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Farmers’ choice of cattle marketing channels under transaction cost in rural South Africa: a multinomial logit model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: Jorine T Ndoro --- Agricultural Extension and Rural Resource Management Programme, South Africa Maxwell Mudhara --- African Centre for Food Security, South Africa Michael Chimonyo --- Department of Animal and Poultry Science, South AfricaThis study applied a transaction cost approach to the analysis of cattle marketing behaviour among smallholder farmers in communal land areas of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The objective was to test the effects of information, negotiation, and monitoring costs on the... -
The creation of the SAVE consortium – Saving Asia’s Vultures from Extinction: a possible model for Africa?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Christopher GR Bowden --- Globally Threatened Species Recovery Unit, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, UKThere have been few faster, more dramatic and wide-scale species declines than those of South Asian vulture populations since the 1990s. This article describes the background to this problem, caused mainly by the veterinary drug diclofenac, and the establishment and... -
Managing dyspraxia: Pre-school teachers’ perceptions, experiences and strategies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Athena Pedro --- Department of Psychology, South Africa Tessa Goldschmidt --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaDyspraxia is a childhood developmental disorder that manifests as a difficulty in thinking, planning, and executing planned movements or tasks. Dyspraxia affects approximately 5–6% of school-aged children. This study aimed to explore pre-school teachers’ awareness and understanding of dyspraxia, and... -
Evaluating the performance of South African primary care: a cross-sectional descriptive survey
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Graham Bresick --- Division of Family Medicine, Klaus B von Pressentin --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Robert Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care,Introduction: In 2018 governments reaffirmed their commitment to implementing primary health care (PHC) in the Astana Declaration. South Africa has introduced a number of health reforms to strengthen PHC and enable universal health coverage (UHC). UHC requires access to quality... -
The quality of feedback from outpatient departments at referral hospitals to the primary care providers in the Western Cape: a descriptive survey
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: Robert Mash --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Herma Steyn --- Department of Health, South Africa Muideen Bello --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Klaus von Pressentin --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Liezel Rossouw --- Department of Health, South Africa Gavin Hendricks --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South Africa Germarie Fouche --- Department of Health, South Africa Dusica Stapar --- Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, South AfricaBackground: Coordinating care for patients is a key characteristic of effective primary care. Family physicians in the Western Cape formed a research network to enable them to perform practical research on key questions from clinical practice. The initial question selected... -
To honk or to hiss: uncovering call complexity in the Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Tess Gridley --- , South Africa Courtney EC Gardiner --- , South AfricaEgyptian Geese Alopochen aegyptiaca are distributed across most of Africa. Their calls dominate the soundscape of many urban areas, yet their acoustic behaviour is poorly documented or understood. Using acoustic recordings made across a range of behavioural contexts, groups sizes... -
How interfirm governance mechanisms and capabilities determine supply chain responsiveness in small businesses: Evidence from an African market
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Dominic Essuman --- , Ghana David Asamoah --- , Ghana Emmanuel Kwabena Anin --- , GhanaThis paper examines whether supply chain capabilities (i.e., collaboration and coordination) mediate the relationships between interfirm governance mechanisms (i.e., formal control and social control) and supply chain responsiveness in the context of small businesses. Using survey data from 331 small...