Ferdinand Meyer
Biographic Data
| ID | 9357156 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ferdinand Meyer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ferdinand |
| FAMILY NAME | Meyer |
| SIGNATURE | MEYER F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stellenbosch University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6885-7372 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Trends and drivers of fertiliser consumption in the South African agricultural industry
The South African fertiliser industry plays a crucial role in supporting agriculture and ensuring food security. However, the country's dependence on fertiliser imports and inefficiencies in the supply chain pose significant economic and environmental challenges. Although South African farmers have managed to improve fertiliser use efficiency over time, broader application of precision agriculture technologies can enhance fertiliser use efficienc…
Case in point
This paper makes an empirical and methodological contribution to estimating the impact of failed support services, such as electricity, on agricultural value chains. Our research offers estimates of the effects of loadshedding (scheduled power outages) on three distinct agricultural value chains, along with strategies used to manage these disruptions. To compare the effects of loadshedding with a baseline of uninterrupted electricity supply, we u…
A sector-wide review of the Covid-19 impact on the South African agricultural sector during 2020–21
The agriculture value chain is a complex web of interactions which includes activities within the agricultural sector and various support industries less directly linked to the sector. Despite being declared an essential service when the COVID-19 regulations were promulgated and lockdown restrictions imposed, the value chain still faced multiple bottlenecks and disruptions that needed to be overcome to ensure food security through this period. Th…
Hotspots of vulnerability and disruption in food value chains during Covid-19 in South Africa
We use a primary data set from a survey of medium and large firms and farms in the beef, citrus, and maize value chains in South Africa during March-June 2020, the early and late phases of the initial COVID-19 lockdowns. We have five main findings. (1) The initial lockdown regulations declared as “essential” the product (vertical) value chains but left as “inessential” the important “lateral” value chains delivering labour, materials, and logisti…
Words Chiseled into Marble
Contents: Meyer's means of representing artworks in verbal narratives are analyzed narratologically. His art-historical realism, his stance as translator, and his ambivalence towards the cultic function of the arts are studied
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Words Chiseled into Marble
Contents: Meyer's means of representing artworks in verbal narratives are analyzed narratologically. His art-historical realism, his stance as translator, and his ambivalence towards the cultic function of the arts are studied
A sector-wide review of the Covid-19 impact on the South African agricultural sector during 2020–21
The agriculture value chain is a complex web of interactions which includes activities within the agricultural sector and various support industries less directly linked to the sector. Despite being declared an essential service when the COVID-19 regulations were promulgated and lockdown restrictions imposed, the value chain still faced multiple bottlenecks and disruptions that needed to be overcome to ensure food security through this period. Th…
Hotspots of vulnerability and disruption in food value chains during Covid-19 in South Africa
We use a primary data set from a survey of medium and large firms and farms in the beef, citrus, and maize value chains in South Africa during March-June 2020, the early and late phases of the initial COVID-19 lockdowns. We have five main findings. (1) The initial lockdown regulations declared as “essential” the product (vertical) value chains but left as “inessential” the important “lateral” value chains delivering labour, materials, and logisti…
Trends and drivers of fertiliser consumption in the South African agricultural industry
The South African fertiliser industry plays a crucial role in supporting agriculture and ensuring food security. However, the country's dependence on fertiliser imports and inefficiencies in the supply chain pose significant economic and environmental challenges. Although South African farmers have managed to improve fertiliser use efficiency over time, broader application of precision agriculture technologies can enhance fertiliser use efficienc…
Case in point
This paper makes an empirical and methodological contribution to estimating the impact of failed support services, such as electricity, on agricultural value chains. Our research offers estimates of the effects of loadshedding (scheduled power outages) on three distinct agricultural value chains, along with strategies used to manage these disruptions. To compare the effects of loadshedding with a baseline of uninterrupted electricity supply, we u…
Agriculture (3 works) · Business (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts (2 works) · Economic sector (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Marketing (2 works) · Supply chain (2 works) · Value chain (2 works) · Agribusiness (1 works)