South African agriculture at the crossroads : an empirical analysis of efficiency, technology and productivity / edited by Colin Thirtle, Johan van Zyl, and Nick Vink.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-323) and index.

The agrarian structure and empowerment : the legacy / Masiphula Mbongwa, Nick Vink, and Johan van Zyl --
Agricultural policy : undoing the legacy of the past / Nick Vink, Johann Kirsten, and Johan van Zyl --
The public agricultural research system / Johannes Roseboom [and others] --
Measuring total factor productivity growth in South African commercial agriculture, 1947-91 / Colin Thirtle, Helmke Sartorius von Bach, and Johan van Zyl --
The sources of profitability : relative prices and productivity / Johan van Zyl, Herman van Schalkwyk, and Colin Thirtle --
Farm size and efficiency in South African commercial agriculture / Johan van Zyl --
Farm size and efficiency of smallholder agriculture / Jenifer Piesse [and others] --
The effects of the 1992 drought on productivity in the former homelands : an application of the Malmquist index / Jenifer Piesse [and others] --
Explaining total factor productivity growth : the returns to research and extension in commercial agriculture / Colin Thirtle and Johan van Zyl --
Cointegration and modelling the length and shape of the research lag / Yougesh Khatri and Colin Thirtle --
The effects of policy and technology : a profit function approach / Yougesh Khatri, Colin Thirtle, and Johan van Zyl --
A long-run profit function and a review of the returns to R & D / Carlos Arnade [and others] --
R & D and crop level supply response in maize, sorghum, and wheat / Robert Townsend and Colin.

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.