An investigation into farming enterprises under the land redistribution program in the Southern Cape
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Date
2004
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University of Western Cape
Abstract
In 1994, the first democratically elected South African government promised to redistribute 30 % of white-owned farmland to the formerly disadvantaged people in order to rectify the racially-based unequal distribution of land and to improve their socioeconomic conditions. The ANC-led government opted to promote agriculture for achieving the latter aim since agriculture is generally seen to have a strong potential for poverty alleviation and economic development in the under-resourced areas.
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Magister Artium (Development Studies) - MA(DVS)
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Land reform, Agriculture, Food security, Poverty, Commercialization