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Autor	Naume Maponya, Isaac Oluwatayo
Tytuł	Economic Efficiency of Table Grape Production in Waterberg and Sekhukhune Districts, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Title	Economic Efficiency of Table Grape Production in Waterberg and Sekhukhune Districts, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Słowa kluczowe	efficiency, farmers, table grapes, South Africa, stochastic frontier model
Key words	efficiency, farmers, table grapes, South Africa, stochastic frontier model
Abstrakt	Table grape production plays an important role in the economy of many countries in Africa. It serves as a source of income for the people who are engaged in its production and being one of the enterprises that is labour-intensive, thereby providing employment for more people. The main purpose of this study was to analyse the economic efficiency of table grape production in Waterberg and Sekhukhune Districts of Limpopo province, South Africa. The study used primary data collected through administration of structured questionnaires on a sample of 12 farmers by employing a snowball sampling method. Analytical tools employed include descriptive statistics (such as tables and frequencies), Stochastic Frontier Model and Technical Inefficiency Model.Results from data analysis revealed that in terms of efficiency, farming experience (p<0.01), educational level (p<0.05), household size (p<0.10) and age of farmer (p<0.10) were associated with increased efficiency indicating that these factors play important roles in ensuring that resources used in the production of table grapes enhanced productivity and were not wasted. Also, technical efficiency among farmers was found to range from 0.8 to 1, with a mean of 0.89, thus implying a major possibility for improvement in production. However, the allocative efficiency was found to range from 0.47 to 1, with a mean of 0.68. This indicates that some farmers were finding it difficult to allocate their resources efficiently. Again, economic efficiency ranges from 0.56 to 1, with a mean of 0.73, an indication that most of the farmers were economically efficient. Meanwhile, some of the constraints faced by these farmers include high electricity bills and labour costs, water shortages as well as instability around land policy. The study therefore recommends capacity building of farmers through education and other skill enhancement programmes. Also, provision of incentives to encourage youth participation in farming through internship programmes is very important to increase farm productivity.
Abstract	Table grape production plays an important role in the economy of many countries in Africa. It serves as a source of income for the people who are engaged in its production and being one of the enterprises that is labour-intensive, thereby providing employment for more people. The main purpose of this study was to analyse the economic efficiency of table grape production in Waterberg and Sekhukhune Districts of Limpopo province, South Africa. The study used primary data collected through administration of structured questionnaires on a sample of 12 farmers by employing a snowball sampling method. Analytical tools employed include descriptive statistics (such as tables and frequencies), Stochastic Frontier Model and Technical Inefficiency Model.Results from data analysis revealed that in terms of efficiency, farming experience (p<0.01), educational level (p<0.05), household size (p<0.10) and age of farmer (p<0.10) were associated with increased efficiency indicating that these factors play important roles in ensuring that resources used in the production of table grapes enhanced productivity and were not wasted. Also, technical efficiency among farmers was found to range from 0.8 to 1, with a mean of 0.89, thus implying a major possibility for improvement in production. However, the allocative efficiency was found to range from 0.47 to 1, with a mean of 0.68. This indicates that some farmers were finding it difficult to allocate their resources efficiently. Again, economic efficiency ranges from 0.56 to 1, with a mean of 0.73, an indication that most of the farmers were economically efficient. Meanwhile, some of the constraints faced by these farmers include high electricity bills and labour costs, water shortages as well as instability around land policy. The study therefore recommends capacity building of farmers through education and other skill enhancement programmes. Also, provision of incentives to encourage youth participation in farming through internship programmes is very important to increase farm productivity.
Cytowanie	Maponya N., Oluwatayo I. (2020) Economic Efficiency of Table Grape Production in Waterberg and Sekhukhune Districts, Limpopo Province, South Africa.Zeszyty Naukowe SGGW w Warszawie - Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego, t. 20(35), z. 3: 36-52
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Autor	Aleksander Grzelak, Agnieszka Sapa
Tytuł	FOOD SECURITY PROBLEMS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES
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Słowa kluczowe	food security, Global Food Security Index, Sub-Saharan Africa
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Abstrakt	The main purpose of the study is to identify food security problems in Sub-Saharan African countries. Despite progress in increasing food security in the world, it is still one of the most important challenges facing Sub- -Saharan Africa. The research shows that the food security is different across countries. The more favourable situation takes place in South Africa, Botswana, while at the other extreme are countries such as Madagascar, Burundi and Sierra Leone. The economic affordability of food seems to be the most important problem for these countries. So an inclusive growth could be a chance to improve the level of food security.
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Cytowanie	Grzelak A., Sapa A.
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Autor	Luc D’Haese, Marijke D’Haese, Ngwako Sefoko, Johan van Rooyen
Tytuł	Good governance and social responsibility in the South African wine industry
Title	Good governance and social responsibility in the South African wine industry
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Key words	good governance, social responsibility, social capital development approach, wine transformation charter.
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Abstract	The paper reviews the institutional structure or strategic framework, the Wine Industry Transformation Charter and Scorecard, adopted on 31 July 2007, through which good governance and social responsibility programmes are fostered, implemented and monitored in the South African wine industry. In other words, the paper outlines how the wine industry seeks to foster social change through integrated socioeconomic support structures, as based on the Wine Industry Plan (WIP). The wine charter and scorecard components are a representation of good governance in the industry, whereas the social capital development approach is the focus of social responsibility programmes in the wine industry. The seven components of the wine transformation charter are: (i) ownership, (ii) management/control, (iii) employment equity, (iv) skills development, (v) enterprise development, (vi) preferential procurement, and (vii) rural development, land reform and poverty alleviation. Five areas that constitute the programmes of social responsibility are: (i) the responsible alcohol use, (ii) rural development and poverty alleviation, (iii) security of tenure, (iv) land, and (v) sectoral determination. The implications for the agri-food sector and conclusions are provided.
Cytowanie	D’Haese L., D’Haese M., Sefoko N., van Rooyen J. (2010) .Scientific Journal Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW - Problems of World Agriculture, t. 10(25), z. 3: 88-98
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Autor	Paweł Mielnicki
Tytuł	Problemy marketingowe wysokotowarowych gospodarstw rolnych w Prowincji Free State (Republika Południowej Afryki) oraz propozycja ich rozwiązania
Title	Marketing problems of commercial farmers in the Free State Province (Republic of South Africa) and their solution proposal
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Abstrakt	W artykule wskazane zostały źródła literatury traktujące o teoretycznych aspektach marketingu produktów rolniczych oraz kreślące tło historyczne i złożoność przeprowadzanej po dziś dzień reformy gruntowej w Republice Południowej Afryki. Następnie zaprezentowano wyniki badań empirycznych nad problemami marketingowymi wysokotowarowych producentów rolnych gospodarujących na terenie Prowincji Free State w RPA, które pozwoliły na identyfikację kluczowych ograniczeń marketingowych i potwierdziły istotność tego problemu. Na koniec zarekomendowano przedsięwzięcie systemu kroków w celu wsparcia farmerów w kwestiach związanych z marketingiem wytwarzanych przez nich produktów rolniczych.
Abstract	In the article there were suggested sources of literature referring to theoretical aspects of agricultural products’ marketing and providing a historical background and showing complexity of land reform issue being run in Republic of South Africa until these days. Moreover, the outcomes of conducted empirical research on commercial farmers’ (operating in the Free State Province) marketing problems, which enabled the identification of key marketing constraints and confirmed significance of the problem, were presented and discussed. Finally, the article gives a number of practical recommendations on how to support commercial farmers in facing key constraints in marketing their products bothering them on a daily basis.
Cytowanie	Mielnicki P. (2010) Problemy marketingowe wysokotowarowych gospodarstw rolnych w Prowincji Free State (Republika Południowej Afryki) oraz propozycja ich rozwiązania.Zeszyty Naukowe SGGW, Polityki Europejskie, Finanse i Marketing [t.], nr 3(52): 178-196
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