BIOECON

Scientific partners

University of Cape Town, Environmental Economics Policy Research Unit (EPRU)
South Africa

The School of Economics is one of the largest departments in the University of Cape Town, offering tuition to more than 3000 undergraduate students and approximately 150 postgraduate students. The department consists of over 30 staff members who cover a broad range of disciplines in economics in their teaching and research. In addition, the School has a strong research focus and hosts several active research units.

Contact: prof. Mare Sarr

CURRENT PROJECTS	Start Date	End Date	Description
Ambiguity Aversion in the Uptake of New Farming Practices: Experimental Evidence from South Africa	Jan. 2011	Dec. 2011	The objectives of the proposed study are to examine the ambiguity attitudes of small-scale and subsistence farmers in South Africa, and determine whether ambiguity aversion is a determinant of farmers' technology adoption decisions.
Estimating Optimal Conservation Fees in the Presence of Land Restitution in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park between Botswana and South Africa	Jan. 2011	Dec. 2011	The objective of this study is to examine how South African National Parks affected by land restitution claims can serve as a drive in tourism that generates economic and social benefits to the land claimants and as a result maximize the positive spill over effects on the local communities
Value of protection and management of the South African coast	Jan. 2011	Dec. 2011	The objectives of this study are to provide a spatial analysis of the total economic value of the coast, focusing on the values generated by different types of protected areas versus other stretches of coast.