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Curriculum vitae

January 2016

BEATRICE ISABEL CONRADIE 2 Hope Street School of Economics Robertson University of Cape Town 6705, ZA Leslie Social 4.29 Email: beatrice.conradie@uct.ac.za Upper Campus, Rondebosch Mobile: 082 496 7877 Cape Town 7703, ZA Phone: +2621 650 4774 +2621 650 4656 Nationality: South Africa Languages: Afrikaans, English

Education

2002 : Ph.D.

: Colorado State University : Thesis topic: The value of water in the Fish Sundays scheme of the Eastern Cape 1995 : M.Sc. Agric cum laude

: University of Stellenbosch : Thesis topic: Apple production by small-scale farmers: feasibility and consequences 1989 : Hons. B.Sc. Agric. (Agriculture Economics)

: University of Stellenbosch 1988 : B.Sc. Agric. (Horticulture and Agricultural Economics)

: University of Stellenbosch

Awards 2014 : AEASA upgraded contributed paper (3rd prize) with Simon Lee and David Lindeque 2013 : Best research-led undergraduate teaching in the Commerce Faculty at UCT : Best publication by a member of the Agricultural Economics Association of South

Africa Economists for a piece in Biological Conservation with Martina Treurnicht, Karen Esler and Miriam Gaertner

2010 : Researcher of the year for 2009, Saasveld Campus, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

2009 : Best paper in Agrekon by a member of the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa Economists with Colin Thirtle and Jenifer Piesse

: Best publication by a member of the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa Economists for a piece in Agricultural Economics (the journal of the international association) with Colin Thirtle and Jenifer Piesse

Work experience 2013 – present : Associate Professor : University of Cape Town 2009 – 2012 : Senior lecturer : University of Cape Town Jan – June 2009 : Senior lecturer : NMMU Saasveld 2003 – 2008 : Senior lecturer : University of Cape Town 2000 – 2002 : Lecturer : University of Cape Town 1999 : Temporary lecturer : University of Cape Town

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Research

Citation and rating statistics : Citations : 304 (google)

: h-index : 9 (google) : NRF rating : C1 (2015)

Research interests: I am an applied microeconomist specialised in productivity analysis. Most

of my work involves agriculture and rural development in the Western Cape, e.g. sustainable land use, human wildlife conflict, farm labour markets and total factor productivity. I publish with international colleagues, colleagues in other departments at my university and increasingly with both undergraduate and graduate students.

Funding raised : RMRDSA research grant : 2015 : UCR equipment grant (with colleagues in science) : 2013, 2014

: Cape Agulhas Tourism Grant : 2010 : Flower Valley Project Grant : 2009 : NAMC Grant : 2006 : NRF Grant : 2003 Principle investigator : Koup Predator study : 2012 – present : Flower Valley project : 2009 – 2011 : Breede Minimum Wage study : 2003 – 2007 Journal articles Dyer, M., Mills, R., Conradie, B., Piesse, J. (forthcoming). Total factor productivity of

agriculture on the periphery of Cape Town. Paper submitted to Agrekon Conradie, B., Piesse, J. (2015). Productivity benchmarking of free-range sheep operations:

Technical efficiency, correlates of productivity and dominant technology variants for Laingsburg, South Africa. Agrekon 54(2):1-17

Conradie, B.I., Landman, A.M. (2015). Wool versus mutton in extensive grazing areas. South African Journal of Agricultural Extension 43(1):22-31

Nattrass, N., Conradie, B. (2015). Jackal Narratives: The politics and science of predator control in the Western Cape, South Africa. Journal of Southern African Studies 41(4): 753-771(Special edition: Science and Scandal) (impact factor = 0.676)

Nattrass, N., Conradie, B., Conradie, I. (2015). The Koup fencing project: Community-led job creation in the Karoo. African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 10(2): 131-145.

Conradie, B., Treurnicht, M., Esler, K. and Gaertner, M. (2013) Determinants of participation in a landscape-scale conservation initiative on the Agulhas Plain, Cape Floristic Region. Biological Conservation 158:334 – 341. (impact factor = 4.529)

Conradie, B.I., Piesse, J. (2013). The effect of predator culling on livestock losses: Ceres, South Africa, 1979 – 1987. African Journal of Agriculture and Resource Economics 8(4): 265-274

Garcia, M., Conradie, B. (2013). An estimate of the recreational value of the Agulhas Plain, South Africa, with special reference to the value of plant biodiversity. South African Journal of Economics and Management Sciences 16(2):170-182.

Thom, A.E., Conradie, B.I., (2013). Urban agriculture’s enterprise potential: Exploring vegetable box schemes in Cape Town. Agrekon 52(S1): 64 -86

Conradie, B., Piesse, J., Thirtle, C., Vink, N. And Winter, K. (2013). Explaining declining total factor productivity in the Karoo districts of the Western Cape, 1952 to 2002 Agrekon

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52(S1): 1-23 Conradie, B.I. (2012) Are hunting clubs the solution to small stock depredation? The case of

Ceres, 1979 and 1980 Agrekon 51(1):96 – 113 Eggers, J., McEwan, A., Conradie, B. (2010) Pinus saw timber tree optimisation in South

Africa: A comparison of mechanised tree optimisation (harvester/processor) versus current manual methods. Southern Forests 72(1):23 – 30

Howells, M., Jonsson, S., Käck, E., Lloyd, P., Bennet, K., Leiman, A., Conradie, B. (2010). Calabashes for kilowatt-hours: Rural energy and market failure. Energy Policy 38(6): 2729 -2738 (impact factor = 2.614)

Conradie B., Piesse J., Thirtle, C. (2009) District level total factor productivity in agriculture: Western Cape Province, South Africa, 1952 – 2002. Agricultural Economics 40(3): 265 – 280 (impact factor =0.769)

Conradie B., Piesse J., Thirtle, C. (2009) What is the Appropriate Level of Aggregation for Productivity Indices? Comparing District, Regional and National Measures. Agrekon 48(1): 9 – 20

Louw, K., Conradie, B., Howells, M., Dekenah, M. (2008) Determinants of electricity demand for newly electrified African households. Energy Policy 36(8): 2812 – 2818 (impact factor = 2.614)

Conradie, B. (2007) What do we mean when we say casualisation of farm work is rising?: Evidence from fruit farms in the Western Cape. Agrekon 46(2): 173 – 197

Conradie, B., Cooksen G., Thirtle, C. (2006) Efficiency and farm size in Western Cape wine grape production: An enquiry into pooling small datasets. South African Journal of Economics 74(2): 334-343

Conradie, B. (2005) Wages and Wage Elasticities for wine and table grapes in South Africa. Agrekon 44(1): 138 – 156

Conradie, B., Hoag, D. (2004) A review of mathematical programming models of irrigation water values. WaterSA 30(3): 287 – 292

Conradie, B., Hoag, D. (1999) Increasing block prices and residential water demand: Challenges in estimation and practice. Agrekon 38: 425 – 432

Conradie, B., Eckert, J., Kleyhans, T., Griessel, H. (1996) Apple production systems for small-scale in the Western Cape. Agrekon 35 (1): 1 – 11

Books and chapters in books Black, A, Conradie, B, Gerwel, H. (forthcoming). Is there a case for a greater support for

agriculture? Chapter in (ed) A. Black, “Towards employment intensive growth in South Africa” UCT Press

Conradie, B. (2008) Opportunities for reforming the water sector: The case of the Fish-Sundays Scheme of the Eastern Cape. Chapter 6 in: Poverty and Water – Explorations of the reciprocal relationship, Hemson et al (eds). International studies in poverty research, CROP, Zed Books, New York. ISBN: 978 1 84277 961 3

Conradie, B. (2002) The value of water in the Fish-Sundays Scheme of the Eastern Cape. Water research Commission report 987/01/02. ISBN: 1 86845 931 4

Conference papers Dubrovsky, D.W., Vink, N., Piesse, J., Thirtle, C., Conradie, B. (2015). Agency cost and

allocative efficiency: A case study of South African grain farms. Paper presented to the 53rd annual conference of the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa Khaya iBhubesi, Parys, North West, 30 Sept-2 October.

Gerwel, H., Conradie, B., Black, A. (2015). Spatial pattern of agricultural performance in the

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Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, 2002. Paper presented to the 53rd annual conference of the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa Khaya iBhubesi, Parys, North West, 30 Sept-2 October.

Van Niekerk, H., Conradie, B., Piesse, J. (2015). A study of group dynamics in the South African dairy industry: A sequential Malmquist approach. Paper presented to the 53rd annual conference of the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa Khaya iBhubesi, Parys, North West, 30 Sept-2 October .

Dyer, M., Mills, R., Conradie, B., Piesse, J. (2015). Total factor productivity of agriculture on the urban periphery of Cape Town. Paper presented to the 53rd annual conference of the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, Khaya iBhubesi, Parys, North West, 30 Sept-2 October

Conradie, B. (2014). Predator Problems and Practices: Karoo Predator Project at Baseline. Submitted to The 9th Africa Farm Management Congress, Cape Town, 16-20 November.

Conradie, B., Piesse, J. (2014) Productivity benchmarking for extensive sheep farms: Technical efficiency, correlates of productivity and dominant technology variants for Laingsburg, South Africa. Paper presented at the 52nd annual conference of the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, Mpekweni Beach Resort, Port Alfred, 1 October.

Hazell, S., Delbridge, V., Conradie, B. (2014). Food Gardening in Lavender Hill, Cape Town: Using Adoption Rates to Estimate Perceived Benefit. Poster presented at the 52nd annual conference of the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, Mpekweni Beach Resort, Port Alfred, 30 September.

Lee, S., Lindeque, D., Conradie, B. (2014) The productive value of farmland in Gauteng with implications for land reform. Plenary paper presented at the 52nd annual conference of the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, Mpekweni Beach Resort, Port Alfred, 29 September.

Conradie, B., Nattrass, N. (2014). Predator problems and practices: Karoo Predator Project at baseline. Presented at the Arid Zone Ecology –Thicket Fusion Forum, Grahamstown, 8-11 September 2014.

Nattrass, N, Conradie, B. (2014). Jackal narratives and predator control in the Karoo South Africa. Presented at the Arid Zone Ecology –Thicket Fusion Forum, Grahamstown, 8-11 September 2014.

Nattrass, N, Conradie, B. (2014). Jackal narratives and predator control in the Karoo South Africa, with implications for farm level productivity. 9th World Merino Conference, Stellenbosch South Africa, 29 April – 1 May 2014.

Black, A., Conradie, B., Gerwel, H. (2013) Growing trees in the desert: Declining Government Agricultural … and The Unfavorable Context for Land Reform. Presented at Land Divided: Land and South African Society in 2013, in comparative perspective. University of Cape Town, 24 – 27 March 2013

Valsasina, L. Melis, N., Conradie, B. (2012) Ffeasibility of biogas from cattle feedlots in South Africa. Poster presented at the 50th annual conference of the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, Bloemfontein, South Africa, September 2012

Conradie, B., Piesse, J., Vink N., Thirtle, C., Winter, K. (2012) Explaining the poor productivity performance of the Karoo, 1952 – 2002. Poster presented at the 50th annual conference of the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, Bloemfontein, South Africa, September 2012

Thom, A. Conradie, B. (2012). Urban agriculture’s enterprise potential: The demand for and viability of vegetable box schemes in Cape Town. Paper presented at the 50th annual conference of the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, Bloemfontein, South Africa, September 2012

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Conradie, B. (2012). Is lethal control of predators an effective strategy against livestock losses?: Ceres hunting club, 1979 to 1987. Presented at the South African Wildlife Management Association conference, Klein Kariba, 17-20 September 2012

Midgley, A., Conradie, B., (2012) The viability of sustainable wildflower harvesting as a business opportunity. Fynbos Forum, Cape St Francis, 17 – 19 July 2012

Monteiro, S., Newham, M., Conradie, B. (2012) Pay as you throw: A model for minimising household waste in Cape Town. Poster presented at Fynbos Forum, Cape St Francis, 17 – 19 July 2012

Conradie, B. (2011) The vicious circle hypothesis tested for sheep depredation: Ceres, 1979 – 1984. Arid Zone Ecology Forum, Nieuwoudtville, 3 – 6 October 2011

Conradie, B. (2011) Are hunting clubs the solution to sheep depredation in South Africa? Presented at the 49th annual conference of the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, Wapadrand, Gauteng, September 2011

Joubert, J., Keen, J., Conradie, B. (2011) Economic viability of wind turbines for Western Cape farms, using Germany’s example. ESSA conference, Stellenbosch, September 2011

Garcia, M., Conradie, B. (2011) Can responsible tourism unlock potential nature-based tourism revenue in Agulhas? Fynbos Forum, Still Bay, 31 May – 3 June 2011

Conradie, B., Treurnicht, M., Gartner, M., Esler, K. (2010) Conservation begins after breakfast: A logit model of landholder attitudes to conservation on the Agulhas Plain, CFR. Presented at the 48th annual conference of the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, Cape Town, September 2010

Conradie, B., Nortje, B. (2010) Landholder perspectives on the threats to their survival on the Agulhas Plain. Fynbos Forum, Citrusdal, 3 – 6 August 2010

Conradie, B., Knoesen, H. (2010) Are we creating false expectations about the employment potential of the wildflower industry? Fynbos Forum, Citrusdal, 3 – 6 August 2010

Knoesen, H., Conradie, B. , Bailey, R. (2009) Is sustainable harvesting of wild fynbos profitable? Presented and the 2009 Fynbos Forum, Bredasdorp, 4 – 7 August 2009

Conradie, B., (2008) The decision to employ women on wine farms: A study of wine farms during the five years after the introduction of statutory minimum wages. Presented at the DPRU conference entitled “The regulatory environment and its impact on the nature and level of economic growth and development in South Africa”, Muldersdrift, Gauteng, 27-29 October 2008

Grieve, J., Conradie, B. (2008) Biofuels as the next big switch: The feasibility of a South African biofuels industry . Presented at the 46th annual conference of the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, Windhoek, Namibia, September 2008

Pym, J., Fourie, C., Paxton, M., Conradie, B. (2008) Is Commerce AD worth it? Presented at the 1st South African conference on the first-year experience, Stellenbosch. 8 – 10 September 2008

Conradie, B. (2008) Interpreting the NAMC recommendations for the bee industry. Presented at the annual Beekeepers Conference (BEECON), Honeywood Heidelberg, 17 -19 July 2008

Conradie B., Thirtle, C., Piesse, J. (2007) What is the Appropriate Level of Aggregation for Productivity Indices? Comparing District, Regional and National Measures. Presented at the 45th annual conference of the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, Johannesburg Gauteng, September 2007

Conradie, B. (2006) What do we mean when we say that casualisation of farm work is rising?: Evidence from the Hex 1976 – 2005. Presented at the 44th annual conference of the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, Grahamstown, 21 – 22 September 2006

Cooksen, G., Conradie, B., Thirtle, C. (2006) Efficiency and farm size in Western Cape wine

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grape production: An enquiry into pooling small datasets. 26th conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists. Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre, Queensland, Australia, 12 – 18 August 2006

Howells, M., Louw, K., Conradie, B., Käck, E., Jonsson, S. (2005) An Economic Framework for Energy Transitions, Proceedings of the International Conference on the Domestic Use of Energy, Cape Town 29-31 March 2005

Conradie, B. (2004) The effect of the level of the agricultural minimum wage in the Western Cape wine industry after one year. 42nd annual conference of the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa, Somerset West, 21 – 23 September 2004

Conradie, B., Hoag, D. (2003) The cost of meeting equity: Opportunity cost in the Fish-Sundays Scheme of South Africa. Contributed paper selected for presentation at the 25th International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Durban, 16 – 22 August 2003

Conradie, B. (2002) Opportunities for Reforming the Irrigation Sector: The Case of the Fish-Sundays Scheme of the Eastern Cape. Paper presented to the Poverty and Water Workshop held by University of Natal’s Comparative Research Programme on Poverty, 23 – 24 April 2002

Conradie, B., Frasier, M., Hoag, D. (1998) Increasing Block Pricing and Residential Water Demand: Challenges in Estimation and Practice. Contributed paper to the Intern-Conference Symposium of the International Association of Agricultural Economists, Badplaas, 10 – 16 August, 1998

Working papers, technical and industry reports, popular articles Conradie, B (forthcoming). Laingsburg bestuursopname, rondtes 1 en 2: Produksie en

winsgewendheid. Pamphlet. www.cssr.uct.ac.za/karoo-predator-project Nattrass, N., Conradie, B., Conradie, I. (2014). The Koup fencing project: Community-led job

creation in the Karoo. CSSR working paper 345 www.cssr.uct.ac.za/ publ/ wp/345. Conradie, B., Piesse, J. (2014) Productivity benchmarking for extensive sheep farms:

Technical efficiency, correlates of productivity and dominant technology variants for Laingsburg, South Africa. CSSR working paper 344. www.cssr.uct.ac.za/ publ/ wp/344.

Conradie, B.I., Landman, A.M. (2013). A comparison of the performance under field conditions of woolled and mutton sheep flocks in a low rainfall region of South Africa. CSSR working paper 333 www.cssr.uct.ac.za/ publ/ wp/333.

Odendaal, R, Morar, J., Conradie, B. (2013). A cost benefit analysis of a technology bundleaimed at improving the resilience of urban households in Rocklands Mitchells Plain. CSSR working paper 332, www.cssr.uct.ac.za/ publ/ wp/332.

Nattrass, N., Conradie, B. (2013). Jackal narratives and predator control in the Karoo. CSSR working paper 324, www.cssr.uct.ac.za/ publ/ wp/324.

Bailey, A., Conradie, B.I. (2013). The effect of predator culling on livestock losses: Caracal control in Cooper hunting club, 1976 – 1981. CSSR working paper 320, www.cssr.uct.ac.za/ publ/ wp/320.

Conradie, B.I., Piesse, J. (2013). The effect of predator culling on livestock losses: Ceres, South Africa, 1979 – 1987. CSSR working paper 319, www.cssr.uct.ac.za/ publ/ wp/319.

Thom, A.E., Conradie, B.I., (2012). Promoting urban agriculture for development: Suggestions for designing the ‘ideal’ social enterprise box scheme in Cape Town. CSSR working paper 316, www.cssr.uct.ac.za/ publ/ wp/316.

Thom, A.E., Conradie, B.I., (2012). Urban agriculture, social enterprise and box schemes in

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Cape Town. . CSSR working paper 310, www.cssr.uct.ac.za/ publ/ wp/310. Conradie, B., Lloyd, F., Bailey, R., Richardson, L. (2010) Flower Valley se ondervinding in die

blombedryf, 2006 – 2008. CSSR incidental paper www.cssr.uct.ac.za/ publ/ wp/incidental papers.

Garcia, M., Conradie, B. (2010) Nature-based tourism on the Agulhas Plain: A vehicle for integrated biodiversity conservation and sustainable economic development. CSSR working paper 280, www.cssr.uct.ac.za/ publ/ wp/280.

Conradie, B. (2010) Farmers’ views of landscape initiatives: The case of the Agulhas Plain, CFR. CSSR working paper 278, www.cssr.uct.ac.za/ publ/ wp/278.

Treurnicht, M., Esler, K., Gaertner, M., Conradie, B. (2010) Wildflower farming on the Agulhas Plain. Veld and Flora September 2010

Knoesen, H., Conradie, B. (2009) Is ecological sustainability financially sustainable?: The case of Flower Valley Farm on the Agulhas Plain, South Africa. www.flowervalley.co.za

Conradie, B., Knoesen, H. (2009) A survey of the cultivation and wild harvesting of fynbos in South Africa. Report to the Protea Producers of South Africa www.flowervalley.co.za

Conradie, B. (2009) Boerdery en Bewaring in die Strandveld. CSSR incidental paper www.uct.ac.za/CSSR/

Conradie, B., Piesse, J., Thirtle, C. (2008) Total Factor Productivity at the District Level for the Western Cape, 1952 - 2002: Data and Methods. Working paper 50, Research papers Kings College London. www.kings.ac.uk (citations 2, 0.23/year)

Conradie, B., Nortje, B. (2008) Survey of beekeeping in South Africa. CSSR working paper 221. www.uct.ac.za/CSSR/

Conradie, B. (2008) Shaping the future of the bee industry a summary report. The South African Bee Journal 80(3): 75 – 82 (not accredited)

Conradie, B. (2007) Verskille in die benadering tot arbeid op groot en klein wynplase. CSSR incidental paper www.uct.ac.za/CSSR/

Conradie, B. (2007) Surveying commercial and subsistence agriculture. NIDS background papers. www.uct.ac.za

Conradie, B. (2006) Vooruitsigte vir minimum lone vir die landbou, wat boere daarvan dink en hoe dit hulle arbeidsbesluite affekteer. CSSR incidental paper www.uct.ac.za/CSSR/

Conradie, B. (2005) Arbeidstendense op wyn-en tafeldruifplase na die instelling van die minimum loon. CSSR incidental paper www.uct.ac.za/CSSR/ (citations =2, 0.25/year)

Conradie, B. (2004) Wages and wage elasticities for wine and table grapes in South Africa. CSSR working paper 90 (SALDRU). www.uct.ac.za/CSSR/

Conradie, B. (2003) Labour wages and minimum wage compliance in the Breerivier valley six months after the introduction of minimum wages. CSSR working paper 51. www.uct.ac.za/CSSR/

Turpie, J., Conradie, B., Joubert, A., Donaldson, J., Todd, S., Koelle, B., Mills, A., O’Farrell, P., Skowno, A., Robertson, H. (2003) Biodiversity conservation and farming on the Bokkeveld Plateau centre of endemism: An Ecological, economic and social analysis of options. Chapter 2 in: (ed) Turpie, Jane, An Ecological-economic Appraisal of Conservation on Commercial Farm Land in Four Areas of South Africa. Report to the National Botanical Institute, Kirstenbosch, Cape Town.

Joubert, A., Turpie, J., Conradie, B., Leiman, A., Donaldson, J., Todd, S., Theron, L., Breebaardt, L., O’Farrell, P., Mills, A., Robertson, H., Knoelle, B., Oettle N. (2003) An ecological-economic analysis of livestock farming methods in the Nama Karoo, South Africa. Chapter 3 in: (ed) Turpie, Jane, An Ecological-economic Appraisal of Conservation on Commercial Farm Land in Four Areas of South Africa. Report to the National Botanical Institute, Kirstenbosch, Cape Town.

Conradie, B., Turpie, J. (2002) The economics of arid rangeland in the Karoo, South Africa.

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Report to the National Botanical Society, Kirstenbosch. Marais, C., Turpie, J., Mullins, D., Conradie, B., Khan, A., Goldin, J., Van Zyl, H., Grobbelaar, E.,

Vink, N., Ndzinge, V. (2001) A cost benefit analysis framework for the National Working for Water Programme. www.DWAF.gov.za

Conradie, B., Goldin, J., Leiman, A., Standish, B., Visser, M. (2001) Competition Policy and Privatisation in the South African Water Industry. DPRU Working Paper 01/45. ISBN: 0-7992-2061-2.

Leiman, A., Conradie, B., Eckert, J.B. (2000) Agriculture, Water Resources and the Macro Economy. Sector Paper no. 2 (Agriculture). World Wildlife Research Project. Report to DBSA.

Conradie, B. (1995) Apple Production by Small-scale Farmers: Feasibility and Consequences. Unpublished master’s thesis, University of Stellenbosch.

Conradie, B. (1994) Fruit Production in the Coloured Community. Report on behalf of Infruitec for the Land Development Unit at UWC. 17 pp. (citations = 2, 0.11/year)

Seminars Nattrass, N., Conradie, B., Conradie, I. (2014). The Koup fencing project: Community-led job

creation in the Karoo. CSSR seminar, 7 October 2014. Conradie, B. (2013). Economies of scale, predation and the profitability of sheep farming in

Laingsburg. CSSR seminar, 28 August 2013 Conradie, B. (2012). Is lethal control of predators an effective strategy against livestock

losses? Zoology seminar series, 10 October 2012 Conradie, B. (2012). Is lethal control of predators an effective strategy against livestock

losses? CSSR seminar series, 2 August 2012 Garcia, M., Conradie, B. (2011) The value of nature-based tourism and demand for

responsible tourism on the Agulhas Plain. CSSR seminar series, 21 July 2011 Conradie, B. Piesse J., Thirtle, C. (2009) Disaggregated TFP growth for the Western Cape.

Saasveld Research Club, 9 June 2009 Conradie, B. Piesse J., Thirtle, C. (2009) Disaggregated TFP growth for the Western Cape,

1952 to 2002. School of Economics seminar series, 18 May 2009 Conradie, B. (2008) Reflections on a research journey: The case of minimum wage laws for

farming in the Breede. Organisational Psychology research development seminars, 29 August, 2008

Conradie B., Piesse J., Thirtle, C. ( 2008) Total Factor Productivity indices for the Western Cape, 1952 to 2002. Presented to Government Publications, UCT library, 14 October 2008 Conradie, B. (2007) Long and short run wage elasticities for the Breede, 2003 to 2007. CSSR

seminar series, 7 December 2007 Conradie, B. (2006) Evidence of casualisation in table grapes. School of Economics seminar

series, 20 March 2006 Conradie, B. (2005) Wages and wage elasticities for wine and table grapes. School of

Economics seminar series, 11 April 2005 Conradie, B. (2004) Coping with minimum wages on wine farms. CSSR workshop, 28 October

2004 Conradie, B. (2003) Experience with minimum wages in the Breerivier valley. School of

Economics seminar series, 2 October 2003

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Teaching and learning

Micro : Introduction (Eco1010S) : 1999 – 2002; 2008; 2009 (NMMU) : Introduction to economics (ndip) : 2009 (NMMU) : Economics for engineers (Eco106S) : 2008

: Intermediate (Eco2003F) : 2004 – 2005; 2008; 2010 – 2011 : Masters Micro I (Eco5020F) : 2010

Applied micro : Resource Economics (Eco3009F) : 2003 – 2006; 2008 – present

: Game ranch economics II (ndip) : 2009 (NMMU) : Environmental economics (hons) : 2005

: Honours policy analysis (Eco4028F) : 2013 – present Methods : Research & policy tools (Eco5074F) : 2009 – present PhD (co): Craig Galloway, first registered at Stellenbosch University in 2014; Sustainable

dairy farming in the Eastern Cape: Investigating productivity and attitudes

: Catharine Namome, first registered 2013; Crop selection in West Nile, Uganda

: Marine Drouilly, first registered in the biology department in 2013; Behavioral ecology of black-backed jackals and caracal on farmlands in the Karoo

: Heinrich Gerwel, first registered 2012, Total factor productivity of Eastern Cape

Agriculture, with implications for rural development Masters: David Kapya, started on thesis in 2016, plans to graduate in December 2016;

productivity in Zambian manufacturing

: Kavisha Pillay, graduated June 2015; Structural changes in the farm labour force in South Africa

: Chris Harrison, graduated in June 2013; Demand for green electricity in Cape Town (cum laude)

: Amy Thom, graduated in December2012; Food gardens as a social enterprise

: Talisa McMillan, graduated December 2012; Indicators of success in the SMME sector (cum laude)

Hons theses : Lee 2015 Productivity in the wine industry : Delbridge 2015 Comparing approaches to food insecurity in SA

: Elfink 2014 Poverty and educational attainment : Matterson 2014 Burial societies: A case study : Van Niekerk 2014 Technical and scale efficiency in dairy : Conradie 2012 Farm worker livelihoods and identities in the Karoo

: Britton 2012 Productivity of seasonal fruit pickers in Ceres : Labuschagne 2012 Farm worker share equity schemes in KZN

: Jumare 2012 Climate change adaptations in small-scale agriculture

: Newham 2012 Evaluation of a carbon tax for South Africa

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: Bailey 2011 Human wildlife conflict, Cooper hunting club : Midgley 2011 Badger-friendly certification for SA honey : Still 2011 Strategies for protecting the rhino

: Garcia 2010 TCM of biodiversity on the Agulhas Plain : Norden 2009 Wind energy (NMMU) : Wilmot 2008 Predator control on sheep farms

: Wigglesworth 2006 The effect of statutory wages on mechanisation in agriculture (Sociology)

: Leaver 2001 Supply elasticity of tobacco production in Zimbabwe Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Paxton, M., Conradie, B., Nattrass, N., Bangeni, A., Bagraim, J., Scott, E. (2014). Research-led

teaching: A CEG panel. 27 May. Conradie, B., Mayekiso, N., Morar, J., le Roux, L. (2014). Staff and student perspectives on

the Eco3009F Undergraduate Research Experience. Invited to present at the Launch of UCT’s Best Practice website, 8 May.

Conradie, B. (2013). Eco3009F – the case for undergraduate research. Presented at the UCT Undergraduate Research Experience symposium, 24 October.

Conradie, B. (2012) Teaching for Difference: The Case for Undergraduate Research. Presented at UCT’s 1st Teaching and Learning Conference, 25 October.

Conradie, B. (2012) Diagnosing and correcting problems with argument / coherence in student writing. Presented to the UCT Writing Centre, 20 February.

Conradie, B. (2011). Diagnosing and correcting problems with argument / coherence in student writing. Presented at CEG, 10 May.

Conradie, B. Skelly, L., Paxton, M. (2010). What do graduate attributes mean for the classroom? The case of graduate attributes for academic literacy in 3rd year Economics. Presented at CEG, 11 May 2010

Conradie, B., Pym, J., Fourie, C. (2008). Is Commerce AD worth it? Presented at CEG, 26 August 2008

Pym, J., Conradie, B., Paxton, M., Fourie, C. (2008).Is academic development (commerce) worth it: An overview of structure, pedagogy, integration and student experience. Presented at the 1st South African conference on the First Year Experience, Stellenbosch, 8-10 September 2008

Conradie, B. (2006). Critical framing in university textbooks: The case of Woody Allan as labour (L) in Intermediate Microeconomics. Presented at CEG,6 June 2006

Leadership and management

UCT : Knowledge Co-op Steering Committee : 2014 – present : Assessor for UCT Student Disciplinary Tribunal : 2013 – 2015

: Non-professorial senate representative : 2008 – 2012 : Commerce readmission committee : 2007 – 2008, 2010 – 2015 : Internal AD review panel Commerce : 2010

: SoE undergraduate convenor : 2006 : SoE microeconomics committee : 2010 – 2015 : SoE undergraduate committee : 2006 – present : Open Day organiser : 2003 – 2004

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NMMU : Saasveld Reach Innovation and Technology committee : 2009 Convening : Eco1010S (120 students) : 1999 – 2002

: Eco2003F (1100 students) : 2004 – 2006 : Eco3009F (75 students) : 2003 – 2008; 2010 – present : Eco5074S (15 students) : 2011 – present Research : Director of Sustainable Societies Unit in the Centre for Social Science

Management : 2012 – present : Acting director of the Centre for Social Science Research : November 2013 Mentoring : Carnegie PhD mentor : 2012

: Undergraduate student advisor : 2000 – 2005, 2008

Social responsibility and outreach

NRF : Peer review panellist : 2008, 2012(x2), 2014(x2), 2015 (x2) : Student bursary reviews : 2015 (x3) AEASA : Conference peer review : 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012(x7), 2013, 2014(x3), 2015(x5) : Best publication committee : 2011 Refereeing : Agrekon : 2004, 2009, (x2) 2010, 2011(x3), 2012(x4), 2013, 2015

: Biological Conservation : 2015 : Agroecology & Sustainable Food Systems : 2015

: Ecological Economics : 2013 : AFJARE : 2013, 2014, 2015 (x2) : Afr. Rev. of Economics & Finance : 2013

: Development SA : 2005, 2008, 2011(x2), 2012, 2015

: J. Energy in Southern Africa : 2004, 2005, 2011(x2), 2012 : SAJEMS : 2003, 2012 : Water SA : 2008, 2013, 2015 : Small-scale Forestry : 2012 : SA Journal of Animal Science : 2014(x2), 2015 Thesis examination : Free State : M.Sc. Agric (ag econ) : 2011, 2014

: Rhodes : MA (econ); M.Sc. : 2009, 2014, 2015 : Stellenbosch : PhD com (ag econ) : 2010 : M Sc Agric (ag econ) : 2013 : UCT : M Com : 2004, 2008, 2014

: MPhil (ACDI) : 2014 : UKZN (PMB) : M Com : 2010, 2011 : UWC : M Com : 2008 Course externalling : Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch : 2012-2013 UCT review panels : Centre for Higher Education Development review panellist, 7 November 2012

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External reviews : NBT Standards Setting Panellist for Academic Literacy. Workshop, Strand, 26-28 September 2012

: Western Cape Triannual Summit, Stellenbosch, 23 October 2012 : Water Research Commission, Reference Group for project 2170 Media exposure 2015 : “Effective predator control?” Wool Farmer 3(4) p48-49.

: “Which pays better: Wool or mutton?” Farmers Weekly, 9 Oct, p28-29 : “Skiet rooikatte dan maai hulle eers”, Die Burger front page, 23 June

: Radio interview on Koup Project (RSG) 25 June 2014 :“The truth about jackal tales”, Farmers’ Weekly, 21 March

: “Fish Hoek experiment: Shark nets may become permanent” Cape Times, 14 May 2013 : “Money matters most in saving land” Cape Argus, 22 January

: “Landbou-ekonome se invloed strek wyd” Landbouweekblad, 9 September 2009 : Radio interview on agricultural productivity in the Western Cape (RSG), 27 February Invited public presentations 02/09/15: Dieregesondheidsboeredag, Beaufort West, Vordering met die Koup Projek 01/09/15: Eastern Cape dairy study group, The group’s TFP growth, 2010-2013 27/0/15: Sanbi’s Landscape Initiatives Knowledge Exchange, The Grail Centre, Kleinmond:

Monitoring the socio-economic impact of Koup’s EPWP. 26/08/15: Velddrif LV vergadering, Velddrif: Raadop met rooikatte? Nuwe inligting uit die

Koup 25/08/15: Agterpakhuis LV velddag, Biedouvallei: Oorsig van die Koup Projek 25/05/15: Agterpakhuis LV velddag, Biedouvallei: Hoeveel skuld moet jakkals kry? 3/08/15: Koup Group, Laingsburg: Studiegroepe en produktiwiteit 24/06/15: Agulhas Biodiversity Initiative AGM, The social impact of a landscape initiative’s

job creation programme: The case of the Koup’s EPWP. 11/6/15: RPO Weskaap algemene jaarvergadering, Laingsburg, Die Koup projek – wat

gebeur wanneer navorsings en grondeienaars mekaar vind 27/05/15: ECSECC Eastern Cape Socio-Economic Consultative Council, East London, The

practical significance of a TFP map of agricultural productivity 4/2/15: Mortimer LV inligtingsdag, Cradock, Impak van roofdiere op skaapboerdery,

Laingsburg 2012 & 2013 7/11/14: Frazerburg Merino Club, Voorlopige inligting oor roofdierbiologie met implikasies

vir beheer 16/10/14: Agricultural Economics Section, Department of Agriculture Western Cape:

Productivity benchmarking with DEA: example and methods. 31/07/14: Koup Farmers’ Group, Produktiwiteit in ‘n ekstensiewe weidingsgebied. 27/01/14: Beaufort West DLV, Op soek na volhoubare roofdierbeheer vir die Karoo. 13/07/13: Merweville Farmers Association, Roofdiere is nie Laingsburg se grootste probleem

nie. 12/07/13: Knersvlakte Nature Reserve Advisory Committee, Vanrhynsdorp, Die ekonomie,

ekologie en sosiale impak van roofdierskade in ‘n ekstensiewe weidingsgebied – Navorsing en vordering tot op hede.

7/06/13: Koup Farmers Group, Skaapboerdery, roofdierbeheer en perspektiewe op die probleem in die Weskaap, Suid-Afrika and Hoe groot is die hap wat jakkie vat?

7/03/13: Predator Management Workshop, Ganzekraal, Economic principles of private predator control decisions.

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5/02/13: Prince Albert Farmers’ Association, Die CSSR se navorsing in die Koup: Op soek na volhoubare roofdier bestuur in die Sentraal-Karoo.

24/11/12: Merweville Farmers’ Association, Landbou produktiwiteit in die Sentraal Karoo, 1952 to 2002: Tendense en verklarings.

24/11/12: Koup Farmers’ Group, Effektiewe roofdierbeheer: Ceres Jagklub, 1979 to 1987. 2/11/11: Koup Farmers’ Group Management Committee, Landbou volhoubaarheid in

Laingsburg. 20/10/11: Central Karoo Predator Management Workshop, Beaufort West, Are hunting clubs

the solution to predator problems in the Karoo? 25/07/11: AGM of Agulhas Tourism, Arniston, Tourism values on the Agulhas Plain: 1997 and

2010. 27/02/11: CapeNature Stewardship Reference Group, McGregor, A possible explanation for

the conflict between agriculture and conservation. 24/11/10: Cape Landscape Initiative Knowledge Exchange, How Agriculture views

conservation: Evidence from the Agulhas Plain. 25/11/10: Cape Landscape Initiative Knowledge Exchange,The demand for land in the

Breede River Valley. 30/11/10: Knersvlakte Nature Reserve Advisory Committee, Vanrhynsdorp. Boere se

sienning van bewaring in die Strandveld. 24/44/10: Cape Nature’s Sustainable Harvesting Steering Group, Can wildflowers deliver

what conservation expects of the industry? 5/06/09: NMMU Saasveld’s Sustainability workshop, The contribution of dairy to agricultural

growth in George and Knysna, 1952 – 2002. 27/07/08: South African Environmental Observation Network’s graduate student networking

event at De Hoop, An economists’ view of the environment. 28/07/08: Agulhas plain Biodiversity Initiative (ABI) planning workshop, Bredasdorp, The

agricultural economy of Bredasdorp. 10/12/07: National Agricultural Marketing Commission, Pretoria, Total Factor Productivity

indices for the Western Cape, 1952 to 2002. May 2007: Bestuursdag van die Koue Bokkeveld Opleidingsentrum, Die invloed van

arbeidswette op die vraag na arbeid in die Hex – voordeel or nadeel?

Referees Prof. Nicoli Nattrass – Former director of the Centre for Social Science Research and current

director of ASRU at UCT and Professor of Economics. nicoli.nattrass@gmail.com, 021 650 3567

Associate Prof. Moragh Paxton – Head of Language Development, Centre for Higher Education Development, University of Cape Town

Prof. Jenifer Piesse – Professor of Business Studies, Bournemouth University Email: jenifer.piesse@kcl.ac.uk

Prof. Colin Thirtle – Emeritus professor of Development Economics at Imperial College, London. c.thirtle@ic.ac.uk +44 207 594 9337

Prof. Nick Vink – Professor of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University nv@sun.ac.za