Farming against the odds : an examination of the challenges facing farming and rural development in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa

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Recent political transformation in South Africa has laid the basis for significant socioeconomic change. One area in which the greatest socioeconomic disparities are discernable is the agricultural sector and rural development in general. Through the medium of a case study of the Eastern Cape province, the obstacles and opportunities facing the two predominant farming groups —emerging black small-scale farmers and white commercial farmers — are examined. The paper concludes with an examination of the economic potential of the former ‘white' areas to sustain the resettlement of people previously excluded from that land market on racial grounds.

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1. http://eprints.ru.ac.za/441/1/Farming_against_the_odds_-_an_examination_of_the_challenges_facing_farming_and_rural_development_in_the_Eastern_Cape_province_of_South_Africa.pdf
2. Nel, E.L. and Davies, J. (1999) Farming against the odds : an examination of the challenges facing farming and rural development in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Applied Geography, 19 (3). pp. 253-274. ISSN 0143-6228

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Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:Rhodes/oai:eprints.ru.ac.za:441
Date	07 1900
Creators	Nel, E.L., Davies, J.
Source Sets	Rhodes University SA
Detected Language	English
Type	Article, PeerReviewed
Format	application/pdf
Relation	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0143-6228(99)00005-3, http://eprints.ru.ac.za/441/