Aliber, Michael2012-07-262012-07-262011Aliber M. (2011). Strategies to support South African smallholders as a contribution to government’s second economy strategy. Volume 2: Case studies. Research Report no. 41. Vol. 2, PLAAS, University of the Western Capehttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/392This second volume of Strategies to support South African smallholders as a contribution to government’s second economy strategy contains sixteen case studies that comprise the main data for the analysis detailed in Volume 1. This collection of case studies provides a useful resource on its own, providing a rich and diverse repository of narratives depicting various types of smallholders in diverse circumstances and environments. As researchers were given the latitude to deviate from a standardised approach, this volume reveals the authors’ different styles, different emphases, and indeed different disciplinary strengths. The ‘unit of analysis’ also differs across case studies: some are studies of single individuals, others focus on particular schemes or projects, and still others involve a comparative analysis of individuals or projects. Due to the complexity of categorising the case studies they have been simply grouped by province, and are ordered, roughly, from southwest to northeast.enCopyright PLAAS, University of the Western Cape. This file may be freely used provided that the source is acknowledged. No commercial distribution of this text is permitted.SmallholdersAgricultureEconomySouth AfricaResearch Report