REGIONAL -ANALYSES OF SOUTH AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE USE AND PRODUCTIVITY
van Schalkwyk, H. D.; Groenewald, J. A.
1992

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Cobb Douglas type production functions were fitted in order to evaluate agricultural productivity. The country was divided into five fairly homogeneous regions for this purpose. Agricultural productivity tended to improve between 1976 and 1988, but serious malallocations persist. Overmechanization has occurred in all but one region. Labour is underutilized and underpaid. The Karoo is overstocked with livestock.

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Title REGIONAL -ANALYSES OF SOUTH AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE USE AND PRODUCTIVITY
Author(s) van Schalkwyk, H. D.
Groenewald, J. A.
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Issue Date 1992-09
Publication Type Journal Article
DOI and Other Identifiers 10.22004/ag.econ.267526
Record Identifier https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/267526
ISSN 0303-1853
Language English
Published in Agrekon
Volume 31
Issue 3
Page Range 116 - 127
Record Appears in Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA) > Agrekon

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