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Comparative advantage of potato production in seven regions of South Africa
The focus of this research was to investigate the comparative advantage of the potato industry in seven potato production regions in South Africa. Potatoes are the most important vegetable crop produced in South Africa. In 2008 it contributed more than 40% to the total production of vegetables in South Africa and it accounted for more than 20% of the value of all fresh produce sold on all the major national fresh produce markets. This study uses the Resource Cost Ratio (RCR) methodology that provides an explicit indication of the efficiency with which production alternatives uses domestic resources to generate or save foreign exchange. The Nominal Protection Ratio (NPR) and Effective Protection Coefficient (EPC) were also calculated. The results show that current policies that affects the input market for potato production in South Africa is constraining the potato industry. This was confirmed by the results obtained from the NPR and EPC analysis, and the size of the policy distortions was shown through the calculation of market and economic profitability. If current policies prevail potato production in the Eastern Free State will not have a comparative advantage, but in the absence of such policies all production regions have a comparative advantage.Crop Production/Industries,
Respiratory pathogens in cases of sudden unexpected death in infants (SUDI) at Tygerberg Forensic Pathology Service Mortuary
The Impact of Public Health Awareness Campaigns on the Awareness and Quality of Palliative Care
Comparative advantage of potato production in seven regions of South Africa
The focus of this research was to investigate the comparative advantage of the potato
industry in seven potato production regions in South Africa. Potatoes are the most important
vegetable crop produced in South Africa. In 2008 it contributed more than 40% to the total
production of vegetables in South Africa and it accounted for more than 20% of the value of
all fresh produce sold on all the major national fresh produce markets. This study uses the
Resource Cost Ratio (RCR) methodology that provides an explicit indication of the efficiency
with which production alternatives uses domestic resources to generate or save foreign
exchange. The Nominal Protection Ratio (NPR) and Effective Protection Coefficient (EPC)
were also calculated.
The results show that current policies that affects the input market for potato production in
South Africa is constraining the potato industry. This was confirmed by the results obtained
from the NPR and EPC analysis, and the size of the policy distortions was shown through the
calculation of market and economic profitability. If current policies prevail potato
production in the Eastern Free State will not have a comparative advantage, but in the
absence of such policies all production regions have a comparative advantage
Toward a standardized investigation protocol in sudden unexpected deaths in infancy in South Africa: a multicenter study of medico-legal investigation procedures and outcomes.
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The effect of temperature on the continuous ferrous-iron oxidation kinetics of a predominantly Leptospirillum ferrooxidans culture
Profiling the approach to the investigation of viral infections in cases of sudden unexpected death in infancy in the Western Cape Province, South Africa
Hepatic hemangioendothelioma presenting as sudden unexpected death in infancy: A case report
The classification of an unexpected infant death as suddeninfant death syndrome (SIDS) depends upon a complete autopsy, death scene investigation, and review of medical history to exclude known causes of death. Death from occult neoplastic disease in infancy is extremely rare but is within the broad differential diagnosis of SIDS. We report the sudden and unexpected death of a 1-month-old infant from a hepatic (infantile) hemangioendothelioma. The physiologic mechanism of death was likely cardiac failure induced by the circulatory demands of this large vascular tumor and respiratory compromise from diaphragmatic thoracic incursion. The clinical progression and pathology of these relatively common tumors of infant livers are extremely variable. This case dramatically illustrates the potential for fatal outcome of this tumor, as well as the need for autopsy to determine the cause of sudden and unexpected death in an infant. © 2011 Society for Pediatric Pathology.Articl