Large-scale commercial agriculture in Africa: Lessons from the past
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Date
2014
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Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)
Abstract
African agriculture is in a phase of rapid commercialisation. Planners and investors in sub-Saharan Africa urgently need to consider how the choice of business model, the local context and the political environment affect outcomes of commercial ventures. A review of past experiences with three commercial farming models reveals the conditions that have provided the most stable environment
for investors but also protected the most vulnerable in society and created the best chance for technology transfer and local economic linkages. These lessons from history have contemporary relevance.
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Sub-Saharan Africa, Commercialisation, Commercial farming, Agriculture
Citation
Smalley, R., 2014. Large-scale Commercial Agriculture in Africa: Lessons from the Past. Cape Town: Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)