In South Africa, precipitation is extremely variable and water is scarce. South Africa is also a country with great welfare needs. Challenging economic development targets and plans therefore need to be implemented successfully within the constraints of limited water supply and unreliable water...

Forecasting is an indispensable tool in the decision making process. People, on a daily basis, make forecasts inherently and decide on the basis of that. Formal forecasting methods are commonly applied to substantiate business decision making. Agriculture is no exception to this. There are...

South Africa has become, after deregulation, part of the global village. This brought about many business opportunities, but with it came many challenges with respect to grain marketing. It is well-known facts that the marketing of grain has become quite a challenge in S.A. South African...

The near collapse of extension services in Limpopo Department of Agriculture (LDA) particularly evident in its failure to respond to the needs of the majority of small-scale farmers, presents a major problem from an agricultural and rural development point of view. This calls for an urgent and...

Empirical studies have shown that while global per capita freshwater availability is declining, competition among production sectors for the withdrawal of this resource is rapidly increasing. This situation is exacerbated by the rapid population growth especially in developing countries,...

Against the background of frequent organizational changes and restructuring, often basedon impulsive decisions rather than structured feasibility studies or evaluations, this studyexamines the nature and influence of management on the performance of the Ethiopianpublic extension service. Based...

The selection of a suitable model for efficiency analysis is one of the most importantissues in policy analysis. Given the recent interest in the use of distance functions asalternative representation of production technology, this study compares the empiricalperformances of the parametric...

The primary marketing of South African mohair has been the topic of much discussion and it has become a contentious issue since producer prices became unusually unstable, producer returns increasingly uncertain, and production consequently began declining. This dissertation has aimed to...

In 2006, a baseline survey for the UNEP/GEF-IAS Project was conducted in BFR toassess the status of IAS in the area. Findings indicated that extensive forest parts had severe S. spectabilis encroachment which appeared to interfere with the normal functioning and productivity of the forest. This...

The ongoing quest for a better understanding of adoption behaviour, and more specifically the search for relevant, and meaningful behaviour determinants that can be useful in the understanding, analysis and change of adoption behaviour, has prompted this study. It was specifically focused on the...