Prof Frikkie Mare
Position
Research Fellow
Department
Agricultural Economics
Address
LG 1.120
Agricultural Economics
IB 58
R1351
Telephone
0514013220
Office
1.104
Information

Short CV

Publications

  1. MARE´, F.A. & WILLEMSE, B.J. (2011). Strategic marketing plan to promote the Nguni as an indigenous beef breed in South Africa. 18th IFMA Congress Proceedings, Peer reviewed papers. Pages: 488 – 495.

  2. MARE´, F.A., NELL, W.T. & WILLEMSE, B.J. (2011). Should maize farmers consider a long- term feedlot in response to low maize prices: The case of the South African market. 18th IFMA Congress Proceedings, Peer reviewed papers. Pages: 287 – 296.

  3. MORRIS, L. & MARE´, F.A. (2013). Developing a collaborative marketing strategy for sheep farmers in Namibia. Agrekon: Agricultural Economics Research, Policy and Practice in Southern Africa. Vol 52: Sup1, 118 – 132.

  4. MARE´, F.A., TALJAARD, P.R. & JORDAAN, H. (2013). Consumer preferences for beef, with specific reference to fat colour: The case of Cape Town, South Africa. International Journal of Agricultural Management. Vol 2:3, 141 – 148.

  5. MARE´, F.A. & OGUNDEJI, A.A. (2013). Price transmission in the beef value chain – The case of Bloemfontein, South Africa. 19th IFMA Congress Proceedings, Volume 1: Peer reviewed papers. Pages: 255 – 262.

  6. VAN ZYL, J.H., STRYDOM, D.B. & MARE´, F.A. (2013). Requirements for feedlot site selection. 19th IFMA Congress Proceedings, Volume 2: Peer reviewed papers. Pages: 221 – 230.

  7. LOMBARD, W.A. & MARE´, F.A. (2015). The effect of genetic selection on feedlot profitability: A case study of Sernick feedlot. 20th IFMA Congress Peer Reviewed Proceedings Volume 1: 242 – 249.

  8. MARE´, F.A. & GROVE´, B. (2015). Evaluating alternative risk transfer against short-term crop insurance as a hail risk management strategy. 20th IFMA Congress Peer Reviewed Proceedings Volume 1: 259 – 267.

  9. MARE´, H.P. & MARE´, F.A. (2015). A decision support model for the adoption of precision agriculture practices. 20th IFMA Congress Peer Reviewed Proceedings Volume 1: 268 – 280.

  10. OOSTHUIZEN, P.L. & MARE´, F.A. (2015). A decision support model to assist cattle feedlots in determining the profit maximizing feeding period for different breed types. 20th IFMA Congress Peer Reviewed Proceedings

  11. MARE´, F.A., GROVE´, B. & WILLEMSE, B.J. (2015). Estimating the maximum value of crop hail insurance under stochastic yield and price risk. Agrekon: Agricultural Economics Research, Policy and Practice in Southern Africa. 54(4). Pp. 28 – 44.

  12. MARE´, F.A. & MARE´, H.P. (2017). Applying a Decision Support Model to Investigate the Influence of Precision Agriculture Practices on Sustainable Crop Production. In Toward a Sustanable Agriculture: Farming Practices and Water Use; Frontiers in Sustainability Series 1; MDPI: Basel, Switzerland, 2017, Vol. 1 pp. 90 – 100.

  13. MARE´, F.A., GROVE´, B. & WILLEMSE, B.J. (2017). Evaluating the long-term effectiveness of crop insurance products to provide cost effective and constant cover for maize producers under stochastic yields and prices. Agrekon: Agricultural Economics Research, Policy and Practice in Southern Africa. (In press).

  14. OOSTHUIZEN, P.L. & MARE´, F.A. (2017). Increase feedlot profitability by differentiating between beef breeds. 21st IFMA Congress Peer Reviewed Proceedings. (In press).

  15. LOMBARD, W.A., VAN NIEKERK, H.N. & MARE´, F.A. (2017). Assessing the economic impact of livestock theft in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. 21st IFMA Congress Peer Reviewed Proceedings. (In press).

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Courses Presented


Community Service

Since 2009 I had presented some of my work and research at numerous congresses, conferences, annual meetings, farmer’s days and agricultural society and union meetings. The array of work presented is very broad and therefore I will only list a summary of the clients to whom I have presented my work. These clients include, but are not limited to:

  • SA Stud Book

  • Hay Farmers Union

  • Rayton Estates

  • RPO Free State

  • NWGA Free State

  • RPO Northern Cape

  • OVK

  • De Aar Farmers’ Association

  • Britstown Farmers’ Association

  • Hopetown Agricultural Union

  • Grootfontein Agricultural Development Institute (GADI)

  • Phillipstown Farmers’ Association

  • Colesberg Farmers’ Association

  • Santam Agriculture

  • Bloemfontein Part-time Farmers’ Association

  • Prof Johan Willemse’s Agricultural Market Outlook

    Workshops

  • National RPO

  • National NWGA

  • Eastern Cape RPO

  • Aberdeen Farmers’ Association

  • Burgersdorp Farmers’ Association

  • Victoria West Agricultural Union

  • KroonVee

  • Desert Beef

  • Veeplaas’ Intensive Sheep Production School

  • Mamre Dormers

Service Learning




BLOEMFONTEIN CAMPUS FACULTY CONTACT

Elfrieda van den Berg (Marketing Manager)
T: +27 51 401 2531
E:vdberge@ufs.ac.za

QWAQWA CAMPUS FACULTY CONTACT

Dilahlwane Mohono (Faculty Officer)
T: +27 58 718 5284
E:naturalscienceqq@ufs.ac.za

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