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 4958
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:
Gouse M, Kirsten JF, Shankar B, Thirtle CG: 2005. Bt cotton in KwaZulu Natal: Technological triumph but institutional failure. Agbiotechnet, 7 (134) / March, pp 1-7.
Vermeulen H, Kirsten JF, Doyer OT, Schonfeldt HC: 2005. Attitudes and acceptance of South African urban consumers towards genetically modified white maize. Agrekon, 44 (1) / Mar, pp 118-137.
Meyer FH, Kirsten JF: 2005. Modelling the wheat sector in South Africa. Agrekon, 44 (2) / Jun, pp 225-237.
Tefera TL, Perret SR, Kirsten JF: 2005. Incentives, farmer's response and a policy dilemma: A case study on expansion of Chat production as a cash crop in the eastern highlands of Ethiopia. Ethiopian Journal of Agricultural Research, 1 (2), pp 63-74.
Tefera TL, Perret SR, Kirsten JF: 2005. Diversity in livelihoods and farmers' strategies in the Hararghe Highlands, Eastern Ethiopia. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2 (2), pp 133-146.
Gouse M, Pray CE, Kirsten JF, Schimmelpfennig D: 2005. A GM subsistence crop in Africa: The case of Bt white maize in South Africa. International Journal of Biotechnology, 7 (1/2/3), pp 84-94.
D Haese M, Verbeke W, van Huylenbroek G, Kirsten JF, D Haese L: 2005. New institutional arrangements for rural development: The case of local woolgrowers' associations in the Transkei area, South Africa. Journal of Development Studies, 41 (8) / Nov, pp 1444-1466.
Sartorius K, Kirsten JF: 2005. The boundaries of the firm: Why do sugar producers outsource sugarcane production?. Management Accounting Research, 16, pp 81--99.
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