Journal article

Publication year: 1996

Pages: 277-286

Journal: Development Southern Africa

Volume number: 13

Issue number: 2

ISSN: 0376-835X

eISSN: 1470-3637

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1080/03768359608439894

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group

Abstract: 

The analysis of causality in rural development is difficult because some variables of the underlying developmental process are only indirectly observable. In theories of rural development, socio‐economic variables are important in linking agricultural performance variables with policy measures. Applying canonical correlation, latent variable models permit research on rural development to measure simultaneously the unobservable socio-economic variables and the observable manifest variables. In this article the stage of development of rural households and agricultural performance in South African homelands are measured indirectly. Empirical results show that the current stage of development has little impact on agricultural performance.

Harvard Citation style: Sartorius von Bach, H. and Nuppenau, E. (1996) The stage of development and agricultural performance: A causality analysis of South African traditional agriculture, Development Southern Africa, 13(2), pp. 277-286. https://doi.org/10.1080/03768359608439894

APA Citation style: Sartorius von Bach, H., & Nuppenau, E. (1996). The stage of development and agricultural performance: A causality analysis of South African traditional agriculture. Development Southern Africa. 13(2), 277-286. https://doi.org/10.1080/03768359608439894