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: johann.kirsten@up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Agricultural development
Agricultural policy, agricultural research and macro-economic issues
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Masuku MB, Kirsten JF, van Rooyen CJ, Perret SR: 2003. Contractual relationships between small-holder sugarcane growers and millers in the sugar industry supply chain in Swaziland. Agrekon, 42 (3) / Sep, pp 183-199.
Tefera TL, Kirsten JF, Perret SR: 2003. Market incentives, farmers' response and a policy dilemma: a case study of chat production in the Eastern Ethiopian Highlands. Agrekon, 42 (3) / Sep, pp 213-227.
Gouse M, Kirsten JF, Jenkins (ne้ Beyers) L: 2003. Bt cotton in South Africa: Adoption and the impact on farm incomes amongst small-scale and large-scale farmers. Agrekon, 42 (1) / Mar, pp 15-28.
Kirsten JF: 2003. Presidential Address: A theoretical perspective on agribusiness and ethics in a South African context. Agrekon, 42 (4) / Dec, pp 287-309.
Vink N, Kirsten JF: 2003. Policy successes and policy failures in agriculture and land reform in South Africa. The 1990's. South African Journal of Economic History, 18 (1 & 2), pp 96-117.
Vink N, Kirsten JF: 2003. The political economy of food price inflation in South Africa. The Fertilizer Society Journal of SA, pp 23-27.
Chapters in books:
Vink N, Kirsten JF: 2003. Agriculture in the national economy. In The Challenge of Change: Agriculture, Land and the South African Economy, (1), University of Natal Press, pp 3-20.
Liebenberg GF, Kirsten JF: 2003. Status of agricultural research and development policy in South Africa. In The Challenge of Change: Agriculture, Land and the South African Economy, (12), University of Natal Press, pp 211-224.
Research and technical/policy output for clients:
Kirsten JF, Liebenberg IE, Maree D: Technical Report: 2003. Economic impact of the South Africa cotton industry. For: Cotton SA.
Kirsten JF: Technical Report: 2003. The poverty alleviation and food security role of agriculture. For: FAO.
D'Haese M, Vink N, van Huylenbroek G, Bostyn F, Kirsten JF, Perret SR, Rwelamira JK, Poot G, Delanoy M, De Smet R, De Clerq F, Coppens O, Calus M, Bontinck W: Policy Document: 2003. Local institutional innovation and pro-poor agricultural growth: Research into methods of eradicating poverty and encouraging economic development in poor rural areas through increased commercialisation of agricultural products. In Local institutional innovation and pro-poor agricultural growth: The case of small-woolgrowers' associations in South Africa, For: The report is the result of a joint research project of the Universities of Ghent, Antwerp (Belgium) and Pretoria (South Africa) for the benefit of local trading associations, agricultural economists and development practitioners, Garant, Belgium.
Ngqangweni SS, Kandiero T, Gebrehiwet Y, Kirsten JF, Mavian MA, Mwenge K: Technical Report: 2003. Agriculture and the new trade agenda in the new millennium: Economic analysis of issues and options for SADC countries. For: World Bank.
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