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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"commercial farming"”.
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Commercial farming and social change in Mkushi district, 1945-1975
… which were brought about by the development of commercial farming amongst the farm workers in the farm block.The first chapter gives a historical background of commercial farming in Northern Rhodesia from 190-0-1945. It examines the government policies pertaining to commercial farming in a …
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Commercial farming and social change in Mkushi district, 1945-1975
… which were brought about by the development of commercial farming amongst the farm workers in the farm block.The first chapter gives a historical background of commercial farming in Northern Rhodesia from 190-0-1945. It examines the government policies pertaining to commercial farming in a …
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Commercial Farming Adaption to Drought as a Strategy for Stable Local Economic Growth in Ugu District Municipality
… droughts. The study attempted to explain how commercial farming adaptation to droughts maybe be used as a strategy for stable Local Economic Growth (LEG) amongst commercial farms in Ugu District Municipality. This study situates the commercial farming adaptation to droughts within the …
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Private property, capital and the state in the development of white commercial farming in South Africa, 1910-1986
… inhibited capitalist development of white commercial agriculture in South Africa between 1910 and 1936. From 1937, South Africa's nationalist government intervened in markets through marketing control boards to resolve capital constraints. Accumulation, liberal credit provision and …
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Internet of things (IoT) and business intelligence (BI) for sustainable macadamia and avocadoes commercial farming: from farms in the Vhembe District, Limpopo, South Africa
… (BI) has become indispensable for enhancing farming. It is considered an essential factor in disseminating farming information to farmers. Farming information is regarded as a critical factor for decision-making for farmers. In South Africa, farmers access farming information through ICT …
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Uncle Sam on the Family Farm: Farm Policy and the Business of Southern Agriculture, 1933-1965
… adhere strictly to the principles of progressive farming and parity in the development and implementation of farm policies. These ideals emphasized industrialized, commercial farming by ever-larger farms and excluded many smaller farms from receiving the full benefit of federal farm aid. The …
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Is commercial livestock farming environmentally viable within the Orange and Fish River catchment area (OFCA) of Southern Namibia?
… feedback which may have arisen from commercial farming. Specifically, the study investigates the relationship between commercial livestock grazing regimes, possible associated resource degradation (losses in veld productivity and adverse structuring of botanical communities due to …
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Essays on Leadership Selection and Public Goods Provision in Self-Help Organizations
… the transition of smallholder producers into commercial farming. During the project's lifespan (2005-2009), APEP helped about 60,000 small-scale producers to organize into over 200 farmer associations (i.e. cooperatives). Importantly, the success of these farmer associations in overcoming …
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The politics of land in Levubu, Northern Province c.1935-1998
… were helped by the state in the development of commercial farming. In such an endeavour, a black landless working class was created. The material conditions of the white beneficiaries of the settlement are contrasted with those of the dispossessed blacks. The material conditions of the black …
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The socio-economic consequences of the agribusiness model on the land reform beneficiaries in greater Tzaneen municipality, South Africa: The case of Elangeni Project
… socioeconomic consequences of the large-scale commercial farming (LSCF) model on the land reform beneficiaries in Greater Tzaneen Municipality (GTM), South Africa. While the land reform programme seeks to reduce poverty, unemployment, and income inequality, among other things, the South African …
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From cost-effectiveness to economic-efficiency in conservation planning: the importance of considering the economic benefits of conservation
… variable and greatest in regions where mixed commercial farming was practiced. Economic benefits exceeded costs in the western interior, northern regions and along the eastern coastline. These areas contracted when ecosystem service benefits were more conservatively estimated by applying the …
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Transportation Costs And Economic Development
… transportation costs to market affect crop commercialization among farmers in Tanzania in the long rainy season. Methodologically, I combine panel data from the Tanzania National Panel Survey with a structural model to quantitatively examine the role transport costs play in facilitating the …
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Investigation factors contributing to the underperformance of Mbahela Irrigation Scheme that benefitted from the revitalisation of smallholder irrigation schemes programme
… The irrigation schemes failed to maintain the commercial farming standards set during the Revitalisation of Smallholder Irrigation Schemes (RESIS) programme due to several factors, such as lack of training, poor access to finance and markets, and division of the irrigation schemes back into …
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Foreign direct investments in large-scale agriculture: the policy environment and its implications in Ethiopia
… by moving away from small-scale subsistence farming to large-scale commercial farming. It thus encouraged Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in largescale agriculture. However, the military government that took power in 1974 reversed this. The current government of Ethiopia seized power from the …
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The Use of Veld Restoration Techniques for Rehabilitating Degraded Waterberg Mountain Bushveld in Lapalala Wilderness Reserve, Limpopo Province
… away from areas undergoing rehabilitation in commercial farming situations with domestic farm animals, this is more challenging in game reserves and parks, making brush-packing a valuable tool in these contexts.
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Towards integrated sustainable rural development in the Ugu District, KwaZulu/Natal South Coast
… even within the rural areas. Whereas the commercial farming sector were characterised by undemtilisation of agricultural land, the subsistence agricultural sector is characterised by overpopulation, land degradation, low agricultural productivity and underdevelopment. The helpless …
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The Evaluation of Genetic and Phenotypic Differences Associated with Short Term Selection of Four Different Feed Efficiency Strategies in Japanese Quail
… However multiple outputs are desired in a commercial poultry breeding program, resulting in the need for nutrients to be partitioned in a particular manner. At the broadest level, nutrients are partitioned between production and maintenance requirements. The requirements for production and …
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Experimental field studies and predictive modelling of PCB and PCDD/F levels in Australian farmed Southern Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus maccoyii).
… and sashimi markets. The primary purpose of SBT farming in SA is to fatten wild-caught juvenile fish (2-4 years of age with initial mean weights between 12-20 kg) over a period of approximately five months by feeding a selection of baitfish types. Farmers, farm managers and consumers of SBT all …
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Growing cotton: Household negotiations in export-oriented agriculture in Africa, Burkina Faso
… of food crop production; and members of cotton farming households operate within a framework of negotiations and bargaining to attain production objectives. Still more, some developments in the cotton sector opened unexpected avenues for some women, in Southwest Burkina, to produce cotton …