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Adam H, Doyer OT, Van Rooyen CJ: 2001. Measuring the impact of supply chain intervention on household utility. Agrekon, 40(4) / Dec, pp 688-697.

Beyers L, Hassan RM: 2001. Managerial ability and size economies in south African dairy production. Agrekon, 40(4) / Dec, pp 619-629.

Beyers L, Hassan RM: 2001. The structure of South African milk production technology: A parametric approach to supply analysis. Agrekon, 40(4) / Dec, pp 609-618.

Blignaut JN, Hassan RM: 2001. A natural resource accounting analysis of the contribution of mineral resources to sustainable development in South Africa. Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Ekonomiese en Bestuurswetenskappe/South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, Supplement(3) / Apr, pp 1-39.

D'Haese M, Calus M, Kirsten JF, Van Huylenbroek G, Bostyn F: 2001. Efficiency analysis of small scale wool production in the former Transkei, South Africa. Agrekon, 40(4) / Dec, pp 641-655.

De Bruyn P, De Bruyn JN, Vink N, Kirsten JF: 2001. How transaction cost influence cattle marketing decisions in the northern communal areas of Namibia. Agrekon, 40(3) / Sep, pp 405-425.

Doyer OT, Rwelamira JK, Stroebel A, Swanepoel FJC, Van Rooyen CJ, Van Zyl J: 2001. Education and change management in Africa: a new framework for human capital development in agriculture. South African Journal of Agricultural Extension, 30, pp 125-146.

Doyer OT, Van Rooyen CJ: 2001. Challenging the paradigm: How to extend conventional agricultural economic analysis to support agribusiness in the new global economy. Agrekon, 40(2) / Jun, pp 215-230.

Düvel GH: 2001. Some realities of extension management in South Africa. South African Journal of Agricultural Extension, 30, pp 40-51.

Esterhuizen D, Van Rooyen CJ, D'Haese L: 2001. A quantitative determination of the food security status on rural farming households in the northern province of South Africa. Development SA, 18(1), pp 5-17.

Esterhuizen D, Van Rooyen CJ, D'Haese L: 2001. Determinants of competitiveness in the South African agro-food and fibre complex. Agrekon, 40(1) / Mar, pp 25-34.

Esterhuizen D, Van Rooyen CJ, Van Zyl J: 2001. The competitiveness of the agricultural input industry in South Africa. Agrekon, 40(4) / Dec, pp 678-687.

Esterhuizen D, Van Rooyen CJ: 2001. 'Winners', 'losers' and 'turnarounds' n the South African argo-food and fibre industry. Agrekon, 40(4) / Dec, pp 584-592.

Esterhuizen JMC, Stoltsz CW, Van Rooyen CJ, D'Haese L: 2001. An impact analysis of the biological control programme on invasive Prosopis species in the Britstown - De Aar district. Agrekon, 40(4) / Dec, pp 728-737.

Geyser JM, Lowies GA: 2001. The impact of inflation and stock prices in two SADC countries. Meditari, 9, pp 109-122.

Hassan RM, Poonyth D: 2001. Biases and effectiveness of extension services to maize farmers in Kenya before and after the Training and Visit system. Agrekon, 40(3) / Sep, pp 439-457.

Irz X, Lin L, Thirtle CG, Wiggins S: 2001. Agricultural productivity growth and poverty alleviation. Developmental Policy Review, 19(4) / Dec, pp 449-466.

Kirsten JF, Poonyth D, Calcaterra M: 2001. Factors influencing the demand for fertiliser in South Africa: An application of commodity modelling. FSSA Journal: Fertilizer Society of South Africa, pp 29-37.

Lwezaura DN, Amadi JN, Thirtle CG: 2001. Measuring the returns to public sector crop R&D in Tanzania, 1970-99. Agrekon, 40(1) / Mar, pp 45-57.

Makhura MT, Mathye MM, Mathabatha MC: 2001. Determining association among production enhancing factors: Case of Mankweng district in the Northern Province. Agrekon, 40(3) / Sep, pp 334-343.

Makhura MT: 2001. Patterns of relationships between farm and nonfarm sources of income in the rural areas of the Northern Province. Agrekon, 40(2) / Jun, pp 259-268.

Marasas CN, Anandajayaskeram P, Van Rooyen CJ, Wessels J: 2001. A comprehensive conceptual framework for assessing the impact of agricultural research and development. Agrekon, 40(2) / Jun, pp 201-214.

Masuku MB, Makhura MT, Rwelamira JK: 2001. Factors affecting marketing decisions in the maize supply chain among small holder farmers in Swaziland. Agrekon, 40(4) / Dec, pp 698-707.

Ngqangweni SS, Kirsten JF, Degado CL: 2001. How efficient are African smallholders? A case study in the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa. Agrekon, 40(1) / Mar, pp 58-65.

Poonyth D, Hassan RM, BenBelhassen B: 2001. Acreage response to risk: The case of maize and wheat in the South Africa. Agrekon, 40(4) / Dec, pp 717-727.

Poonyth D, Hassan RM, Kirsten JF, Calcaterra M: 2001. Measuring the effect of growth of agricultural sector on the non-agricultural sectors of South Africa. Agrekon, 40(2) / Jun, pp 269-278.

Poonyth D, Hassan RM, Kirsten JF: 2001. Random coefficients analysis of changes in meat consumption preferences in South Africa. Agrekon, 40(3) / Sep, pp 426-438.

Stevens JB, Treurnicht SP: 2001. Culture as a resource for development: Some challenges for extension management. South African Journal of Agricultural Extension, 30, pp 104-114.

Suhariyanto K, Thirtle CG: 2001. Productivity growth and convergence in Asian agriculture. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 53(3) / Sep, pp 96-110.

Townsend RF, Thirtle CG: 2001. Is livestock research unproductive? Separating health maintenance from improvement research. Agricultural Economics, 25(2-3) / Oct, pp 177-189.

Treurnicht SP, Steyn GJ, Loots GM: 2001. Participatory learning and action (PLA): Sharing the South African experience: A discussion of key issues. South African Journal of Agricultural Extension, 30, pp 115-124.

Van Rooyen CJ, Esterhuizen D, Doyer OT: 2001. Creating a chain reaction - a key to increased competitiveness in South African agribusiness. South African Journal of Economics, 69(3) / Sep, pp 529-549.

Van Rooyen CJ, Esterhuizen D: 2001. Competing at the "cutting edge": Opportunities for agribusiness partnerships and co-operation in the Southern African region. Agrekon, 40(1) / Mar, pp 13-24.

Van Rooyen CJ, Esterhuizen JMC, Stoltsz CW, D'Haese L: 2001. The case against Mesquite: An impact analysis of the biological control programme on invasive Prosporis species in the Britstown-De Aar district. Agrekon, 40(4) / Dec, pp 728-737.

Van Rooyen CJ, Swanepoel FJC, Van Zyl J, Rwelamira JK, Stroebel A, Doyer OT: 2001. Education and change management in Africa: A new framework for human capital development in agriculture. South African Journal of Agricultural Extension, 30, pp 125-146.

Van Zyl J, Van Rooyen CJ, Esterhuizen D: 2001. Issues and challenges faced by agricultural input industries in South African agriculture. FSSA Journal: Fertilizer Society of South Africa, pp 9-18.

Van Zyl J, Vink N, Kirsten JF: 2001. South African agriculture in transition: The 1990s. Journal of International Development, 13 / Sep, pp 725-739.