A gross margin analysis for Nguni cattle farmers in Limpopo Province, South Africa

• Mapule Valencia Nkadimeng ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mapule Valencia Nkadimeng, Godswill Makombe

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Limpopo, Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South Africa

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• Godswill Makombe ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mapule Valencia Nkadimeng, Godswill Makombe

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6638-6159

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• Obvious Mapiye,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of AgriSciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape Province, South Africa

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• Cletos Mapiye,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of AgriSciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape Province, South Africa

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• Isaac Oluwatayo,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Agricultural Economics and Animal Production, University of Limpopo, Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South Africa

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• Kennedy Dzama,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of AgriSciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, Western Cape Province, South Africa

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• Cedric Mojapelo,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Validation

  Affiliation Limpopo Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South Africa

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• Naftali Mollel ,

  Roles Methodology, Validation

  ¶‡ NM and JN also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Rural Development and Innovation Hub, University of Limpopo, Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South Africa

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• Jones Ngambi ,

  Roles Methodology, Validation

  ¶‡ NM and JN also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Agricultural Economics and Animal Production, University of Limpopo, Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South Africa

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• Madimetja Human Mautjana

  Roles Formal analysis

  * E-mail: hmautjana@gmail.com

  Affiliation University of Limpopo, Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7235-4770

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