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Farming in South Africa

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Kind newspapers periodicals
Producer Department of Agriculture
Coverage 1936-1964
Works using it 4

Debates

Debate Works
Agricultural policy, productivity, farm size and land reform 3
Farm labour: mechanisation, labour shedding, wages and labour control 2
Data reliability and econometric method 2
Agrarian transition to capitalism and the fate of the African peasantry 1

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Brits (1969) Farming in South Africa articles (1959-1964) 1959-1964 Cited to explain the causes of rising yields (weed control, fertiliser, pests, harvesting, seed).
Liebenberg (2012a) Farming in South Africa (DOA 1952, 1960) and Farming in South Africa jubilee issue articles 1952–1960 Historical summaries of settlement schemes, orchard plant spacing, tree areas and sector development.
Liebenberg (2012b) Farming in South Africa (DOA 1952; 1960 Jubilee edition) and Union government reports 1952-1960 Plant spacing for orchard area estimates, settlement scheme descriptions and early investment estimates.
Schirmer (1995) Farming in South Africa (periodical), December 1936 and June 1956 1936, 1956 Supports claims of production and price recovery after 1933 and record maize output in 1955.