Determinants of output prices formation in local sheep markets - the case of Amathole and Joe Xabi (Ukhahlamba), Eastern Cape

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dc.contributor.advisorJacobs, P.T.
dc.contributor.advisorMakaudze, E.
dc.contributor.authorDzivakwi, Robert
dc.contributor.otherDept. of Economics
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Economics and Management Sciences
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-14T09:42:23Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-03T08:15:00Z
dc.date.available2011/06/06 10:38
dc.date.available2011/06/06
dc.date.available2014-01-14T09:42:23Z
dc.date.available2024-05-03T08:15:00Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.descriptionMagister Economicae - MEconen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study identifies the determinants of sheep prices for small-scale sheep farming households in two districts of the Eastern Cape, namely Amathole and Ukhahlamba (Joe Xabe). Output prices that small farm households receive for their sheep affect their incomes from agriculture (knowing that revenue is a product of quantity and price), which, in turn, influence their living standards. The study isolates three sets of determinants of price formation in local agricultural markets - structural drivers, institutional factors and livelihood shocks - to account for the variations in prices that smallholder farmers receive. Data were collected from 134 households that were selected using purpose sampling and preceded by key informant and focus groups interviews with actors along the sheep value chain. A questionnaire consisting of both open-ended and quantitative questions was used. The relationship between output price formation and clusters of determinants is a typical hedonic pricing framework, which is fitted using a backward stepwise econometric technique that is a widely used experimental tool to identify significant determinants.en_US
dc.description.countrySouth Africa
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/12562
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectEastern Capeen_US
dc.subjectPrice formationen_US
dc.subjectStructural driversen_US
dc.subjectInstitutional factorsen_US
dc.subjectLivelihood shocksen_US
dc.subjectLocal agricultural marketsen_US
dc.subjectSmallholder farmersen_US
dc.subjectPurposive samplingen_US
dc.subjectHedonic pricing frameworken_US
dc.subjectPro-pooren_US
dc.titleDeterminants of output prices formation in local sheep markets - the case of Amathole and Joe Xabi (Ukhahlamba), Eastern Capeen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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