Dilemmas of land reform for the Ramaphosa era

….”Synergies are clearly possible between commercial farmers, expanding agricultural servicing organisations, NGOs, CPAs and smallholders. Some success is evident on outgrower schemes, for example in sugar, forestry and wool, as well as irrigation projects. Extension services and animal health technicians, as well as education and training, can play a larger role in expanding the knowledge-base of smallholders.

Many other ideas have been suggested but few tested: input subsidies; decentralised strategies of water capture and reticulation; higher value crops for garden production; education programmes around nutrition focused especially on younger people to enhance more positive associations with agriculture.

William Beinart, PhD

Italics mine.

https://gga.org/dilemmas-of-land-reform-for-the-ramaphosa-era/

~ by iwhist on September 28, 2018.

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