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South African agriculture at the crossroads : (Record no. 1110)

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International Standard Book Number 0312235879 (cloth)
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Classification number 338.10968
Edition number 21
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245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title South African agriculture at the crossroads :
Remainder of title an empirical analysis of efficiency, technology and productivity /
Statement of responsibility, etc edited by Colin Thirtle, Johan van Zyl, and Nick Vink.
264 #1 - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc St. Martin's Press,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2000.
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Extent xix, 330 pages :
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Dimensions 23 cm.
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Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-323) and index.
505 #0 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note The agrarian structure and empowerment : the legacy / Masiphula Mbongwa, Nick Vink, and Johan van Zyl --<br/>Agricultural policy : undoing the legacy of the past / Nick Vink, Johann Kirsten, and Johan van Zyl --<br/>The public agricultural research system / Johannes Roseboom [and others] --<br/>Measuring total factor productivity growth in South African commercial agriculture, 1947-91 / Colin Thirtle, Helmke Sartorius von Bach, and Johan van Zyl --<br/>The sources of profitability : relative prices and productivity / Johan van Zyl, Herman van Schalkwyk, and Colin Thirtle --<br/>Farm size and efficiency in South African commercial agriculture / Johan van Zyl --<br/>Farm size and efficiency of smallholder agriculture / Jenifer Piesse [and others] --<br/>The effects of the 1992 drought on productivity in the former homelands : an application of the Malmquist index / Jenifer Piesse [and others] --<br/>Explaining total factor productivity growth : the returns to research and extension in commercial agriculture / Colin Thirtle and Johan van Zyl --<br/>Cointegration and modelling the length and shape of the research lag / Yougesh Khatri and Colin Thirtle --<br/>The effects of policy and technology : a profit function approach / Yougesh Khatri, Colin Thirtle, and Johan van Zyl --<br/>A long-run profit function and a review of the returns to R & D / Carlos Arnade [and others] --<br/>R & D and crop level supply response in maize, sorghum, and wheat / Robert Townsend and Colin.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc Examines the state of South African agriculture at the end of the 20th century and makes attempts at reform in context by looking at the past. A policy discussion investigates the measurement and explanation of efficiency and productivity change, which depend on technologies developed by R&D.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Agriculture
General subdivision Economic aspects
Geographic subdivision South Africa
General subdivision History.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Agricultural productivity
Geographic subdivision South Africa
General subdivision History.
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Personal name Thirtle, Colin G.,
Dates associated with a name 1944-
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Personal name Van Zyl, Johan,
Dates associated with a name 1956-
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Personal name Vink, N.
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  Dewey Decimal Classification     Main library Main library A5 31/01/2008 Academic bookshop DO   338.10968 S 00003156 19/02/2025 08/08/2010 Books