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| Aliber, Michael; Hart, Tim G.B.. |
| At first glance South Africa’s black farming sector appears to contribute rather minimally to overall agricultural output in South Africa. However, despite the complexity involved in this sector and the often marginal conditions in which agriculture is practised it appears to be important to a large number of black households. Furthermore, the significance they attach to subsistence agriculture as means of supplementing household food supplies seems to heavily outweigh other reasons for engaging in agriculture. Some South African researchers have indicated the contribution subsistence production makes to household food security, despite the prevalent complexities and the low input nature of this production. Statistics South Africa’s Labour Force Survey... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Subsistence production; Labour Force Survey; Traditional crops; Local agricultural practices; Consumer/Household Economics. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58215 |
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| Aliber, Michael. |
| This article seeks to contribute to an understanding of household-level food security in South Africa using publicly available household survey data from Statistics South Africa. The two datasets that are used in particular are the General Household Survey, an annual household survey that began in 2002, and the Income and Expenditure Survey of 2005/06. Because these surveys are not designed for the analysis of household-level food security, it is not possible to do the kind of detailed analysis made possible by purpose-designed surveys. However these datasets have some value in respect of understanding food security, namely: large sample sizes; the depth of complementary types of information that assist in contextualising the experience of food insecurity... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Food security; Household survey; Hunger; Food expenditure; Statistics South Africa; Consumer/Household Economics. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58213 |
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| Chavas, Jean-Paul; Aliber, Michael. |
| A nonparametric analysis of technical, allocative, scale, and scope efficiency of agricultural production is presented based on a sample of Wisconsin farmers. The results indicate the existence of important economies of scale on very small farms, and of some diseconomies of scale for the larger farms. Also, it is found that most farms exhibit substantial economies of scope, but that such economies tend to decline sharply with the size of the enterprises. Finally, the empirical evidence suggests significant linkages between the financial structure of the farms and their economic efficiency. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Farm Management; Industrial Organization. |
| Ano: 1993 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/30811 |
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| Jooste, Andre; Aliber, Michael; van Schalkwyk, Herman D.. |
| One of the most important policy measures used by government to influence agricultural production and trade patterns are tariffs. A substantial depreciation in the exchange rate will not be enough to compensate for the negative effects of removing tariffs if the playing field is not level for producers in South Africa. Although the import multiplier show that less inputs will be imported, this saving on foreign exchange is not big enough to outweigh the total impact of imports on the balance of trade. The value-added multiplier clearly indicate that reinvestment and consumer spending (buying power) in agriculture will receive a severe blow. Employment will be reduced, thus increasing the supply of labour into other sectors. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: International Relations/Trade. |
| Ano: 1998 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54899 |
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