South Africa: encouraging sustainable smallholder agriculture | Land Portal

Resource information

Date of publication: 
January 1998
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ISBN / Resource ID: 
eldis:A27361

Concentrates on the black smallholder farming sector. Policy objectives should include:Resource Conserving Technologies: re-orientation away from large scale farmers, consideration of goals other than high input/output (risk management, labour input, gender). More participatory methods in areas such as soil conservationSustaining local institutions: capacity building for farmers associations; partnership links between smallholder farmers and service providersCreating an Enabling Environment: increase in capacity and practical experience at all levels, especially for those smallholders benefiting from the land reform programme better access to input and marketing services; extension of credit to smallholdersMakes recommendations for reorganisation of extension services, farmer involvement in research, land reform, incentives for soil/water conservation, NGO involvement, community participation, training, coordination.

Authors and Publishers

Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

N. Oettle
S. Fakir
W. Wentzel
S. Giddings
M. Whiteside

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