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Innovation and agricultural exports: the case of sub-Saharan Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Monika Korzun --- School of Environmental Design and Rural Development (SEDRD), Canada Bamidele Adekunle --- School of Environmental Design and Rural Development (SEDRD), Canada Glen C. Filson --- School of Environmental Design and Rural Development (SEDRD), CanadaThe multifaceted nature of agricultural innovation makes it evident that technological, industrial, human and economic factors define and redefine agricultural innovation within new cultural and technological contexts. Juxtaposing the African condition to the earlier understanding of the cross-cultural dimensions of... -
Whose ethics? The international regulation of labour practices on South African export fruit farms
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Janie Swanepoel --- Department of Anthropology, South AfricaThis paper concerns private labour regulation services in the form of ethical audits. By describing the development and nature of ethical audits in the South African fruit export industry, it juxtaposes the complex relations between farm workers and farmers, shaped... -
Determinants of technology-intensive exports: The case of African countries, 1995–2017
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Agathe Fonkam --- University of Johannesburg, South AfricaAn extensive literature has investigated the driving forces behind high-technology exports, but most studies focus on developed countries and developing countries outside Africa. The purpose of this paper is to assess the main factors determining export-oriented technological change, using the... -
Changing structure of India’s exports with Africa: Where do the technology-intensive exports stand?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Mohd Fayaz --- Central University of Punjab, India Sandeep Kaur --- Central University of Punjab, IndiaThe present study is an endeavour to document the pattern of comparative advantage and structural changes of Indian exports with Africa with the help of revealed comparative advantage index and the constant market share model for the period 1980–2021. The...