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Rural jobs: Commodity sector possibilities and constraints – the case of smallholder irrigation schemes in the Eastern Cape
(2015-10-10)
• NDP – 1 million new jobs in agriculture; largely premised on expanding the area under irrigation
• Cousins – “The evidence from Tugela Ferry and other irrigation schemes shows that where [small-scale farmers] have ...
Fresh produce production under irrigation by small-scale farmers in South Africa
(GTAC, 2020-03-31)
This report documents the status of fresh produce production under irrigation by small-scale farmers2 in South Africa and investigates the potential for expanding current levels of production, with an emphasis on land ...
Joint ventures and livelihoods in emerging small-scale irrigation schemes in Greater Sekhukhune District: Perspectives from Hereford
(Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2005)
Small-scale irrigation farming is
envisaged as playing a progressively
larger role in rural development
and in reducing some of the inequalities
inherent in South Africa’s space economy.
The promotion of entry by black ...