Commodity organisation and board data

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	employer association records
Producer	Commodity boards and producer organisations
Coverage	1910-2012
Works using it	2

Debates

Debate	Works
Agricultural policy, productivity, farm size and land reform	2
Farm labour: mechanisation, labour shedding, wages and labour control	2
Data reliability and econometric method	2

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Liebenberg (2012a)	Commodity organisation and industry data (Wool Board/Cape Wools, Dairy Board, Milk Producers Organisation, SAGIS, Fertilizer Association, Potato SA, tree census bodies)	1910–2012 (varies)	Benchmarks to correct wool, milk, fertilizer and orchard-area estimates and to estimate homeland production after 1970.
Liebenberg (2012b)	Commodity organization and board data (Dairy Board annual reports, Cape Wools/Wool Board, SAGIS, Potato SA, tree census surveys DFPT/AVCASA/SAWIS, NAMC levy surveys, Milk Producers Organization)	1980-2011 mostly	Used to validate or correct milk, wool, area planted, tree/vine area, yields and levy-funded research figures.