@article{SartoriusvonBach:267331,
      recid = {267331},
      author = {Sartorius von Bach, H. J. and van Zyl, J.},
      title = {SUPPLY OF LIVE CA TILE AND OF BEEF IN NAMIBIA},
      journal = {Agrekon},
      address = {1990-12},
      number = {346-2018-492},
      year = {1990},
      abstract = {In terms or employment generation, natural resource use,  exports, contribution to the gross domestic product and  relative importance in the diet, the beer industry is  Namibia's most important agricultural sector. Beer  production fluctuates due to its dependence on Namibia's  environment which is characterized by unpredictable  weather, periodical droughts, political and structural  changes, distorted market signals and lack or clear  incentives for change. Namibia was divided into sixteen  homogeneous ecological and veterinarian areas. Supply  response or beef is analysed in each area by using multiple  regression techniques on biological and economic time  series data. Results show that the producers' price of beef  docs not generally play a major role in the supply response  of beef. Environmental factors and cattle numbers play a  major role in determining the annual number of cattle  marketed. Deficiencies in the marketing systems for beef  contribute to environmental problems and resource  degradation. Beef production should be based on knowledge  of market outlets and on high standards or farm management.  Attention should be given to the removal of impediments to  the creation of new markets that would allocate resources  effectively and produce net benefits to the society.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/267331},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.267331},
}