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Impact of supermarkets on small-scale farmers

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The economic potential for an origin based marketing and certification system for a meat product in South Africa: Perceptions, preferences, and experiments.

Kirsten, Johann F.; Vermeulen, Hester; Van Zyl, Karlien; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012

). Together these results present a strong case for the marketing potential of origin based mutton / lamb which could sell at a …

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Investigating alternative governance systems for the South African mohair supply chain

Jordaan, Daniel du Plessis Scheepers; Kirsten, Johann F. - In: Agrekon 47 (2008) 2

inherently suited to a commodity-based marketing system in a marketing environment that requires marketing systems to convey far … more information than commodity-based systems do. Historically, mohair has been considered a commodity and the marketing … manner. The inefficiencies created by an inappropriate or incomplete marketing system for South African mohair are expected …

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Alternative marketing options for small-scale farmers in the wake of changing agri-food supply chains in South Africa

Louw, Andre; Jordaan, Daniel du Plessis Scheepers; … - In: Agrekon 47 (2008) 3

With South Africaâ€™s urban population approaching 60%, supermarkets and fast food chains have become important players in the South African food system. These large players in the food sector have systematically modified their procurement practices especially with regard to fresh fruit and...

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Model closure and price formation under switching grain market regimes in South Africa

Meyer, Ferdinand H.; Westhoff, Patrick C.; Binfield, … - In: Agrekon 45 (2006) 4

This paper develops the structure and closure of an econometric regime-switching model within a partial equilibrium framework that has the ability to generate reliable estimates and projections of endogenous variables under market switching regimes. Models used in policy evaluation usually...

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