Smallholder agriculture as local economic development (LED) strategy in rural South Africa: exploring prospects in Pondoland, Eastern Cape
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Date
2005
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University of the Western Cape
Abstract
The 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.
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Magister Philosophiae (Land and Agrarian Studies) - MPhil(LAS)
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Agriculture, Economic aspects, South Africa, Eastern Cape, Sustainable agriculture, Agriculture and state, Rural development, Government policy, Rural poor