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245	0	0	_aSouth African agriculture at the crossroads : _ban empirical analysis of efficiency, technology and productivity / _cedited by Colin Thirtle, Johan van Zyl, and Nick Vink.
264		1	_aNew York : _bSt. Martin's Press, _c2000.
300			_axix, 330 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 306-323) and index.
505		0	_aThe 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.
520			_aExamines 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	_aAgriculture _xEconomic aspects _zSouth Africa _xHistory.
650		0	_aAgricultural productivity _zSouth Africa _xHistory.
700	1		_aThirtle, Colin G., _d1944- _94671 _eauthor
700	1		_aVan Zyl, Johan, _d1956- _94672 _eauthor
700	1		_aVink, N. _94673 _eauthor
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol057/00042064.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol051/00042064.html
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