Labiff, EdwardCatting, DavidOkada, Masanori2020-10-302024-05-032020-10-302024-05-032004https://hdl.handle.net/10566/13105Magister Artium (Development Studies) - MA(DVS)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.enLand reformAgricultureFood securityPovertyCommercializationUniversity of Western Cape