Maize production cost surveys

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	household or labour survey microdata
Producer	Department of Agriculture (Division of Economics and Markets)
Coverage	1945-1985
Works using it	2

Debates

Debate	Works
Agricultural policy, productivity, farm size and land reform	1
Farm labour: mechanisation, labour shedding, wages and labour control	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Brits (1969)	Division of Economics and Markets cost of production surveys (Bulletin 359, 'Method of Calculation of Maize Production Cost'), Pretoria, 1958	1946 onward	Shows how the average cost of production per bag, the main price component, is determined from random farm samples.
Van Zyl et al. (1987b)	Maize production cost surveys, Department of Agriculture and Water Supply (rotation basis, 1945-1985), three maize regions	1945-1985	Core data for growth rates in employees per farm and per 1000 ha, machinery investment, remuneration, costs, income and productivity (Tables 2, 4-8).