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  1. What does the future hold? An assessment of commercial livestock farmers' perceptions towards agricultural drought in South Africa

    Article • Journal of Applied Animal Research, November 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  2. Drivers of heartwater losses in South Africa: a Poisson and negative binomial regression approach

    Article • Cogent Food & Agriculture, October 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  3. Brockers and bridges: Social networks as drivers of Tanzania rural business development

    Article • South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, September 2025, AOSIS Open Journals

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  4. South African Lucerne exports competitiveness and demand analysis with a special focus on China

    Article • Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies, September 2025, Emerald

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  5. Strengthening Agricultural Drought Resilience of Commercial Livestock Farmers in South Africa: An Assessment of Factors Influencing Decisions

    Article • Climate, July 2025, MDPI AG

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  6. Social networks and business investment in emerging urban centres in rural Tanzania

    Article • The Southern African Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, July 2025, AOSIS Open Journals

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  7. The impact of COVID-19 on food security, employment, and welfare among Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa: a gendered perspective

    Article • Cogent Social Sciences, March 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  8. Social media and misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa

    Article • February 2025, AOSIS Open Journals

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  9. Climate change and population growth for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa.

    Article • Africa Review, February 2025, Brill

    Hermela Wondwossen Lakew, Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  10. South African commercial livestock farmers’ adaptation and coping strategies for agricultural drought

    Article • Open Agriculture, January 2025, De Gruyter

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  11. Assessing Commercial Sugarcane Irrigators’ Intentions to Adapt Water-Use Behaviour in Response to Climate Variability in South Africa

    Article • Water, November 2024, MDPI AG

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  12. Benefits of Herding on Communal Rangelands in Free State Province, South Africa

    Article • South African Journal of Agricultural Extension (SAJAE), November 2024, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  13. Gender differentials in primary processing and market participation by mopane worm harvesters in Zimbabwe: insights from the COVID-19 pandemic phase

    Article • Agriculture & Food Security, September 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  14. Data on Economic Analysis: 2017 Social Accounting Matrices (SAMs) for South Africa

    Article • Data, September 2024, MDPI AG

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  15. Livelihood Vulnerability from Drought among Smallholder Livestock Farmers in South Africa

    Article • Hydrology, September 2024, MDPI AG

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  16. Insights into the Impact of Irrigation Agriculture on the Economy of the Limpopo Province, South Africa: A Social Accounting Matrix Multiplier Analysis

    Article • Agriculture, July 2024, MDPI AG

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  17. A Systematic Review on Drivers of Water-Use Behaviour among Agricultural Water Users

    Article • Water, July 2024, MDPI AG

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  18. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Factors Influencing Water Use Behaviour and the Efficiency of Agricultural Production in South Africa

    Article • Resources, July 2024, MDPI AG

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  19. A Systematic Review of Social Sustainability Indicators for Water Use along the Agricultural Value Chain

    Article • Hydrology, May 2024, MDPI AG

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  20. Policy support strategies for organic farming extensification in Nigeria

    Article • Organic Agriculture, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  21. The impact of indigenous practices to promote women's empowerment in agriculture in South Africa

    Article • Frontiers in Public Health, April 2024, Frontiers

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  22. Dissemination and participation in early warnings and disaster risk reduction in South Africa

    Article • Jàmbá Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, January 2024, AOSIS Open Journals

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  23. Assessing the potential of a niche market for wool products in South Africa

    Article • AIMS Agriculture and Food, January 2024, Tsinghua University Press

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  24. Data on Investigating the resilience of female smallholder livestock farmers to agricultural drought in South Africa's Northern Cape Province

    Article • Data in Brief, December 2023, Elsevier

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  25. Toward SDG-11: How Social Resilience Affects Urban Settlement in South Africa?

    Article • Journal of Sustainability Research, November 2023, Qingres Limited

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  26. Nexus between Social Vulnerability and Resilience to Agricultural Drought amongst South African Smallholder Livestock Households

    Article • Atmosphere, May 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  27. Diversity of Food Insecurity Coping Strategies among Livestock Farmers in Northern Cape Province of South Africa

    Article • Climate, April 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  28. Competitiveness of Namibia’s Agri-Food Commodities: Implications for Food Security

    Article • Resources, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  29. Cost-Effectiveness of Acaricide Application Methods against Heartwater Disease in South Africa

    Article • Agriculture, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  30. Decomposition of Green Agriculture Productivity for Policy in Africa: An Application of Global Malmquist–Luenberger Index

    Article • Sustainability, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  31. The impact of live sheep export trade on the South Africa economy

    Article • AIMS Agriculture and Food, January 2023, American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  32. Drivers of Postharvest Loss among Citrus Farmers in Eastern Cape Province of South Africa: A Zero-Inflated Poisson (ZIP) Regression Model Analysis

    Article • Agriculture, October 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  33. Social vulnerability to agricultural drought: Insights from Northern Cape, South Africa

    Article • Scientific African, September 2022, Elsevier

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  34. Quantifying the Impact of COVID-19 Relief Vouchers Schemes on Food Security: Empirical Evidence Insights from South Africa

    Article • Land, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  35. Exploring Biblioshiny for Historical Assessment of Global Research on Sustainable Use of Water in Agriculture

    Article • Sustainability, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  36. Exploring the Growth of Agricultural Productivity in AFRICA: A Färe-Primont Index Approach

    Article • Agriculture, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  37. Is It Really Feminization of Agriculture? The Issue of Household Food Security in Lesotho’s Southern Lowland District

    Article • Journal of Asian and African Studies, July 2022, SAGE Publications

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  38. Smallholder sheep farmers’ perception of production constraints and competitiveness strategies in South Africa

    Article • Scientific African, July 2022, Elsevier

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  39. Rethinking Blended High Yielding Seed Varieties and Partial-Organic Fertilizer Climate Smart Agriculture Practices for Productivity and Farm Income Gains in the Drylands of Zimbabwe

    Article • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, June 2022, Frontiers

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  40. Nexus between Coping Strategies and Households’ Agricultural Drought Resilience to Food Insecurity in South Africa

    Article • Land, June 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  41. The economic impact of heartwater on the South African livestock industry and the need for a new vaccine

    Article • Preventive Veterinary Medicine, June 2022, Elsevier

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  42. Downstream Economic Implications of Predation in the South African Red Meat Industry

    Article • Frontiers in Sustainability, April 2022, Frontiers

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  43. The Impact of Agricultural Drought on Smallholder Livestock Farmers: Empirical Evidence Insights from Northern Cape, South Africa

    Article • Agriculture, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  44. Adaptation, coping strategies and resilience of agricultural drought in South Africa: implication for the sustainability of livestock sector

    Article • Heliyon, November 2021, Elsevier

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  45. Quantifying the missed EU market access opportunity for South African frozen

    Article • African Journal of Business and Economic Research, October 2021, Adonis and Abbey Publishers

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  46. What Influences Online Shopping In Nigeria: Trust or Website Quality?

    Article • African Journal of Business and Economic Research, October 2021, Adonis and Abbey Publishers

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  47. Meeting Adversity with Resilience: Survival of Zimbabwean Migrant Women in South Africa

    Article • Journal of International Migration and Integration / Revue de l integration et de la migration internationale, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  48. Determinants of Smallholder Livestock Farmers’ Household Resilience to Food Insecurity in South Africa

    Article • Climate, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  49. Perception of agricultural drought resilience in South Africa: A case of smallholder livestock farmers

    Article • Jàmbá Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, June 2021, AOSIS Open Journals

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  50. Impact of Agricultural Drought Resilience on the Welfare of Smallholder Livestock Farming Households in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa

    Article • Land, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  51. The financial viability of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology : a case of sheep feedlots

    Article • African Journal of Business and Economic Research, March 2021, Adonis and Abbey Publishers

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  52. Price attributes of Döhne Merino wool in South Africa

    Article • Agrekon, January 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  53. Competitiveness of South Africa's agri-food commodities

    Article • AIMS Agriculture and Food, January 2021, American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  54. Empowerment of smallholder female livestock farmers and its potential impacts to their resilience to agricultural drought

    Article • AIMS Agriculture and Food, January 2021, American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  55. The Economic Impact of Policy Interventions to Mitigate Water Use in Irrigation Agriculture in South Africa

    Article • Journal of Human Ecology, May 2020, Kamla Raj Enterprises

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  56. The Financial Viability of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Technology: A case of Sheep Feedlots

    Article • April 2020, Research Square

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  57. The Financial Viability of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Technology: A case of Sheep Feedlots

    Article • April 2020, Research Square

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  58. Agricultural Management Practices and Factors Affecting Technical Efficiency in Zimbabwe Maize Farming

    Article • Agriculture, March 2020, MDPI AG

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  59. Trade and Welfare Impacts of the Frozen Orange Juice Tariff Rate Quota of South Africa

    Article • The International Trade Journal, January 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  60. Smallholder livestock farmers coping and adaptation strategies to agricultural drought

    Article • AIMS Agriculture and Food, January 2020, American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  61. Factors influencing the resilience of smallholder livestock farmers to agricultural drought in South Africa: Implication for adaptive capabilities

    Article • Jàmbá Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, October 2019, AOSIS Open Journals

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  62. Job Market Perceptions of African Migrant Women in South Africa as an Initial and Long-Term Coping and Adaptation Mechanism

    Article • Journal of International Migration and Integration / Revue de l integration et de la migration internationale, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  63. Improving livelihood of smallholder farmers through region specific strategies: a case study of South African sheep production

    Article • Agrekon, July 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta, Yong Sebastian Nyam

  64. Coping and adaptation mechanisms employed by sub-Saharan African migrant women in South Africa

    Article • Jàmbá Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, June 2019, AOSIS Open Journals

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  65. Improving the income status of smallholder vegetable farmers through a homestead food garden intervention

    Article • Outlook on Agriculture, May 2019, SAGE Publications

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  66. Tariff rate quota impacts on export market access of South African fruit products into the EU market

    Article • Agrekon, April 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  67. Ecological vulnerability indicators to drought: Case of communal farmers in Eastern Cape, South Africa

    Article • Jàmbá Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, January 2019, AOSIS Open Journals

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  68. Perception and understanding of agricultural extension: perspective of farmers and public agricultural extension in Taba Nchu

    Article • South African Journal of Agricultural Extension (SAJAE), January 2019, Academy of Science of South Africa

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  69. Does women’s empowerment through policy intervention reduce food insecurity in South Africa?

    Article • Development in Practice, September 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  70. The impact of drought on commercial livestock farmers in South Africa

    Article • Development in Practice, August 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  71. The impact of the homestead food garden programme on food security in South Africa

    Article • Food Security, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    DR Emmanuel Donkor, Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  72. Assessing participation in homestead food garden programmes, land ownership and their impact on productivity and net returns of smallholder maize producers in South Africa

    Article • Agrekon, January 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  73. Indicators for economic vulnerability to drought in South Africa

    Article • Development in Practice, October 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  74. The role of indigenous knowledge in drought risk reduction: A case of communal farmers in South Africa

    Article • Jàmbá Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, July 2017, AOSIS Open Journals

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  75. Rainwater Harvesting for Sustainable Water Resource Management in Eritrea: Farmers’ Adoption and Policy Implications

    Article • Journal of Human Ecology, May 2017, Kamla Raj Enterprises

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  76. Assessing social vulnerability to drought in South Africa: Policy implication for drought risk reduction

    Article • Jàmbá Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, January 2017, AOSIS Open Journals

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  77. Toward a Sustainable Agriculture: Farming Practices and Water Use

    Article • January 2017, MDPI AG

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  78. Microcredit and gender empowerment: policy implications for sustainable agricultural development in Eritrea

    Article • Development in Practice, December 2016, Taylor & Francis

    DR Emmanuel Donkor, Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  79. Communal farmers' perception of drought in South Africa: Policy implication for drought risk reduction

    Article • International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, December 2016, Elsevier

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  80. The comparative advantage of South Africa soybean production

    Article • OCL, February 2016, EDP Sciences

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  81. Impacts of the SADC Free Trade Agreement on South African Agricultural Trade

    Article • Outlook on Agriculture, March 2014, SAGE Publications

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta

  82. The role of agriculture in welfare, income distribution and economic development of the Free State Province of South Africa: A CGE approach

    Article • Agrekon, January 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Yonas T. Bahta