Browsing by Author "Manona, Siyabulela S."

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    Smallholder agriculture as local economic development (LED) strategy in rural South Africa: exploring prospects in Pondoland, Eastern Cape
    (University of the Western Cape, 2005) Manona, Siyabulela S.; Kepe, Thembela; Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies; Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences
    The aim of this study was to explore the role and the prospects of smallholder agriculture as local economic development in Eastern Pondoland, in the former Transkei homeland. The study explored the role of agriculture in contributing to local economic development and the upliftment of the rural poor. It also explored the role that government and its agencies have played and could play in stimulating agricultural development.