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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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12016862 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20210913105812.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
| International Standard Book Number |
0312235879 (cloth) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
| Original cataloging agency |
EG-NcFUE |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| Modifying agency |
DLC |
| Description conventions |
rda |
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| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
| Classification number |
338.10968 |
| Edition number |
21 |
| Item number |
S |
| 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. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
| Extent |
xix, 330 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations ; |
| Dimensions |
23 cm. |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
| Source |
rdacontent |
| Content type term |
text |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
| Source |
rdamedia |
| Media type term |
unmediated |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
| Source |
rdacarrier |
| Carrier type term |
volume |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
| 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. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
| Personal name |
Thirtle, Colin G., |
| Dates associated with a name |
1944- |
| 9 (RLIN) |
4671 |
| Relator term |
author |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
| Personal name |
Van Zyl, Johan, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1956- |
| 9 (RLIN) |
4672 |
| Relator term |
author |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
| Personal name |
Vink, N. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
4673 |
| Relator term |
author |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
| Materials specified |
Contributor biographical information |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol057/00042064.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol057/00042064.html</a> |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS |
| Materials specified |
Publisher description |
| Uniform Resource Identifier |
<a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol051/00042064.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol051/00042064.html</a> |
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| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type |
Books |