Rural jobs: Commodity sector possibilities and constraints – the case of smallholder irrigation schemes in the Eastern Cape
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2015-10-10
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• NDP – 1 million new jobs in agriculture; largely premised on expanding the area under irrigation
• Cousins – “The evidence from Tugela Ferry and other irrigation schemes shows that where [small-scale farmers] have access to fertile soils, irrigation water and markets, small-scale farmers can be highly productive and earn reasonable returns” (2012)
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Rural jobs, Smallholders, Eastern Cape, Irrigation schemes
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Aliber, M. October, 2015. Rural jobs: Commodity sector possibilities and constraints – the case of smallholder irrigation schemes in the Eastern Cape [Power Point Presentation]