study aims to investigate the sustainability of small-scale farmers. The data was collected by means of in depth interviews from Mbizana local Municipality. A total of 12 respondents were selected as a sample for this investigation as well as ensuring that data quality is attained. Causal layered analysis was used to analyse the results. The results indicate that small-scale farmers are faced with several challenges which include, finance, skilled contractors and land ownership. Furthermore, it is evident that small-scale farmers are struggling to obtain a sustainable economic return. Farmers can participate in high-value markets by obtaining the required food safety certifications, which otherwise would be inaccessible to them individually but as groups or cooperatives to enhance them to easily access markets. In local informal markets, for instance, smallholders often find their prices undercut by produce that informal traders buy from large-scale commercial farmers. Supermarket chains, on the other hand, provide a lucrative niche market for smallholders but these downstream linkages are limited to smallholders that meet product variety and quality standards.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2018