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The valorisation of symbolic labour: the articulation of proper womanhood in post-apartheid Potchefstroom
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Pia Bombardella --- School for Social and Government Studies, North West University,Drawing on ethnographic data gleaned from nine months of research conducted among elderly, middle-class, Afrikaans- speaking members of a voluntary woman's organisation that aims at providing adult education to women, pertaining to womanhood, wifehood and motherhood, this paper shows how... -
Is the rand a commodity currency? A volatility spillover analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Ayesha Sayed --- , South Africa Ailie Charteris --- , South AfricaSouth Africa is a major commodity exporter, yet it is not clear what impact volatility in commodity prices has on the volatility of its currency. In this study, we examine whether a comprehensive sample of commodities (metals, grains and energy)... -
Preliminary study on improved postharvest practices for tomato loss reduction in Nigeria, Rwanda and India
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Olubukola Motunrayo Odeyemi --- , Nigeria Lisa Kitinoja --- , USA Neeru Dubey --- , India Solange Musanase --- , Rwanda Gurbinder Singh Gill --- , USATomato production is increasing along with postharvest losses in Nigeria, Rwanda and India. Modified Commodity Systems Assessment Methodology on tomato was conducted in the study areas during the July – August 2017 harvest season to evaluate the costs and benefits... -
Closed-form solutions via the invariant approach for one-factor commodity models
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Quaestiones Mathematicae • Authors: A.G. Johnpillai --- Eastern University, Sri Lanka F.M. Mahomed --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaWe utilise the invariant method for scalar linear (1+1) parabolic partial differential equations so as to effect reductions via invertible transformations to Lie canonical forms of the first and third types. This is performed for the one-factor commodity models that... -
An estimation of liquidity effects of market microstructure changes in the Indian agricultural commodity market
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Investment Analysts Journal • Authors: Sreekha Pullaykkodi --- Manipal School of Commerce and Economics, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, IndiaThe effects of market microstructure change on the liquidity of the Indian agricultural commodity market are examined using 18 years of data by dividing it into different sub-samples. The study examines variations in market liquidity by conducting a year-wise analysis,...