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<tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFCC80 HEIGHT= 30 WIDTH="627"><div> <A HREF="id143.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guidelines for determining mechanisation"><U><B>Guidelines for determining mechanisation and labour costs</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id147.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Riglyne vir die bepaling van meganisasie"><U><B>Riglyne vir die bepaling van meganisasie- en arbeidskoste</B></U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="627"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="627" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFCC80 HEIGHT= 15 ><NOBR><div> <B> </B><A HREF="id76.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Creative Multidisciplinary Approach towa"><U><B>A creative multidisciplinary approach towards the development of food gardening</B></U></A><B>.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="627"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="16" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="627" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFCC80 HEIGHT= 32 ><NOBR><div> <B>Papers delivered at SAIAE Continuing Professional Development Event</B></div> <div> <B>September 2004, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 161 WIDTH="627"><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800b400000000.gif" HEIGHT="12" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Precision Farming: <A HREF="id106.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Way to Success"><U>The Way to Success in Agriculture </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id126.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Strategic approach"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800b400000000.gif" HEIGHT="12" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A strategic approach to the implementation of precision farming principles in cash crop farming </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id124.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Metodes om bestuursones te identifiseer"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800b400000000.gif" HEIGHT="12" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Die evaluering van verskillende metodes om bestuursones te identifiseer in die Sentrale Akkerboustreek </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id127.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Agronomiese Integrering"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800b400000000.gif" HEIGHT="12" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Agronomiese integrering van presisieboerdery </U></A><A HREF="id127.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Agronomiese Integrering"><U> </U></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800b400000000.gif" HEIGHT="12" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">T<A HREF="id130.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Aspects"><U>he aspects of precision farming </U></A><A HREF="id130.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Aspects"><U> </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Economic Analysis"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800b400000000.gif" HEIGHT="12" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Economic analysis</U></A><A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Economic Analysis"><U> of N and P applications under variable rate and whole field strategies in the Bothaville district </U></A><A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Economic Analysis"><U> </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id129.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Users View"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800b400000000.gif" HEIGHT="12" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Precision Farming: A User's View </U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id131.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Equipment"><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a800b400000000.gif" HEIGHT="12" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Equipment used in precision farming</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div>  </div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="637" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFCC80 HEIGHT= 33 WIDTH="631"><div> <B>Papers delivered at the 13th International Farm Management Association, Wageningen, Netherland, July 2002 </B><A HREF="http://www.ifma.nl" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ifma.nl"><U>http://www.ifma.nl</U></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 165 WIDTH="631"><div>     </div> <div> Nell, W. T. & Schwalbach, L. Adoption of veterinary technologies amongst sheep and goat farmers in Qwaqwa, South Africa.</div> <bR> <div> Dennis, H. J. & Nell, W. T. Precision irrigation in South Africa.</div> <bR> <div> Serage, K. L., Nell, W. T., Makula, M. and Tolmay, J. P. C., <I>Possible predictors determing the adoption of potatoes </I>(<I>Solanum tuberosum</I>) into a wheat- (<I>Triticum aestivum</I>) based cropping system in Mokhotlong, Lesotho.</div> <bR> <div> Matela, N., The precision agriculture in cash crop production in South Africa. <A HREF="id67.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Precision Agriculture in cash crop produ"><U>Poster.</U></A></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFCC80 HEIGHT= 33 WIDTH="631"><div> <B>Paper delivered at the 14th International Farm Management Congress, Perth, Western Australia, August 2004.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 28 ><NOBR><div>    </div> <div> Hough, E. C. & Nell, W. T. <A HREF="id148.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Financial Aspect of Growing Organic "><U>The financial aspect of growing organic wine grapes in the Vredendal district.</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="637" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFCC80 HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="631"><div> <B>Articles</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 374 WIDTH="631"><bR> <div> Matela, N., Nell, W. T. & Lowenberg-DeBoer. 2003. The status of precision agriculture in cash-crop production in South Africa. <I>SAIAE Journal</I>, 33:1:109-119.</div> <bR> <div> Nell, W. T. & Matela, N.  2003. Precision agriculture in Africa.  <I>SAIAE Journal</I>, 33:1:120-148.</div> <bR> <div> Nell, W. T. & Matela, N.  2005.  Proposed chapter: Precision agriculture in Africa and South Africa. In <I>Precision farming – A global perspective</I>.  New York: Haworth Food Products Press.  (Submitted 2001; to be published in 2005).</div> <bR> <div> Armour, R. J., Viljoen, M. F. & Nell, W. T.  2001. The potential and use of electronic mail technology for conducting surveys in South Africa: A case study entitled “SA Agri-Success 2000". <I>Agrekon</I>, 40(1):84-94.</div> <bR> <div> Ahmed, M. M., Sanders, J. H. & Nell, W. T. 2000. New sorghum and millet cultivar introduction in Sub-Saharan Africa: Impacts and policy implications.  <I>Agricultural Systems, </I>64(1), April: 55-65.</div> <bR> <div> Nell, W. T., Wessels, S. J., Mokoka, J. & Machedi, S.  2000. <A HREF="id76.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Creative Multidisciplinary Approach towa"><U>A creative multidisciplinary approach towards the development of food gardening</U></A>.  <I>Development Southern Africa</I>, 17(5), December 2000. </div> <bR> <div> Nell, W. T.  1999.  “Towards developing financial management strategies for land reform beneficiaries in the Bloemfontein-Thaba Nchu area of the Free State Province of South Africa”, <I>Development Southern Africa</I>, 16(3), Spring.</div> <bR> <div> Nell, W. T., Van Schalkwyk, H. D., Sanders, J. H., Schwalbach, L. & Bester, C. J. 1998.<A HREF="id75.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Adoption of New Technologies"><U> Adoption of veterinary surgeon services by sheep and goat farmers in Qwaqwa</U></A>. <I>Agrekon</I>, 37(4):418-434. </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFCC80 HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="631"><div> <B>   </B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 333 WIDTH="631"><bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>