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UP Experts (Johann Kirsten Collection)
Professor Kirsten is lecturer and head of the Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension & Rural Development at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
View his Curriculum Vitae.
Research fields:
Land reform, Agricultural development, Agricultural policy,
Food security
Contact Details:
Room 2.22 Agricultural Annex
Dept. of Agricultural Economics
Extension and Rural Development
University of Pretoria
PRETORIA 0002
South Africa
Phone: +27 12 420 3248
Fax: +27 12 420 4958
E-mail:
johann.kirsten@up.ac.za
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Recent Submissions
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(Routledge, 2011-06)Most partial equilibrium models of the agricultural sector have not incorporated a dynamic and interlinked module for agricultural input expenditure. The South African Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) model, ...
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(Routledge, 2011-09)This paper reflects on the standing and impact of the work of agricultural economists in South Africa to illustrate the critical decisions faced by the profession as it contemplates its future. The focus is on the agricultural ...
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(RSG Radio Station, South Africa., 2011-07-04)
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(RSG Radio Station, South Africa, 2011-07-04)
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(IWA Publishing, 2011)The need for increased agricultural production to meet the growing demand for food, coupled with concerns for environmental sustainability, economic growth and poverty reduction has increased demand on the already scarce ...
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(Wiley-Blackwell, 2010-11)There are strong indications and evidence that the agricultural and food system as well as the rural areas across the world are experiencing major change. Increased urbanization and the increased affluence in emerging ...
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(Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 2010-06)Abstract available in article.
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(Taylor & Francis, 2009-09)Despite the reported large margins between producer prices for maize and retail prices for maize meal and the fact that maize meal is a staple food for most of the South African population, there have been only limited ...
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(Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 2010-03)The past decade has witnessed an increased interest in the concept of social networks after the seminal theses of Coleman (1988) and Putnam (1993). An area that has attracted a great deal of interest is the value of social ...
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(Farmers Weekly, 2009-01-23)The private sector leaves supporting emerging farmers to government, while government leaves it to the private sector to find ways of dealing with small producers that make good business sense.
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(Farmers Weekly, 2009-01-09)Policy makers work blind without thorough analyses to predict the outcome of their decisions. Without proper analyses and statistics, strategies can be misdirected by the interests or even the good intentions of politicians ...
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(Farmers Weekly, 2009-05-29)A perceived lack to agricultural markets has thrown the sportlite on the role of government in agricultural marketing. Now possible new draft for the agricultural marketing policy is on the cards.
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(Farmers Weekly, 2009-01-16)Irrespective of result of the next year's election, the new government will still face the same problems in agriculture.
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(Landbouweekblad, 2009-05-15)Navorsers het bevind dat lams- en skaapvleis uit die Karoo inderdaad ’n eiesoortige smaak het. Die koppeling daarvan aan die unieke eienskappe van die Karoo kan met slim bemarking groot voordeel vir Karooboere inhou.
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(Agrekon, 2009-03)Supermarkets have expanded rapidly in SADC during the last decade, leading to fears that small-scale farmers and food processors could be excluded from access to urban markets. To asses the impact of supermarkets chains ...
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(Farmers Weekly, 2009-05-22)The appointment of Tina Joemat Pettersson as agriculture minister has been widely welcomed. Prof Johann Kirsten gazes into the crystal ball for her, and explains what the next decade holds for farming. He suggests elements ...
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(Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 2009-03)Supermarkets have expanded rapidly in SADC during the last decade, leading to fears that small-scale farmers and food processors could be excluded from access to urban markets. To assess the impact of supermarket chains ...
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(Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 2008-09)This article presents a deterministic farm-level model developed to link to an existing partial equilibrium sector-level model of the grain and livestock sectors of South Africa. The objective is to create a linked system ...
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(Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 2008-09)Most of the climate change models for South Africa predict a reduction in freshwater availability by 2050. Population growth is projected at 3% per annum, implying increased domestic water use. In addition to these factors, ...
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(Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, 2008-06)This paper presents an overview of contracting arrangements in agribusiness procurement practices in South Africa. The objective of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the structures and issues of raw ...