COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE IN THE WESTERN CAPE: MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS WITH A SOCIAL ACCOUNTING MATRIX / KOMMERSIËLE LANDBOU IN DIE WES-KAAP: MAKRO-EKONOMIESE ANALISE MET 'N SOSIALE REKENING MATRIKS
| Autor: | G. F. Liebenberg, Jerry B. Eckert, D. P. Troskie |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
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| Zdroj: | Agrekon. 36:302-327 |
| ISSN: | 2078-0400 0303-1853 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03031853.1997.9523467 |
| Popis: | A social accounting matrix was developed for the Western Cape to meet growing needs for quantitative analysis of the agricultural sector. Twenty-five farm commodities and seven agribusinesses are explicitly included in the model. The coloured and black populations dominate provincial expenditure on fresh and processed farm commodities, suggesting that future demand growth depends on income increases among these household groups. In the aggregate, agriculture's contributions to job creation, value added and government revenue significantly exceed those of the nonagricultural sectors; agribusiness exceeds other nonagricultural sectors because of their backward links to production agriculture. Within agriculture, horticulture and livestock subsectors make the most significant contributions to the macro economy. Similar patterns are found with respect to generating household incomes, and in the equality with which such incomes are distributed. Household economic behaviour is explicit. Spending by the poor is ... |
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