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| The impact of the implementation of government policy on the spatial distribution of emerging farmers in the Mopani district in the Limpopo province of South Africa | |
| Mamabolo;Makhudu Edward | |
| 出版年 | 2017 |
| 英文摘要 | Agriculture plays a major role in development, as it creates jobs, develops the economy and reduces poverty. An important drawback in agriculture in South Africa is access to agricultural land and other agricultural resources by African farmers. Many African farmers still own small units of land, which are still mostly used for subsistence farming. These racial inequalities in the agricultural sector date back to colonial and apartheid eras. During the apartheid era, government policies separated white farmers from black farmers resulting in an unequal spatial distribution of farming and development in the country. The post-apartheid government that came into power in 1994 was committed to the eradication of racial legislation and implemented new agricultural policies. Twenty years later many inequalities still exit within the agricultural sector. There is a need to investigate the social and spatial inequalities in the emerging farming section. Since the Limpopo province is one of the poorest provinces in South Africa, consisting of large areas of former homelands, the aim of this research is to investigate and describe the impact of the implementation of agricultural policies on the spatial distribution of the emerging farming sector in the Mopani District of the Limpopo province. This research was done within the framework of the post-modernism paradigm. The study used mostly qualitative data but some quantitative data and methods were also used. Primary data was collected from sampled emerging farmers in the Mopani district, some officials from the local municipality and one provincial official. Evidence from analysed data indicated that the uneven spatial distribution of farms still exists despite numerous policies and programmes implemented by government through its provinces, and local and district municipalities. Structurally there is a lack of proper coordination, inadequate provision of both human and material resources, monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of policies and programmes are some contributory factors. It is recommended that policies be implemented that strategically target investment and infrastructural development to reduce poverty, unemployment and uneven spatial distribution of farms in the Mopani district municipalities in the Limpopo province. Geography 1 online resource (xvi, 128 leaves) : color maps D. Phil. (Geography) |
| 英文关键词 | Agriculture Agricultural development Policy Spatial distribution Development strategy Policy implementation Postmodernism theory Emerging farmer Emerging farmer support Agricultural protectionism 631.4768259 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| URL | http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23266 |
| 资源类型 | 学位论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/250594 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Mamabolo;Makhudu Edward. The impact of the implementation of government policy on the spatial distribution of emerging farmers in the Mopani district in the Limpopo province of South Africa[D],2017. |
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