Financial impact of wheat quality standards on South African wheat producers : a dynamic linear programming (DLP) approach
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- Date
- 2018-01-01
- Language
- English
- Media Type
- research article
- Pages
- 53-69
- Keywords
- Financial impact, Wheat quality, National Library of South Africa, Dynamic linear programming, YES, Wheat producers, South African wheat industry, NX@, P14015, PO Bx 937, Pretoria 0001, docdel@nlsa.ac.za, 2022/03/04, 2022/03/06
- Author(s)
- Cloete, P.C., Van der Merwe, J.D.
- Publication Title
- Development Southern Africa
- Volume
- 35
- ISSN
- Africa : South Africa
- Description
- Takes an in-depth look at the link between wheat quality and yield, with a view to determining the impact of wheat quality standards (ceteris paribus) on the profitability of South African wheat producers. Results indicate that were these classification discrepancies removed, the country-wide effect on net farm income is estimated to range between ZAR606 million and ZAR920 million per annum.
- Subject
- AGRICULTURE, CROPS