Overview
- Editors:
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Ajuruchukwu Obi
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Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa
- Papers draw from diverse and polar experiences
- Presents theoretical and practical insights
- Of interest for a wide constituency, including researchers, development practitioners, rural animators, and policy makers
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Background and issues on the role of institutions in smallholder development in Southern Africa
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- Ajuruchukwu Obi, Tebogo Seleka
Pages 19-38
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Rural livelihood strategies and current circumstances of the small farmer in South Africa
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- Simbarashe Ndhleve, Lovemore Musemwa, Ajuruchukwu Obi, Bridget Jari
Pages 41-70
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- Simbarashe Ndhleve, Ajuruchukwu Obi
Pages 71-85
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- Ajuruchukwu Obi, Simbarashe Ndhleve
Pages 87-97
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Socio-economic and commodity marketing factors among small farmers in South Africa
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- Bridget Jari, Gavin Fraser, Ajuruchukwu Obi
Pages 101-117
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Marketing constraints and opportunities in specific commodity lines
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Front Matter
Pages 119-119
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- Lovemore Musemwa, Abyssinia Mushunje
Pages 121-135
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- Ajuruchukwu Obi, Nkosazana N. Mashinini
Pages 137-165
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- Ajuruchukwu Obi, Litsoanelo Mphahama
Pages 167-183
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Institutional issues in natural resource management and implications for smallholder development in Southern Africa
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Front Matter
Pages 185-185
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- Mafabia Mokhahlane, Ajuruchukwu Obi
Pages 231-269
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Alternative trade and support arrangements to enhance livelihoods and welfare of small farmers
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Front Matter
Pages 271-271
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- Binganidzo Muchara, Ajuruchukwu Obi
Pages 273-296
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Back Matter
Pages 315-352
About this book
The Southern Africa region has experienced more than its fair share of problems in recent years. Just when it seemed that the hardships wrought by the devastating cycle of droughts and floods of 2000 to 2002 were a thing of the past, other problems emerged. At one level, there have been the weak and often erratic governance mechanisms and political crises in some countries of the region, leading to severe disruptions in agricultural production to the point that supplies and markets have virtually disappeared. At another level, socio-cultural rigidities have often militated against the adoption of efficient farming practices, resulting in sub-optimal choices that lock smallholders into a low equilibrium trap. In the face of the disappearing supplies and missing markets, these have engendered hyper-inflationary trends of a magnitude unknown anywhere else in the world. But in the midst of all this apparent dreariness, cases are emerging from which immense lessons can be drawn. This book assembles a collection of research papers based on studies completed in 2008 and 2009 in Southern Africa that examine various dimensions of the institutional constraints small farmers are facing in the region and how they are going about dealing with them. The papers draw from these diverse and polar experiences and present some theoretical and practical insights that should form the basis for more in-depth, country-level, sector-specific analyses, focusing mainly on citrus, horticultures, cotton and livestock. The thematic issues of income inequality, land reform, natural resource management and value chain governance and chain choice, are covered in this book and are expected to be of interest for a wide constituency, including researchers, development practitioners, rural animators, and policy makers.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, University of Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa
Ajuruchukwu Obi
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