Smallholders and agro-food value chains in South Africa: Emerging practices, emerging challenges

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dc.contributor.authorGreenberg, Stephen
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-05T14:11:06Z
dc.date.available2019-03-05T14:11:06Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractA key emerging strand in the development of smallholder agriculture in South Africa is the effort to integrate small-holders into corporate food retail value chains. In this, the private sector and government have a common agenda, which is to build a commercial smallholder class that does not require ongoing financial support for survival, but which is able to stand on its own feet and compete in the market. Both government and the private sector recognise the need for some kind of ‘start-up’ support, and Walmart-Massmart’s recently announced supplier fund will put pressure on other food retailers to deepen their own activities in this regard. The papers in this publication come out of a workshop hosted by the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) in Johannesburg in November 2011. The workshop brought together academics, government officials, a few representatives from black smallholder farmers and the private sector, and generated a number of case studies on efforts to integrate smallholders into formal or corporate value chains. A selection of these is included in this publication. They focus on private sector initiatives and raise key issues around who smallholders are and what strategies can been_US
dc.identifier.citationGreenberg, S., 2013. Smallholders and agro-food value chains in South Africa: Emerging practices, emerging challenges. Cape Town: Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS).en_US
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-86808-741-2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/4339
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInstitute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)en_US
dc.subjectSmallholdersen_US
dc.subjectValue chainen_US
dc.subjectFarmersen_US
dc.subjectSmallholder farmersen_US
dc.subjectSustainable policyen_US
dc.subjectSmallholders agricultureen_US
dc.subjectAgro-fooden_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleSmallholders and agro-food value chains in South Africa: Emerging practices, emerging challengesen_US
dc.typeBooken_US

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