Ume, C. and Bahta, Y.T. (2024). Policy support strategies for organic farming extensification in Nigeria. Organic Agriculture, Doi:10.1007/s13165-024-00467-4
von Maltitz, L. and Bahta, Y.T. (2024) The impact of indigenous practices to promote women’s empowerment in agriculture in South Africa. Frontier Public Health, 12:1393582. Doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1393582
Mokati J. T.W., Ncube, A. and Bahta, Y.T. (2024). Is it really feminization of agriculture? The issue of household food security in Lesotho’s southern lowland district. Journal of Asian and African Studies, 59(2):411-424. DOI: 10.1177/00219096221111359
Marais, M., Henry Jordaan, H., Lombard, W.A., and Bahta, Y.T. (2024). Assessing the potential of a niche market for wool products in South Africa. AIMS Agriculture and Food, 9(1): 108-128. DOI: 10.3934/agrfood.2024007
Muhame, C., Ncube, A., and Bahta, Y.T. (2024). Dissemination and participation in early warnings and disaster risk reduction in South Africa. Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies 16(1), a1566. https://doi.org/10.4102/ jamba.v16i1.1566
von Maltitz, L., and Bahta, Y.T. (2023). Data on Investigating the resilience of female smallholder livestock farmers to agricultural drought in South Africa`s Northern Cape Province. Data in Brief, 51:109780 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2023.109780
Muhame, C., Ncube, A., and Bahta, Y.T. (2023). Toward SDG-11: How Social resilience affect urban settlement in South Africa? Journal of Sustainability Research 4(5): e230014.DOI: 10.20900/jsr20230014
Bahta, Y.T. and Mbai, S. (2023). Competitiveness of Namibia’s Agri-Food Commodities: Implications for Food Security. Resources, 12, 34. DOI: 10.3390/resources12030034
Bahta, Y.T., and Lombard,W.A. (2023). Nexus between Social Vulnerability and Resilience to Agricultural Drought amongst South African Smallholder Livestock Households. Atmosphere 2023, 14, 900. DOI:10.3390/atmos14050900
Bahta, Y.T. and Musara, J.P. (2023). Diversity of Food Insecurity Coping Strategies among Livestock Farmers in Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Climate, 11, 82. DOI:10.3390/cli11040082
van den Heever, M.J.J.; Lombard, W.A.; Bahta, Y.T.; Maré, F.A. (2023).Cost-Effectiveness of Acaricide Application Methods against Heartwater Disease in South Africa. Agriculture, 13, 568. DOI: 10.3390/ agriculture13030568
Myeki, L.W.; Matthews, N.; Bahta, Y.T. (2023). Decomposition of Green Agriculture Productivity for Policy in Africa: An Application of Global Malmquist–Luenberger Index. Sustainability, 15, 1645. DOI: 10.3390/su15021645
Mare, F. and Bahta, Y.T. (2023). The impact of live sheep export trade on the South Africa Economy. AIMS Agriculture and Food, 8(1):25-47. DOI: 10.3934/agrfood.2023002
Nohamba, S.; Musara, J.P.; Bahta, Y.T. and Ogundeji, A.A. (2022). Drivers of Postharvest Loss among Citrus Farmers in Eastern Cape Province of South Africa: A Zero-Inflated Poisson (ZIP) Regression Model Analysis. Agriculture, 12, 1651. DOI:10.3390/agriculture12101651
Bahta, Y.T. and Musara, J.P. (2022). Quantifying the Impact of COVID-19 Relief Vouchers Schemes on Food Security: Empirical Evidence Insights from South Africa. Land, 11, 1431. DOI: 10.3390/ land1109143
Abafe, E.A.; Bahta, Y.T. and Jordaan, H. (2022). Exploring Biblioshiny for Historical Assessment of Global Research on Sustainable Use of Water in Agriculture. Sustainability, 141, 651. DOI: 10.3390/su141710651
Bahta, Y.T. (2022). Social vulnerability to agricultural drought: Insights from Northern Cape, South Africa. Scientific African, 17, e01324. DOI:10.1016/j.sciaf.2022.e01324
Myeki, L.W, Bahta, Y.T. and Matthews, N. (2022). Exploring the Growth of Agricultural Productivity in AFRICA: A Färe-Primont Index Approach. Agriculture, 12(8), 1236. DOI:10.3390/agriculture12081236
Bahta, Y.T. (2022). Nexus between coping strategies and household`s agricultural drought resilience to food insecurity in South Africa. Land, 11, 893. DOI:10.3390/land11060893
Musara, J.P, Bahta, Y.T., Musemwa, L., and Manzvera, J. (2022). Rethinking blended climate smart agriculture practices for productivity and farm income gains in the drylands of Zimbabwe. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 6:939595. DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2022.939595
Bahta, Y.T. and Myeki, V.A. (2022). The impact of agricultural drought on smallholder livestock farmers: empirical evidence insights from Northern Cape, South Africa. Agriculture, 12 (4), 442. DOI:10.3390/agriculture12040442
Van den Heever, M., Lombard, W.A, Bahta, Y.T. and Maré, F.A. (2022). The economic impact of heartwater on the South African livestock industry and the need for a new vaccine. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 203, 105634. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2022.105634
Nyam, Y.S., Bahta, Y.T. , Oduniyi, O.S. and Matthews, N. (2022). Smallholder sheep farmers’ perception of production constraints and competitive strategies in South Africa. Scientific African,16, e01192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2022.e01192
Walter, V.N., Bahta, Y.T. and Mare, F. (2022). Downstream Economic Implications of Predation in the South African Red Meat Industry. Frontiers in Sustainability, 3:873063. Doi: 10.3389/frsus.2022.873063
Nucbe, A. and Bahta, Y.T. (2021). Meeting adversity with resilience: Survival of Zimbabwean migrant women in South Africa. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 23, 1011-1043. DOI:10.1007/s12134-021-00878-2
Bahta, Y.T. and Myeki, V.A. (2021). Adaption, coping strategies and resilience of agricultural drought in South Africa: implication for the sustainability of livestock sector. Heliyon, 7(11), E089280. DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08280
- Myeki, V.A, and Bahta, Y.T. (2021). Determinants of Smallholder Livestock Farmers’ Household Resilience to Food Insecurity in South Africa. Climate, 9, 117. https:// doi.org/10.3390/cli9070117
- Bahta, Y.T. (2021). Competitiveness of South Africa’s Agri-food Commodities. AIMS-Agriculture and Food, 6(4):964-987. DOI: 10.3934/agrfood.2021057
- Muchopa, C.L., Bahta, Y.T., and Ogundeji, A. (2021). Quantifying the missed EU market access opportunity for South African frozen strawberries. African Journal of Business and Economic Research (AJBER), 16(1):167-186
Matlou, R.; Bahta, Y.T.; Owusu-Sekyere, E.; Jordaan, H. (2021).Impact of Agricultural Drought Resilience on the Welfare of Smallholder Livestock Farming Households in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Land, 10, 562. https://doi.org/10.3390/ land10060562
Bahta, Y.T. (2021). Perception of agricultural drought resilience in South Africa: A case of smallholder livestock farmers. Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, 13(1), a984. https://doi.org/ 10.4102/jamba.v13i1.984
- von Maltitz, L., and Bahta, Y.T. (2021). Empowerment of smallholder female livestock farmers and its potential impacts to their resilience to agricultural drought. AIMS-Agriculture and Food, 6(2): 603–630. DOI: 10.3934/agrfood.2021036.
- Mbai, S. Moses, E.N. and Bahta, Y.T. (2021). Export Competitiveness of Namibia’s timber sector: implication for forestry sector. Forestry Ideas, 27(1): 101-113.
- Ferreira A., Lombard, W.A., Bahta, Y.T., and Geyer A.C. (2021). Price attributes of Döhne Merino wool in South Africa. Agrekon 60(1): 31-42. DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2021.1879659
Pieter-Steyn, D.W., Lombard, W.A; Bahta, Y.T. (2021). The Financial Viability of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Technology: A case of Sheep Feedlots. African Journal of Business and Economic Research (AJBER), 16(1):163-183. DOI: 10.31920/1750-4562/2021/v16n1a7
Walter van Niekerk, Bahta, Y.T. and de Waal, HO (2021). A review and estimation of the financial implications of livestock prediction in South Africa. South African Museums Association Bulletin (SAMAB) (INDAGO), 37(1): 1-11.
Bahta, Y.T. (2020). Smallholder livestock farmers coping and adaptation strategies to agricultural drought. AIMS-Agriculture and Food, 5(4):964-982. DOI: 10.3934/agrfood.2020.4.964
Perel, O’B., J., Bahta, Y.T., and Mokhatla, P. (2020). The impact of wine grape harvester on labour in Western Cape Province of South Africa. International Journal of Agricultural Management, 9(1): 90-95 DOI: 10.5836/ijam/2020-09-90
Bahta, Y. T., Jordaan, H. and Sabastain, G. (2020). Agricultural management practices and factors affecting technical efficiency in Zimbabwe Maize farming. Agriculture, 10(3): 78. DOI:10.3390/agriculture10030078
Muchopa, C.L., Bahta, Y.T. and Ogundeji, A. (2020). Trade and welfare impacts of frozen orange juice tariff rate quota of South Africa. The International trade Journal, 222-246. DOI:10.1080/08853908.2020.1715311
Nyam, Y.S., Matthews, N. and Bahta, Y.T. (2020). Improving livelihood of smallholder farmers through increasing technical efficiency: A case study of South African Sheep production. Agrekon, 59(1):1-15. DOI: 10.1080/03031853.2019.1639205
Jordaan, H., and Bahta, Y. T. (2020). The Economic Impact of Policy Interventions to Mitigate Water Use in Irrigation Agriculture in South Africa. Journal of Human Ecology, 71(1-3):8-15. DOI: 10.31901/24566608.2020/71.1-3.3220
Ncube, A., Bahta, Y. T. and Jordaan, A.J. (2020). Job market perception of African migrant women in South Africa as initial and long-term Coping and adaptation mechanisms. Journal of International Migration and Integration, 21(4): 1165-1185. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-019-00704-w
Lombard, W.A. and Bahta, Y.T. (2019).Economic impact and factors affecting sheep and goat theft in South Africa. Acta Criminologica: African Journal of Criminology & Victimology, 32(2): 144-166. Awarded for the best-published article and won the Joseph F. Donnermeyer New Scholar Award at the International Society to study rural crime (ISSRC) in December 2020.
Lombard, W.A. and Bahta, Y.T. (2019). Stock theft control mechanism and economic impact of livestock theft in the Free State Province of South Africa: Implication for agricultural management policies. International Journal of Agricultural Management, 8 (3):98-106. https://doi.org/ 10.5836/ijam/2019-08-98
Matlou, R. and Bahta, Y.T. (2019). Factors influencing the resilience of smallholder livestock farmers to agricultural drought in South Africa: Implication for adaptive capabilities. Jamba: Journal of Disaster Risk studies, 11(1), a805. https://doi.org/ 10.4102/jamba.v11i1.805 (Awarded the 3rd Prize for the Best Contributed Paper Presented at the Annual AEASA Conference: – Growing a Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture. The 57th Annual Conference was held from 8 – 10 October 2019 at the Ilanga Estate, Bloemfontein, South Africa).
Muchopa, C.L., Bahta, Y.T. and Ogundeji, A. (2019). Tariff rate quota impacts on export market access of South African fruit products into the EU market. Agrekon, 58(4):426-450. https://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2019.1593865
Bahta, Y.T. and Enoch, O.S (2019). Improving the income status of smallholder vegetable farmers through food policy intervention: The case of homestead food garden intervention Outlook on Agriculture, 48(3):246-254. DOI: 10.1177/0030727019852107
Cloete, P., Bahta, Y.T., Marunga, M. and Lombard, W.A (2019). Perception and understanding of extension service in South Africa. South African Journal of Agricultural Extension, 47(3):14-31. https://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2413-3221/2019/v47n3a512
Ncube, A., Bahta, Y. T. and Jordaan, A.J. (2019). Coping and adaptation mechanisms used by Sub-Saharan African migrant women in South Africa (for coming). Jàmbá: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies 11(1), a645. https://doi.org/10.4102/jamba.v11i1.645
Ncube, A., Bahta, Y. T. and Jordaan, A.J. (2019). Exploring of short term, long-term survival mechanisms and Perception of Job Market by Zimbabwean migrant women in South Africa. Ìrìnkèrindò: a Journal of African Migration, 10: 82-105.
Bahta, Y.T., Enoch, O.S. and Boipelo, T. E. (2019). Does women’s empowerment through policy intervention reduce food insecurity in South Africa? Development in Practice, 29(1):3-14. https:// 10.1080/09614524.2018.1512952
Jordaan, A.J., Bahta, Y.T. and Phatudi-Mphahlele, B. (2019). Ecological Vulnerability Indicators to Drought: Case of Communal Farmers in Eastern Cape, South Africa. Jamba: Journal of Disaster Risk studies, 11(1), a591. https:// doi.org/10.4102/jamba. v10i1.591
Bahta, Y. T., Enoch, O.S., Donkor Emmanuel, and Boipelo, T.E. (2018). The impact of the homestead food garden programme on food security in South Africa. Food Security, 10(1):95-110. DOI: 10.1007/s12571-017-0756-1
Bahta, Y.T., Enoch, O.S. and Boipelo, T.E. (2018). Assessing participation in homestead food garden programmes, land ownership and their impact on productivity and net returns of smallholder maize producers in South Africa, Agrekon, 57(1):49-63. https://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2018.1437051
Mare, F., Bahta, Y.T. and Walter, V.N. (2018). The impact of drought on commercial livestock farmers in South Africa and the strategies they adopt. Development in practice, 28 (7):884-898. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2018.1493091
Mdungela, N.M, Bahta, Y. T. and Jordan, A.J. (2017). Indicators for economic vulnerability to drought in South Africa. Development in practice, 27(8): 1050-1063. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2017.1361384
Muyambo, F. Bahta, Y. T. and Jordaan, A. (2017). The role of indigenous knowledge in risk reduction of South Africa. Jamba: Journal of Disaster Risk studies, 9(1):1-6 (a420). http://dx.doi. org/10.4102/jamba.v9i1.420
Bahta, Y.T. and Lombard, W.A. (2017). Rainwater Harvesting for Sustainable water resource management in Eritrea: farmers’ Adoption and Policy Implications. Journal of Human Ecology, 58(1, 2):1-9.DOI: 10.1080/09709274.2017.1305623.
Bahta, Y.T.,Strydom, D.B. and Donkor Emmanuel (2017). Microcredit and gender empowerment: policy implications for sustainable agricultural development in Eritrea. Development in practice, 27(1):90-102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2017.1259393.
Muyambo, F., Jordan, A. and Bahta, Y. T. (2017). Assessing social vulnerability to drought in South Africa: policy implication for drought risk reduction. Jamba: Journal of Disaster Risk studies 9(1): 1-7 (a326). http://dx.doi. org/10.4102/jamba.v9i1.326
Bahta, Y. T., Jordaan, A. and Muyambo, F. (2016). Communal Farmers` perception of drought in South Africa: policy implication for drought risk reduction. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 20:39-50. DOI:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2016.10.007 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2016.10.007)
Bahta, Y.T. and Willemse, J. (2016). The comparative advantage of South Africa soybean production. JOilseeds and fats Crops and Lipids, 23(3): 1-8. DOI: 10.1051/ocl/2015069.
Bahta, Y.T.,. and J.A.Groenewald (2015). The potential impact of a Southern African common external tariffs regime on the economy of Lesotho. International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics, 3(2), Special issue:75-89.
Fadeyi, O.A., Bahta, Y.T., Ogundeji, A.A. Willemse, BJ. (2014). The impact of the SADC free trade agreement on South African agricultural trade Outlook Agriculture, 43(1):53-59. ISSN 0030-7270.
Bahta, Y.T. (2014). The impact of international oil price increase on the economy of Free State Province of South Africa. International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics, 2(1): 41-50. ISSN 2147-8988. Available online http://www.foodandagriculturejournal.com/.
Bahta, Y.T., Willemse, B.J. and Grove, B. (2014). The role of agriculture in welfare, income distribution and economic development of the Free State province of South Africa: A CGE approach. Agrekon, 53(1):46-74. ISSN 0303-1853, Online 2078-0400. Awarded the second best article published in Agrekon in 52nd annual conference of AEASA.
1. Maré, F.A. and Bahta, Y.T. (2023-2025). Resilience of commercial livestock farmers to Agricultural Drought in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa (NRF).
4. Bahta, Y.T. (2018-2021). Household resilience to agricultural drought in the Northern Cape province of South Africa-National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa funded this research, grant number TTK170510230380
6. Vulnerability, Adaptation to and coping with drought: the case of commercial and subsistence rain fed farming in the Eastern Cape (2017) (ed. by Jordaan, A.J.). Volume -1-, WRC Report Number TT716/1/17, ISBN 978-1-4312-0884-5) by Sakulski, D.M., Muyambo, F., Shwababa, S., Mdungela, N., Phatudi-Mphahlele, C., Mashimbye, C., Mlambo, D., Fadeyi, O., Miya, T., Bahta, Y.T., Owusu-Sekyere, E. and Schulze, R.E.
7. Vulnerability, Adaptation to and coping with drought: the case of commercial and subsistence rain fed farming in the Eastern Cape (2017) (ed. by Jordaan, A.J.). Volume -2-, WRC Report Number TT716/2/17, ISBN 978-1-4312-0885-2) by Sakulski, D.M., Muyambo, F., Shwababa, S., Mdungela, N., Phatudi-Mphahlele, C., Mashimbye, C., Mlambo, D., Fadeyi, O., Miya, T., Bahta, Y.T., Owusu-Sekyere, E. and Schulze, R.E.