Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development
Kirsten, JF
MSc(Agric) PhD(Pret) - Professor and Head
NRF Rating: C1
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 3248
Fax number: 012 420 3247
E-mail address: jkirsten@postino.up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Agricultural development
Agricultural policy, agricultural research and macro-economic issues
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Kherallah M, Kirsten JF: 2002. The new institutional economics: Applications for agricultural policy research in developing countries. Agrekon, 41 (2) / Jun, pp 111-134.
Kirsten JF: 2002. Forty years of agricultural economics scholarship and practice in South Africa: A time to challenge the consensus and refocus our intellectual work. Agrekon, 41 (4) / Dec, pp 251-279.
Sartorius K, Kirsten JF: 2002. Can small-scale farmers be linked to agribusiness? The timber experience. Agrekon, 41 (4) / Dec, pp 295-325.
Kirsten JF, Gouse M: 2002. Bt cotton in South Africa: Adoption and the impact on farm incomes amongst small-scale and large-scale farmers. Information Systems for Biotechnology (ISB) http://www.isb.vt.edu/news/2002/news02.oct.html.
Research and technical/policy output for clients:
Kirsten JF: Policy Document: 2002. Farm-agribusiness linkages in South Africa: Empowering disadvantaged communities through links with agribusiness. For: FAO.
Poonyth D, Esterhuizen D, Ngqangweni SS, Kirsten JF: Policy Document: 2002. Trade policies and agricultural trade in the SADC region: Challenges and implications. For: Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network (FANPRAN).
Kirsten JF, Vink N: Policy Document: 2002. Pricing behaviour in the South African food and agricultural sector. For: National Treasury.
Machethe CL, Makhura MT, Kirsten JF: Technical Report: 2002. Proceedings of a subregional export consultation workshop on input/output marketing in remote areas of Eastern and Southern Africa. For: Unknown.
Poonyth D, Hassan RM, Kirsten JF: Technical Report: 2002. Impacts of climate change on agriculture in South Africa: Study report to the SEGA project. For: USAID.
Vink N, Tregurtha N, Kirsten JF: Policy Document: 2002. South Africa's changing agricultural food and beverage imports: Implications for SADC suppliers. For: World Bank.
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