Employment and growth in South Africa: An agricultural perspective

Zyl, Van; Vink, Nick; Nick,

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“…He shows that this would increase the demand for food and semidurables. The impacts of agricultural growth on aggregate sectoral outcomes have been estimated by Van Zyl & Vink (1988). They calculate production-linkage multipliers based on a nationwide input-output matrix for 1985 and have found that -agriculture has the largest employment multiplier, given an increase in farm output -agriculture and construction have the largest employment multipliers, given an increase in sectoral capital investment.…”

Section: Evidence Of and Potential For Farm/non-farm Linkages In Soutmentioning

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Promoting farm/non‐farm linkages for employment of the poor in South Africa: A research agenda focused on small‐scale farms and agroindustry

Machethe¹,

Reardon

Mead

1997

Development Southern Africa

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This article presents a policy research agenda for the promotion of farm/non-farm linkages in South Africa. Our premise is that promoting the participation of small farms and small agroindustrial businesses in these linkages will have a strong impact on employment and income for the poor. We argue that there is potential for growth in linkages. The first question of the policy research agenda concerns the current status of linkages, and we note the dearth of research on this. The second question concerns the constraints on and prospects for promoting linkages from the demand side, and the third question treats the same concerns from the supply side. The fourth question is rooted in the duality in South Africa's non-farm and farm sectors, and asks whether, and how, small and large agroindustrial businesses and farms will compete or relate in 'business linkages' that can benefit intersectoral linkages. The final question concerns the impacts of and alternatives for policies and programmes to spur linkages.

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Section: Evidence Of and Potential For Farm/non-farm Linkages In Soutmentioning

confidence: 99%

Promoting farm/non‐farm linkages for employment of the poor in South Africa: A research agenda focused on small‐scale farms and agroindustry

Machethe¹,

Reardon

Mead

1997

Development Southern Africa

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“…Although Ortmann (1985) included upward-sloping supply functions for rabour to refine his model, labour was assumed to be perfectly elastic in this model. An unemployment rate in excess of 25 per cent in the rural areas of South Africa (Van Zyl and Vink, 1988) supports this assumption. Returns to scale were assumed to be constant.…”

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Effects of the Farmer Support Programme and Changes in Marketing Policies on Maize Production in South Africa

Zÿl

Fényes

Vink

1992

J Agricultural Economics

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This article analyses the effects of action aimed at narrowing the gap between South Africa's ‘two agricultures’, specifically the effects of the Farmer Support Programme (FSP) on structural aspects of maize production under different marketing policies. This is done by assembling a sectoral linear programming model of the South African summer‐rainfall grain‐producing area. The emphasis is on the inclusion of supply, demand and production risk. Results show that the effects of a successful FSP on specific interest groups, e.g. consumers of a specific product, or producers in a specific region, depend on the marketing policy followed, as well as on the effectiveness of the FSP. The analysis accentuates the interrelationships in South African crop production and illustrates how past policies ignored regional comparative advantages, distorted regional development and affected social welfare.

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“…It could be argued from an economic perspective that agricultural production makes a considerable contribution to economic development and the growth of prosperity, especially through income and labour linkage effects and multipliers Van Zyl & Vink, 1988). On the basis of a recent input-output analysis, it is clear that the agricultural sector plays a major part in the creation of job opportunities, not only within this sector itself but also, and especially, in the non-agricultural sectors.…”

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Presidential Address: Important Themes in Agricultural Economics

Rooyen

1989

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Employment and growth in South Africa: An agricultural perspective

Cited by 20 publications

References 11 publications

Promoting farm/non‐farm linkages for employment of the poor in South Africa: A research agenda focused on small‐scale farms and agroindustry

Promoting farm/non‐farm linkages for employment of the poor in South Africa: A research agenda focused on small‐scale farms and agroindustry

Effects of the Farmer Support Programme and Changes in Marketing Policies on Maize Production in South Africa

Presidential Address: Important Themes in Agricultural Economics

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