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Plantation, outgrower and medium-scale commercial farming in Ghana: which model provides better prospects for local development?
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape and Future Agricultures Consortium, 2016)
African governments are making important
policy choices in their quest to modernise
agriculture, with some promoting largescale
farming on plantations while
others promote small- or medium-scale
commercial farming.
Factors affecting digital technology adoption by small-scale farmers in agriculture value chains (AVCs) in South Africa
(Routledge, 2021)
Digital technologies enable small-scale farmers to reduce some constraints
to participate in Agriculture Value Chains (AVCs). Small-scale farmers face
significant challenges and barriers to adopting digital technology. ...
Strategies to support South African smallholders as a contribution to government’s second economy strategy. Volume 1: Situation analysis, fieldwork findings and main conclusions
(PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2009)
Within the ambit of the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative of South Africa, government is leading a process to define a Second Economy Strategy, and has identified the agricultural sector as a site of opportunity, ...
Principles and practice for successful farmland redistribution in South Africa
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2019)
The current debate on land reform in South Africa is unnecessarily polarised between those who believe that the market has failed to deliver, and those who believe that the bureaucracy has failed to deliver. Instead, we ...
Status report on land and agricultural policy in South Africa
(PLAAS, University of the Western Cape, 2010)
A strategy that seeks to insert smallholders into
the large-scale, industrial, export-oriented model
can only succeed in broadening and diversifying
the producer base slightly. The large-scale model
also brings ...
Land for housing: A political resource – reflections from Zimbabwe’s urban areas
(Routledge, 2015)
When the Zimbabwean government launched the Fast Track Land Reform Programme (FTLRP)
in 1999, an international outcry followed, with Zimbabwe described as an international pariah
state. Zimbabwe entered a prolonged ...
Entrepreneurship and management of small enterprises: An overview of agricultural activities in the Mopani district municipality
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
This study analysed entrepreneurial dynamics, activities and challenges confronting small agricultural businesses in the Mopani District Municipality in Limpopo, South Africa. Mopani is a rural district municipality and ...
Efficiency, food security and differentiation in small-scale irrigation agriculture: Evidence from North West Nigeria
(Cogent OA, 2020)
Ambiguity over the effectiveness of agricultural intervention is more
pronounced in rural areas where the majority of North West Nigeria’s poor population, and those involved in agriculture, reside. Further characterising ...
Towards a framework to implement a digital agriculture value chain in South Africa for small-scale farmers
(AOSIS, 2022)
Digital technology adopted in agriculture value chains (AVCs) improves
efficiency. There is a need to understand why some actors benefit more than others in AVCs
and why this pattern at a global level is replicated ...