What are the cost of land degradation to communal livestock farmers in South Africa : the case of the Herschel District, Eastern Cape

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dc.contributor.advisorBond, William Jen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorTrollope, Winstonen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVetter, Susanneen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-13T14:10:23Z
dc.date.available2014-08-13T14:10:23Z
dc.date.issued2003en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 185-205.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractA more recent approach to communal rangelands argues that this traditional view has ignored communal farmers' objectives, which are to maximise stock numbers rather than offtake in the form of sales and slaughter, and challenges the view that communal rangelands are necessarily degraded. Long-term livestock records in many former homeland districts of South Africa have shown no appreciable long-term decline in animal numbers. This has led several influential researchers and policy makers to conclude that no loss in productivity has occurred and that these systems are sustainable in fulfilling the objectives of the land users. The aim of this study is to assess the costs of degradation in terms of land users' objectives using a case study in a communal rangeland area in South Africa.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationVetter, S. (2003). <i>What are the cost of land degradation to communal livestock farmers in South Africa : the case of the Herschel District, Eastern Cape</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6195en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationVetter, Susanne. <i>"What are the cost of land degradation to communal livestock farmers in South Africa : the case of the Herschel District, Eastern Cape."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6195en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVetter, S. 2003. What are the cost of land degradation to communal livestock farmers in South Africa : the case of the Herschel District, Eastern Cape. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Vetter, Susanne AB - A more recent approach to communal rangelands argues that this traditional view has ignored communal farmers' objectives, which are to maximise stock numbers rather than offtake in the form of sales and slaughter, and challenges the view that communal rangelands are necessarily degraded. Long-term livestock records in many former homeland districts of South Africa have shown no appreciable long-term decline in animal numbers. This has led several influential researchers and policy makers to conclude that no loss in productivity has occurred and that these systems are sustainable in fulfilling the objectives of the land users. The aim of this study is to assess the costs of degradation in terms of land users' objectives using a case study in a communal rangeland area in South Africa. DA - 2003 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2003 T1 - What are the cost of land degradation to communal livestock farmers in South Africa : the case of the Herschel District, Eastern Cape TI - What are the cost of land degradation to communal livestock farmers in South Africa : the case of the Herschel District, Eastern Cape UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6195 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationVetter S. What are the cost of land degradation to communal livestock farmers in South Africa : the case of the Herschel District, Eastern Cape. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Biological Sciences, 2003 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6195en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Biological Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherBotanyen_ZA
dc.titleWhat are the cost of land degradation to communal livestock farmers in South Africa : the case of the Herschel District, Eastern Capeen_ZA
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