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: B3
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:
Emongor RA, Kirsten JF: 2009. The impact of South African supermarkets on agricultural development in the SADC: A case study in Zambia, Namibia and Botswana. Agrekon, 48 (1) / Mar, pp 60-84, Full Text
Juana J, Kirsten JF, Strzepek KM: 2009. Marginal productivity analysis of inter-sectoral water demand in South Africa. Asian-African Journal of Economics and Econometrics, 9 (2), pp 305-319.
Abu O, Kirsten JF: 2009. Profit efficiency of small- and medium-scale maize milling enterprises in South Africa. Development Southern Africa, 26 (3) / Sep, pp 353-368, Full Text
Chapters in books:
Kirsten JF, Karaan AS M, Dorward AR: 2009. Introduction to the Economics of Institutions. In Institutional Economics Perspectives on African Agricultural Development, (2), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), pp 35-74.
Dorward AR, Kirsten JF, Omamo SW, Poulton C, Vink N: 2009. Institutions and the Agricultural Development Challenge in Africa. In Institutional Economics Perspectives on African Agrigultural Development, (1), International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), pp 3-34.
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