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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

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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, Pray CE, Schimmelpfennig D, Kirsten JF: 2006. Three seasons of subsistence insect resistant maize in South Africa: Have small holders benefitted. AgBioForum, 9 (1), pp 15-22.

Meyer FH, Westhoff P, Binfield J, Kirsten JF: 2006. Model closure and price formation under switching grain market regimes in South Africa. Agrekon, 45 (4) / Dec, pp 369-380.

Kirsten JF, Moldenhauer W: 2006. Measurement and analysis of rural household income in a dualistic economy: The case of South Africa. Agrekon, 45 (1) / Mar, pp 60-77.

Emongor RA, Kirsten JF: 2006. Supermarkets in the food supply systems in Southern Afrcan Development Community: A case study of Zambia. Journal of Applied Sciences, 6 (4), pp 800-809.

Hendriks S, Kirsten JF, Vink N: 2006. The effect of policies on food security and rural development in South Africa. Journal of Development Perspectives, 2 (1) / May, pp 86-102.

Eastwood M, Kirsten JF, Lipton M: 2006. Premature deagriculturalisation? Land inequality and rural dependency in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Journal of Development Studies, 42 (8) / Nov, pp 1325-1349.

Hofs J-L, Fok M, Gouse M, Kirsten JF: 2006. Diffusion du coton génétiquement modifié en Afrique du Sud: Des leçons pour L'Afrique zone Franc. Revue Tiers Monde, 188 / Dec, pp 799-283.

Cutts M, Kirsten JF: 2006. Asymmetric price transmission and market concentration: An investigation into four South African agro-food industries. South African Journal of Economics / Suid-Afrikaanse Tydskrif vir Ekonomie, 74 (2) / Jun, pp 323-333.

Chapters in books:

Liebenberg GF, Kirsten JF: 2006. South Africa: Coping with structural changes. In Agricultural R&D in the developing world: Too little, too late?, (8), International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, pp 195-226.

 

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