Land use and rural livelihoods: Have they been enhanced through land reform?

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dc.contributor.authorAndrew, Maura
dc.contributor.authorShackleton, Charlie
dc.contributor.authorAinslie, Andrew
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-21T11:18:25Z
dc.date.available2019-02-21T11:18:25Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractIt is often assumed that transferring land to rural households will provide people with valuable assets that can be productively used to enhance their livelihoods. Unfortunately, few rural people or land reform beneficiaries are perceived to be using land produc- tively because they do not engage in significant commercial production for the market. Transferring land to subsistence users is therefore seen as a waste of resources. However, an examination of land use in communal areas and amongst land reform beneficiaries indicates that resource-poor rural people do use land productively and resourcefully, but the constraints to production and participation in agricultural markets they encounter limit their livelihoods to survivalist mode. Land reform can enhance rural livelihoods beyond this survivalist mode if it is integrated into a broader rural development programme aimed at providing subsistence land users with the support they need to overcome the constraints to production, and to connect them to the markets.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAndrew, M. et al. (2003). Land use and rural livelihoods: Have they been enhanced through land reform? Policy Brief 5, Bellville: Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Capeen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/4245
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInstitute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Capeen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Brief: Debating land reform and rural development;5
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectAfrican householdsen_US
dc.subjectCrop productionen_US
dc.subjectLand reformen_US
dc.subjectRural livelihoodsen_US
dc.titleLand use and rural livelihoods: Have they been enhanced through land reform?en_US
dc.typeOtheren_US

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