The fundamental objective of this study was to determine the impact of PLAS Land Reform
Projects on the livelihood (financial, human, physical, natural and social capitals) of
beneficiaries. The population of the study included all beneficiaries (97) of PLAS projects
within Dr. Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality. Fifty four beneficiaries were randomly
selected from all 36 projects and interviewed using a structured questionnaire. Data collected
was sorted, coded and analysed using version 21 of the Statistical Package for Social
Sciences (SPSS). Frequency count and percentage were used to summarize the data. The
identified major constraints affecting PLAS projects were found to be: lack of resources
(77.9%), lack of finance (77.8%), lack of water (77.8%), lack of incentives (66.7%),
lack/poor infrastructure (64.8%) and high inputs cost (59.3%). The respondents indicated that
lack of finance was caused by both lack of government support and inability to access credit
from financial institutions, Jack of assets and land ownership which could be used as security
to secure loans.
Binary Logit Regression Model was used to determine factors influencing the impact of
PLAS projects on the livelihood of beneficiaries. Five explanatory variables found to be
statistically significant were: size of projects (Z=1-.905: P<0.05), purchase price of projects
(Z=-2.258: P>0.01), sufficient funding (Z=1.657: P<0.01), established market (Z=2.552:
P<0.01) and age of farmers' (Z=-2.697: P>0.05). Wilcoxon Sign-rank Sum Test was used to
determine the "before" and "after" impact of PLAS Land Redistribution projects on the
livelihood (financial, human, physical, natural and social capitals) of beneficiaries. The
findings showed that significant difference existed on the livelihood (social, financial,
physical, natural and human capital) before and after participating in PLAS projects. The
result indicated an inverse relationship in terms of the impact of PLAS projects on the
livelihood of beneficiaries implying that discontinuation or no participation in PLAS projects
could reduce livelihood capitals or negatively affect beneficiaries' livelihood. / Thesis (M.Sc.(Agric Economics) North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2013
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/16156 |
| Date | January 2013 |
| Creators | Nxumalo, Khulekani Khumbulani Sithembiso |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
Page generated in 0.0016 seconds