Browsing by Author "Matenga, Chrispin Radoka"

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    Evidence from three models of land and agricultural commercialisation: Impacts on local livelihoods in Zambia
    (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2016) Matenga, Chrispin Radoka; Hichaambwa, Munguzwe
    Zambia needs to undergo structural transformation triggered by increased agricultural and rural labour productivity if it is to achieve improved growth and broad-based poverty reduction. The current experience, however, is far from the radical change needed in order to achieve this. Zambia’s agricultural sector is characterised by a large number of poor smallholders contributing most of agricultural output, with low yields, limited commercialisation and few signs of rapid productivity growth.
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    Evidence from three models of land and agricultural commercialization: Impacts on local livelihoods in Zambia
    (Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2016) Matenga, Chrispin Radoka
    The approach favoured by most donors is to stimulate growth in smallholder agriculture by a variety of interventions ranging from production technology to market development. Some, however, contend that agricultural productivity can better be enhanced through large-scale commercial farming. Such views have underpinned a resurgence of plantations mimicking or reviving the colonial estates and state farms from the early post-colonial era. Large-scale land acquisitions have raised concerns about loss of land and livelihoods by rural communities but also could present opportunities for expanding employment and economic growth.