Kepe, ThembelaManona, Siyabulela S.Programme for Land and Agrarian StudiesFaculty of Economics and Management Sciences2013-06-182024-11-112007/04/162007/04/162013-06-182024-11-112005https://hdl.handle.net/10566/19541Magister Philosophiae (Land and Agrarian Studies) - MPhil(LAS)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.enAgricultureEconomic aspectsSouth AfricaEastern CapeSustainable agricultureAgriculture and stateRural developmentGovernment policyRural poorThesisUniversity of the Western Cape