Forty Years of Agricultural Economics Scholarship and Practice in South Africa: a Time to Challenge the Consensus and Refocus Our Intellectual Work
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The first scheduled annual conference of the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa was held in October 1962. Today is thus truly a special occasion as we celebrate the 40th annual conference an important milestone for our discipline. Reaching the age of 40 is a time to celebrate, but perhaps also a time to reflect on past achievements and to debate how one should approach future challenges. Certainly not a unique agenda for a conference if one considers just a few of the themes of the past 40 AEASA conferences.
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