Case Studies Of Emerging Farmers And Agribusinesses In South Africa

Author : Edward Mabaya,Krisztina Tihanyi,Mohammad Karaan
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781920338657

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Case Studies of Emerging Farmers and Agribusinesses in South Africa by Edward Mabaya,Krisztina Tihanyi,Mohammad Karaan Pdf

'Emerging' (or 'black') farmers are often considered a homogeneous group. While individual emerging farmers and agribusinesses in South Africa share a common history, the case studies in this book show that in fact significant differences exist among them that are often hidden beneath the averaging and aggregation typical of most analytical research. Presenting fifteen case studies of emerging agribusinesses in South Africa, this book has three main objectives: (1) to capture the human stories behind the emerging farms and agribusinesses in South Africa in order to showcase their rich diversity, historical backgrounds, current context, and future directions; (2) to highlight the best practices, opportunities, and challenges facing South Africa?s emerging farmers and agribusinesses; and (3) to create a new set of instructional materials for academics and development practitioners, or as a point of reference for other entrepreneurs, members of government, and other practitioners engaged in agriculture and agribusiness. The case study format, a relatively new tool in the field of agribusiness management, allows for a close-up view of the entrepreneurs at the heart of the businesses, providing an ideal lens through which to take a snapshot of the agribusiness landscape of South Africa today.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Agricultural industries
ISBN : 1920338667

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Case Studies of Emerging Farmers and Agribusinesses in South Africa by Anonim Pdf

Author : University of the Western Cape. Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 0868087416

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Smallholders and Agro-food Value Chains in South Africa by University of the Western Cape. Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies Pdf

"Progressive agrarian transformation has rhetorically encompassed a shift to small-scale agriculture in South Africa since at least 1994 when the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) proposed reorienting agricultural support towards small-scale production. However, material support for this shift only really took off in 2009 when government and agribusiness converged on a strategy to integrate small-scale growers into value chains - mainly in the form of contract farming. Using original case study material, Smallholders and Agro-Food Value Chains in South Africa draws lessons from the value chains integration strategy and various innovative models developed to support it. Case studies range from agribusiness-sponsored sub-contracting projects to strategic partnership agreements on restitution farms and welfarist urban agricultural projects in the heart of Johannesburg. The book reflects on who might benefit from the value chains integration strategy : Will it only serve a narrow, relative elite, of small-scale black farmers ? Or can the strategy potentially widen the base of small-scale producers so that they become a significant force in South Africa's agricultural sector ?" -- Back cover.

Author : Haggblade, Steven,Hazell, Peter B. R.
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780801895036

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Successes in African Agriculture by Haggblade, Steven,Hazell, Peter B. R. Pdf

Sub—Saharan Africa is one of the poorest regions of the world. Because most Africans work in agriculture, escaping such dire poverty depends on increased agricultural productivity to raise rural incomes, lower food prices, and stimulate growth in other economic sectors. Per capita agricultural production in sub—Saharan Africa has fallen, however, for much of the past half—century. Successes in African Agriculture investigates how to reverse this decline. Instead of cataloging failures, as many past studies have done, this book identifies episodes of successful agricultural growth in Africa and identifies processes, practices, and policies for accelerated growth in the future. The individual studies follow developments in, among other areas, the farming of maize in East and Southern Africa, cassava across the middle belt of Africa, cotton in West Africa, horticulture in Kenya, and dairying in East Africa. Drawing on these case studies and on consultations with agricultural specialists and politicians from across sub—Saharan Africa -- undertaken in collaboration with the African Union's New Partnership for Africa's Development -- the contributors identify two key determinants of positive agricultural performance: agricultural research to provide more productive and sustainable technologies to farmers and a policy framework that fosters market incentives for increasing production. The contributors discuss how the public and private sectors can best coordinate the convergence of both factors. Given current concerns about global food security, this book provides timely and important resources to policymakers and development specialists concerned with reversing the negative trends in food insecurity and poverty in Africa.

Author : Herman D. van Schalkwyk,Jan A. Groenewald,Gavin C.G. Fraser,Ajuruchukwu Obi,Aad van Tilburg
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789086861682

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Unlocking markets to smallholders by Herman D. van Schalkwyk,Jan A. Groenewald,Gavin C.G. Fraser,Ajuruchukwu Obi,Aad van Tilburg Pdf

This book assesses the institutional, technical and market constraints as well as opportunities for smallholders, notably, emerging farmers in disadvantaged areas such as the former homelands of South Africa. Emerging farmers are previously disadvantaged black people who started or will start their business with the support of special government programs. Public support programs have been developed as part of the Black Economic Empowerment strategy of the South African government. These programs aim to improve the performance of emerging farmers. This requires, first and foremost, upgrading the emerging farmers skills by providing access to knowledge about agricultural and entrepreneurial practices. To become or to remain good farmers they also need access to suitable agricultural land and sufficient water for irrigation and for feeding their cattle. Finally, for emerging farmers to be engaged in viable farming operations, various factors need to be in place such as marketing and service institutions to give credit for agricultural inputs and investments; input markets for farm machinery, farm implements, fertilizers and quality seeds; and accessible output markets for their end products. This book develops a policy framework and potential institutional responses to unlock the relevant markets for smallholders.

Author : Wytske Chamberlain,Ward Anseeuw
Publisher : AFRICAN SUN MeDIA
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781928355083

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Inclusive Businesses in Agriculture by Wytske Chamberlain,Ward Anseeuw Pdf

ÿ Inclusive business is hailed as a win-win scenario for the development of poor communities; yet there is little insight into how these inclusive businesses work and, more importantly, for whom. This book aims for a thorough understanding of the range of inclusive businesses in agriculture by examining: the structures they implement, the actors involved, and whether they are effectively inclusive of smallholders. It presents a range of case studies and is therefore empirically based and practically oriented. By offering a critical assessment of inclusive businesses overall, it allows for a better perception of what works where, and under which conditions. It provides useful insights that will benefit smallholders, agri-businesses, support groups, policy makers and investors who are willing to promote more inclusive businesses, that foster a better integration of smallholders into commercial value-chains and a more equitable and sustainable agricultural sector.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : IND:30000128053992

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A Review of Experiences of Establishing Emerging Farmers in South Africa by Anonim Pdf

At the end of Apartheid in 1994, about 82 million hectares of commercial farmland (86% of all farmland) was in the hands of the white minority. Over thirteen million black people lived in crowded former homelands under extreme poverty. Since 1994, the Government of South Africa has initiated several land reform programs in order to address the racial imbalance in land holding and secure t he land rights of historically disadvantaged people. This review of experiences of supporting emerging historically disadvantaged farmers examines the implementation of the land reform policy and its support programs and documents several cases of support to emerging framers. Bets practices are synthesized from the review and compared with international best practice experiences.--Publisher's description.

Author : Chris Reij,Ann Waters-Bayer
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1853838160

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Farmer Innovation in Africa by Chris Reij,Ann Waters-Bayer Pdf

Based on fieldwork and involving farmers, extension workers and researchers, this is an edited volume of studies of how farmers successfully experiment and innovate to increase productivity, often in adverse and resource-poor conditions. It covers a wide range of countries and varieties of farming and shows how successful and motivating an approach that builds on farmer innovation can be. It confirms the resourcefulness of the farmers themselves and provides an alternative to the conventional "transfer of technology" development paradigm - one that recognizes the farmers themselves as the major resource.

Author : Simon Williams,Ruth Karen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429717864

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Agribusiness And The Small-scale Farmer by Simon Williams,Ruth Karen Pdf

Based on case histories from nine Third World countries, this study examines the successful cooperation between private agribusiness firms and small farmers to increase agricultural production and income in developing countries. In such ventures, small farmers are organized around a core private company that buys their output and provides manageria

Author : Marijke D'Haese,N. Vink
Publisher : Garant
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9044114328

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Local Institutional Innovation and Pro-poor Agricultural Growth by Marijke D'Haese,N. Vink Pdf

Author : Richard A. Sikora,Eugene R. Terry,Paul L.G. Vlek,Joyce Chitja
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780429686634

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Transforming Agriculture in Southern Africa by Richard A. Sikora,Eugene R. Terry,Paul L.G. Vlek,Joyce Chitja Pdf

This book provides a synthesis of the key issues and challenges facing agriculture and food production in Southern Africa. Southern Africa is facing numerous challenges from diverse issues such as agricultural transformations, growing populations, urbanization and climate change. These challenges place great pressure on food security, agriculture, water availability and other natural resources, as well as impacting biodiversity. Drawing on case studies from Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, the chapters in this book consider these challenges from an interdisciplinary perspective, covering key areas in constraints to production, the most important building blocks of good farming practices, and established and emerging technologies. This book will be a valuable support for informing new policies and processes aimed at improving food production and security and developing sustainable agriculture in Southern Africa. This informative volume will be key reading for those interested in agricultural science, African studies, rural studies, development studies and sustainability. It will also be a valuable resource for policymakers, governmental and nongovernmental organizations, and agricultural practitioners. This title has been made available as Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CCBY-NC-ND) license and can be accessed here: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429401701

Author : Adeoye O. Akinola,Irrshad Kaseeram,Nokukhanya N. Jili
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030511296

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The New Political Economy of Land Reform in South Africa by Adeoye O. Akinola,Irrshad Kaseeram,Nokukhanya N. Jili Pdf

This book analyzes the new political economy of land reform in South Africa. It takes a holistic approach to understand South Africa’s land reform, assesses the current policy gaps, and suggests ways of filling them. Due to its cross-disciplinary approach, the book will appeal to a broad audience, and will benefit readers from the fields of policy reform, administration, law, political science, political economics, agricultural economics, global politics, resource studies and development studies.

Author : Olaf Zenker,Cherryl Walker,Zsa-Zsa Boggenpoel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781009380775

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Beyond Expropriation Without Compensation by Olaf Zenker,Cherryl Walker,Zsa-Zsa Boggenpoel Pdf

Experts on property law, land reform and social justice debate constitutional change and future of redistributive justice in South Africa.

Author : Barbara Dinham,Colin Hines
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Agricultural industries
ISBN : 0946281009

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Agribusiness in Africa by Barbara Dinham,Colin Hines Pdf

Economic evaluation of the impact of agribusiness multinational enterprises on food production and agricultural production of cash crops in Africa south of Sahara - examines transformation of coffee and sugar plantations, international markets, etc.; includes case studies on Kenya and Tanzania as well as profiles of Booker McConnell, Lonrho, Tate and Lyle, and Unilever; discusses dependence on transnationals in food shortage, and food imports, food processing, agricultural price, etc. Graphs, map, references.

Author : Terry Leahy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351134132

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Food Security for Rural Africa by Terry Leahy Pdf

At least fifty years of projects aimed at the rural poor in Africa have had very little impact. Up to half of the children of these countries are still suffering from stunting and malnutrition. Soil degradation and poor crop yields are ubiquitous. Projects are almost always aimed at helping local people to solve their problems by growing for the market. In some countries, projects link poor villagers into cooperatives to produce a commercial output. In other countries, projects target more competent entrepreneurial villagers. Almost all these projects fail after several years. Even those that are successful make few inroads into the problems. While the slogan 'feeding the farmers first' comes from the Philippines, it is particularly applicable to much of Africa, where household food security can come from household production. This book explains how projects can be designed that increase food security through subsistence production. Focusing on particular people and projects, it gives a sociological analysis of why this is so difficult to manage. This book challenges the models promoted by academics in the field of development studies and argues against the strategies adopted by most donor organizations and government bodies.It explains why commercial projects have been so ubiquitous even though they rarely work. It gives practical tips on how to set up villages and farms to achieve sustainable solutions that also provide plenty of nutritious food. The book is written to be accessible and engaging. For anyone planning to work in the rural areas of Africa, this book is required reading.