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by alumni of

University of Pretoria → Department of Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development

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Working papers

2024

  1. van der Merwe, Melissa & Zdráhal, Ivo & Lategan, Francois, 2024, "Transformations in South Africa’s Agri-food Exports to the European Union," IAAE 2024 Conference, August 2-7, 2024, New Delhi, India, International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), number 344687, Aug, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.344687.

2023

  1. van der Merwe, Melissa & Reardon, Tom & Jordaan, Danie, 2023, "Rapid transformation in South African beef chains: A case study of the North West Province," 2023 Seventh AAAE/60th AEASA Conference, September 18-21, 2023, Durban, South Africa, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE), number 365854, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.365854.
  2. Mhaka, S. & Louw, M.H. & van der Merwe, M., 2023, "Assessing the contribution of the Agricultural Economics profession in addressing graduate unemployment," 2023 Seventh AAAE/60th AEASA Conference, September 18-21, 2023, Durban, South Africa, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE), number 365920, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.365920.

2018

  1. Van Der Merwe, M. & Kirsten, J. & Trienekens, J., 2018, "Aligning enforcement and governance mechanisms to protect and govern food products with a protected designation of origin," 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia, International Association of Agricultural Economists, number 277232, Jul, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.277232.

2016

  1. Louw, André & van der Merwe, Melissa & Louw, Johan, 2016, "The corporatization of the Tshwane Fresh Produce Market in South Africa towards creating an enabling institutional environment: A case study," 2016 International European Forum (151st EAAE Seminar), February 15-19, 2016, Innsbruck-Igls, Austria, International European Forum on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks, number 244453, May, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.244453.

2011

  1. Maganga, Assa & Mehare, Abure & Ngoma, Kisa & Magombo, Elizabeth & Gondwe, Paul, 2011, "Determinants of smallholder farmers’ demand for purchased inputs in Lilongwe District, Malawi: evidence from Mitundu extension planning area," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 34590, Jan.

Undated

  1. Louw, M. & Van der Merwe, M., undated, "Asymmetry in Food Safety Information - The Case of the Recent Listeriosis outbreak and Marginalised Consumers in South - Africa," 2018 Annual Conference, September 25-27, Cape Town, South Africa, Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA), number 284770, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.284770.

Journal articles

2025

  1. Melissa van der Merwe & Ivo Zdráhal & Francois Lategan, 2025, "Trade or trap? The impact of EU trade policies on South Africa's agri-food exports," Agrekon, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 64, issue 2, pages 200-216, April, DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2025.2489934.

2024

  1. van der Merwe, Melissa, 2024, "How do we secure a future for the youth in South African agriculture?," Agrekon, Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA), volume 63, issue 01-2, April, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.348222.
  2. Andualem Begashaw & Mengistu Ketema & Abule Mehare & Mesay Yami & Shiferaw Feleke & Tahirou Abdoulaye, 2024, "Climate Change Adaptation Strategies and Its Impact on Household Vulnerability to Food Insecurity: A Micro-Level Evidence from Southwest Ethiopia," Sustainability, MDPI, volume 16, issue 13, pages 1-16, July.

2023

  1. van der Merwe, Melissa, 2023, "Agricultural economics: a discipline in crisis?," Agrekon, Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA), volume 62, issue 2, March, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.348188.
  2. Cloete, Kandas & Pienaar, Louw & Van der Merwe, Melissa, 2023, "Is persistent “loadshedding” pulling the plug on agriculture in the Western Cape, South Africa?," Agrekon, Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA), volume 62, issue 3-4, November, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.348215.
  3. Ivo Zdráhal & Francois Stefanus Lategan & Melissa van der Merwe, 2023, "A constant market share analysis of the competitiveness of the Czech Republic's agrifood exports (2002-2020) to the European Union," Agricultural Economics, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, volume 69, issue 12, pages 498-509, DOI: 10.17221/248/2023-AGRICECON.
  4. Fassil Eshetu & Jema Haji & Mengistu Ketema & Abule Mehare, 2023, "Impact of Rural Out-Migration on Vulnerability to Rural Multidimensional Poverty in Southern Ethiopia," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, volume 24, issue 3, pages 1175-1209, September, DOI: 10.1007/s12134-022-00998-3.
  5. Fassil Eshetu & Jema Haji & Mengistu Ketema & Abule Mehare, 2023, "Impact of rural out-migration on poverty of households in southern Ethiopia," Cogent Economics & Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 11, issue 1, pages 2169996-216, December, DOI: 10.1080/23322039.2023.2169996.

2022

  1. Firomsa Mersha & Jema Haji & Bezabih Emana & Abule Mehare, 2022, "Farm Households Choices of Adaptation Strategies to Climate Variability Challenges in Benishangul Gumuz Regional State, Western Ethiopia," Sustainable Agriculture Research, Canadian Center of Science and Education, volume 11, issue 4, pages 1-50, October.

2021

  1. Cheelo, Tulumbe & van der Merwe, Melissa, 2021, "What factors influence smallholder farmers’ decision to select a milk marketing channel in Zambia?," Agrekon, Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA), volume 60, issue 3, July, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.348104.
  2. Meyer, Ferdinand & Reardon, Thomas & Davids, Tracy & van der Merwe, Melissa & Jordaan, Daniel & Delport, Marion, 2021, "Hotspots of vulnerability and disruption in food value chains during COVID-19 in South Africa: industry- and firm-level “pivoting” in response," Agrekon, Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA), volume 61, issue 01, December, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.348121.

2020

  1. Marlene Louw & Melissa van der Merwe, 2020, "Asymmetry in food safety information – the case of the 2018 Listeriosis outbreak and low-income, urban consumers in Gauteng, South Africa," Agrekon, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 59, issue 2, pages 129-143, April, DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2020.1713828.
  2. Fassil Eshetu & Abule Mehare, 2020, "Determinants of Ethiopian Agricultural Exports: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis," Review of Market Integration, India Development Foundation, volume 12, issue 1-2, pages 70-94, August, DOI: 10.1177/0974929220969272.

2018

  1. van der Merwe, Melissa & Kirsten, Johann F. & Trienekens, Jacques H., 2018, "The Karoo Meat of Origin certification scheme: a silver bullet?," International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, volume 21, issue 5, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.273717.

2015

  1. M. van der Merwe & J.F. Kirsten, 2015, "Traceability systems and origin based meat products in the South African sheep meat industry," Agrekon, Taylor & Francis Journals, volume 54, issue 1, pages 53-69, March, DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2015.1019524.

2013

  1. Abule Mehare & Abdi K. Edriss, 2013, "Evaluation of the Effect of Exchange Rate Variability on the Export of Ethiopia’s Agricultural Product: A Case of Coffee," Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research, National Council of Applied Economic Research, volume 7, issue 2, pages 171-183, May, DOI: 10.1177/0973801013483506.

Undated

  1. Fassil, Eshetu & Jema, Haji & Mengistu, Ketema & Abule, Mehare, undated, "Impact of Rural Out-Migration on Agricultural Technology Adoption of Rural Households in Southern Ethiopia," AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Economics and Management, volume 15, issue 01, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.334633.

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