Magister Philosophiae - MPhil (LAS) (Land and Agrarian Studies)
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Item The challenge of sustainable land-based local economic development in poor communities of South Africa: The case of Groblersdal, Northern Cape(University of the Western Cape, 2004) Parker, Gail Denise; Kepe, Thembela; Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies; Faculty of Economics and Management SciencesThis research investigated whether local economic development interventions necessarily improve the livelihoods of poor communities. More specifically, the goal of this thesis was to explore some of the reasons why land-based economic development interventions often struggle to meet their main objective of improving the livelihoods of local poor people.Item 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 SciencesThe 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.