SARTORIUS VON BACH, H.J., TOWNSEND, R.F. & VAN ZYL, J. (1998). Technical inefficiency of commercial maize producers in South Africa: A stochastic frontier production function approach. Agrekon, 37(2):162-170.Sartorius Von Bach HJ, Townsend RF, Van Zyl J. Technical inefficiency of ...
Maize has been a part of Africa’s agricultural produce as the continent is one of the highest producers in the world claiming about 6.5 percent of the global maize production. For many decades, the price of thisagricultural commodityhas witnessed a continuous rise and fall due to several reaso...
Top Maize Producers in 2005 (million metric tons) United States 280 China 131 Brazil 35 Mexico 21 Argentina 20 Indonesia 15 France 13 India 12 South Africa 12 Italy 11 World Total 692 Source: UN Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO)[3] Maize is widely cultivated through...
Price and yield risk factors were incorporated into an econometric model to analyse area allocations to maize and wheat crops in South Africa under uncertainty. Results of this study suggest that maize and wheat producers are risk-averse and both price and yield risks are important determinants in...
Ethiopia is among the major maize producers in Africa and ranked fourth next to South Africa, Nigeria and Egypt. Maize production takes significant share of cereals and grain in any production year. The aim of this study was to evaluate the nutrient availability of traditional foods prepared from...
in maize production to meet the increasing demands over the coming decades. Despite increase in current production, Nigeria’s average maize yield of 2 t ha–1is among the lowest of the top 10 maize producers in Africa1. The bulk of the maize is produced in the Northern region where the ...
Agricultural marketing policy in South Africa has moved from a fully regulated marketing environment to a more open and transparent system. The demise of the Maize Board in 1996 created a need for South African maize producers to give more attention to price risk management. Commodity futures marke...
(4), include the lack of profitable markets for commercial producers, lack of interest among maize food processors in marketing QPM as a premium product, and lack of government incentive to encourage adoption by subsidizing the price of QPM seed. Despite these challenges, the time to explore ...
A. versicolor, Penicillium commune,andP. griseofulvumhave been misidentified as AF producers.Aspergillus chevalieri, A. repens, Cladosporium herbarum, Penicillium chrysogenumandPhoma glomerataremained identified as AF producers by the Center de Recherche sur la Conservation de Collections (CRCC) in 2015....
McInerney (2004). In terms of animal production systems, producers need to be aware of consumer requirements, since failure to account for them leads to discrimination of products. However, an exaggerated humanization of animals has implications for the cost of food production without n...