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Kariuki, Joseph Gichugu. "The economic impact of the adoption of hybrid maize in Swaziland." Kiel : Vauk, 1990. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/25373922.html.

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Simelane, Batsabile Nokulunga. "Socio-economic impacts of development initiatives led by international aid agencies in the local community of Msunduza." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020818.

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Development is central to the existence of every society including demographic entities that constitute a community of people. Community development is a process designed to create conditions of economic and social progress for the entire community with its active participation and fullest possible reliance on the community development initiatives. The support of either individuals or organisations for the community to realise its full potential is essential, likewise is the role of development agencies in community development a good omen towards the advancement of human development. This res

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Drouet, Marc Philippe. "An economic analysis for subsurface irrigation of maize in Quebec /." Thesis, McGill University, 1989. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=59547.

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The purposes of this thesis are to examine experimental results obtained with subsurface irrigation of maize in 1988, and to provide preliminary plans and an economic analysis for the subsurface irrigation of maize in Richelieu County, Quebec. A mean increase in maize yield of 3.7 % was observed in 1988 on experimental plots with subsurface irrigation at the Charbonneau farm. However, a review of results obtained at the same experimental site from 1982 to 1988 indicated that the mean increase in maize yield with subsurface irrigation was 29 %.<br>Plans for two possible water supply systems des

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Nxumalo, Nosikhumbuzo. "Value chain financing : the case of the Komati Downstream Development Project." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/97441.

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Thesis (MDF)--Stellenbosch University, 2015.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The research examines agriculture value chain finance as it has been applied in the Komati Downstream Development Project. It seeks to assess whether the Komati Downstream Development Project has addressed the challenges of access to finance, markets and support services and enabled smallholder farmers in the project area to operate commercially. The Swaziland National Development Strategy of 1999 committed to increase investment in agriculture. The Komati Downstream Development Project was in line with this strategy. However,

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Omokanye, Akim Tunde, University of Western Sydney, of Science Technology and Environment College, and Centre for Horticulture and Plant Sciences. "Biological and economic evaluation of maize-based cropping systems for Nigerian smallholders." THESIS_CSTE_HPS_Omokanye_A.xml, 2004. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/797.

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Indigenous African shifting cultivation production systems, that were developed over many generations and took into account production potential as well as the constraints imposed by natural resources, are no longer practicable for Nigerian smallholder farmers. These systems relied on long fallow for fertility restoration after a period of cropping. Overpopulation has resulted in lower per capita land availability, necessitating a shift to sedentary cultivation systems. In such systems, fallow is short term (months) compared to shifting systems, where it lasted several years. This shift has re

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Rini, Lulama Angela. "Modifying an artificial diet for mass rearing mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae), using locally available maize meal." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53500.

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Thesis (MSc)--University of Stellenbosch, 2003.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly), Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) is well-known as a destructive pest of fruit worldwide. Various control methods have been used against this insect. The sterile insect technique (SIT) is used as an important and successful technological method for controlling or eradicating this pest in many countries. A key factor to successfully apply SIT is dependent on the availability of efficient and economical rearing methods. Artificial insect diets with low cost bulkin

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Gladstone, Fiona Joy. "Safety in Maize: Subsistence Agriculture in a Zapotec Migrant Town." PDXScholar, 2014. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1669.

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Subsistence maize production has long been a dominant economic activity of households in Santiago Apóstol, a Zapotec community in the Central Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico. A baseline study from 1973 documents a regionally pervasive form of household level agriculture whereby cultivators prioritize land for subsistence maize above commercial crops. Since then, much has transformed the face of rural Mexico, including migration to the United States. Migration accelerated beginning in the 1970s as a response to government disinvestment in maize, but it may also be a new force of cultural and economic

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Tafa, Sanelise. "Farm level cost-benefit analysis of conservation agriculture for maize smallholder farners in Okhahlamba Municipality in Kwa-Zulu Natal Province, South Africa." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/2809.

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Land degradation is a serious problem that many poor communities face and this worsens their vulnerability and therefore, poses a threat to food security, as it reduces yield, forces farmers to use more inputs, and disproportionately affect the smallholder farmers in remote communities that also suffer diverse infrastructure disadvantages. In response to that, the international development agencies, donors, and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), especially faith-based organizations have turned towards sustainable farming approaches. Much attention has been paid to a combination of sustaina

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Avuletey, Richard. "Analysis of technical efficiency of small-scale maize producers: a case study in Tsolo magisterial district in O.R Tambo district in the Eastern Cape of South Africa." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1016191.

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Maize is the most important cereal crop grown in South Africa. This crop is produced throughout the country under diverse conditions and in diverse environments. The study only focuses on technical efficiency because it is an important subject in developing agriculture where resources are limited, but high population growth is very common. In such a setting, increased output will depend more on efficiency improvements and assessing the scope for such efficiency improvements within the system is a crucial need. The objective of the study was to determine the level of technical efficiency and to

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Mabuza, Majola Lawrence. "The impact of food aid on maize production in Swaziland." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/136.

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The objective of the study was to provide empirical evidence on whether food aid leads to depressed domestic maize prices and reduced maize production in subsequent years in Swaziland. Similar impact studies have been carried out in a number of sub-Saharan African countries but no evidence is available for Swaziland. The lack of empirical evidence has often resulted in premature negative conclusions on the impact of food aid on Swaziland’s maize industry. The study used secondary national data from 1985 to 2006 to analyse the impact of food aid on maize producer prices and quantity of maize pr

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Dlamini, Menzie Brain. "The impact of rural electrification on entrepreneurship in Swaziland." 2015. http://encore.tut.ac.za/iii/cpro/DigitalItemViewPage.external?sp=1001833.

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M. Tech. Business Administration<br>The question of energy supply and reliable sources of energy is a topical issue in most developing countries, as the reliability of energy supply has a significant impact on development. Swaziland, like most underdeveloped countries in sub-Saharan Africa, suffers from poverty and low economic activity, particularly in the rural areas. The kingdom's rural areas are characterised by low entrepreneurial activities, which may be attributed to the lack of reliable access to energy, and in particular, electricity. To reverse the scourge of stagnant economic develo

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Vilakati, Sifiso E. "Multilevel modelling of HIV in Swaziland using frequentist and Bayesian approaches." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/9229.

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Multilevel models account for different levels of aggregation that may be present in the data. Researchers are sometimes faced with the task of analysing data that are collected at different levels such that attributes about individual cases are provided as well as the attributes of groupings of these individual cases. Data with multilevel structure is common in the social sciences and other fields such as epidemiology. Ignoring hierarchies in data (where they exist) can have damaging consequences to subsequent statistical inference. This study applied multilevel models from frequentist and Ba

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Msibi, Mandlondlo Faith. "Trade liberalisation in Swaziland : its impact on the agricultural sector." Thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/1696.

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In recent years, the world has been experiencing rapid and extensive global shifts that have had a positive and negative impact on different countries around the globe. These global shifts have also influenced the way countries conduct trade with their partners. A lot of countries, as a way of adapting to these changes, have been forced to review their trade policies to be in line with the trade liberalisation process. The expansion of markets has led to trade liberalisation, which promotes export growth in commodities. However in developing countries, they have experienced increases in import

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Machethe, Charles Lepepeule. "An economic study of maize production on irrigation schemes in Lebowa." Thesis, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/2154.

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"Economic risk as an impediment to the commercialisation of maize production in Lesotho." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/11262.

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M.Com. (Economics)<br>Although, approximately 80 percent of Lesotho’s population is dependent on agriculture, its grain output has continued to decline in absolute and relative terms. Average yields per hectare of maize are estimated to have dropped by 42 percent in 2006/07. It seems maize production is randomly and systematically impeded to change from subsistence to commercialised production - aimed at producing market surpluses according to principles and motives vested in specific abilities and formalised in law. Agriculture’s contribution to GDP is approximately 16 percent. In order to ad

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Kruger, Hendrik. "A suitable pricing strategy for hybrid maize seed in South Africa." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/7676.

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M.B.A.<br>A general increase in price elasticity on farming inputs as well as increasing pressure on South African subsidiaries of international companies makes it important for a well-planned pricing strategy. This is accentuated by the fact that pricing is normally done only once a year in seed companies in South Africa, and customers are unlikely to accept more frequent price changes. The aim of this study is to determine a suitable pricing strategy for hybrid maize seed for Monsanto in South Africa. The study has the following objectives: To determine through a literature study the factors

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Sima, Said Athuman. "Integrated stochastic distribution network design: a two-level facility location problem with applications to maize crops transportation in Tanzania." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/18589.

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thesis submitted to the Faculty of Science in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. March 17, 2015.<br>A two-level facility location problem (FLP) arose in the transport network of maize crop in Tanzania has been studied. The three layers, namely, production centers (PCs), distribution centers (DCs) and customer points (CPs) are considered in the two-level FLP. The stochastic e ect on the two-level FLP due to rainfall in the network links, between the DCs and CPs, has been studied. The ow of maize crop from PCs to CPs through DCs is designed at a minimum

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"Temperature-based weather derivatives as a technique for maize production hedging." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/12272.

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M.Com. (Financial Management)<br>This paper investigates the use of weather derivatives in the maize production industry of South Africa. The history, users and mechanics of weather derivatives and maize production are presented in the study. This study examines, by using experiential design, the potential revenue for a control and a test group of farmers using monthly, actual maize production and weather observations for the period 2000 - 2010. This study suggests, with reference to the results, an option strategy that ultimately results in the hedging of maize output risk for the farms inves

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Zigira, Christopher Amherst Byuma. "Religion, culture and gender : a study of women's search for gender equality in Swaziland." Thesis, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17875.

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Although Swazi women's contribution to national development has been phenomenal, they like any other women in patriarchal societies confront an overbearing situation in which they have been regarded and treated as minors, both in the family and most spheres of public life. This has largely been due to the social construction of gender. Traditional gender-based attitudes, deeply ingrained in the people's mind set, not infrequently, have limited women's access to and control of various aspects of public life, and impinge on their rights, most especially the rights to selfdetermination and

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Tfwala, Ncamsile C. "Women's control over sexual matters in traditional marriages : a development perspective." Diss., 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3179.

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The main objectives of the study are to determine the extent of control women have over sexual matters in Swazi traditional marriages; to identify the factors influencing the extent of control women have over sexual matters in traditional marriages; and to analyse the consequences of women’s lack of control over sexual matters on the women themselves, their families and their communities with regard to development. Reviewed literature and identified themes were verified in the field through focused group discussions and key informant interviews. The study revealed that women in traditio

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Calcaterra, Michela Chiara. "Econometric analysis of the structure of the regional maize sector in Southern Africa." Diss., 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27787.

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Please read the abstract in the 00front part of this document<br>Dissertation (MSc Agric (Agricultural Economics))--University of Pretoria, 2006.<br>Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development<br>unrestricted

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Abalo, Grace. "A comparative analysis of conventional and marker assisted selection methods in screening for resistance to maize (Zea mays L.) streak virus disease." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/3495.

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Maize (Zea mays L.) streak virus disease (MSD) is the most important virus disease in Africa but farmers are unaware of its status. A project was initiated to assess the current status of MSD and to breed for its resistance. Four populations comprised of two BC1F1 and two F2 progenies developed by backcrossing and selfing the F1 progenies of two crosses between a donor line (CMl 202) and two susceptible lines (CMl 321 and CMl 384) were developed. Conventional and molecular marker assisted selection (MAS) methods were used to screen for resistance to MSD in each of the four populations. To faci

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Mchunu, Bongumusa Reginald Emmanuel. "Seeking a deeper understanding of the quality of relationships in the smallholder maize production system in Msinga." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/8537.

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In South Africa, the majority of inhabitants rely on agriculture as the main source of livelihood. Agricultural crop production remains the primary source of subsistence, employment, and income. Due to policies put in place by the apartheid government, agriculture remained divided into large scale commercial farming and subsistence small scale farming. The 1913 and 1936 Tenure Acts and the 1927 Administration Act favoured white farmers of large scale commercial farms who produced and supplied markets. These acts were effective until 1994. Smallholder farmers were not supported to operate at co

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