Michaela Palchick

Agricultural Transformation and Livelihood Struggles

A Study in South Africa's Western Cape

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

South Africa s post-Apartheid land reform programs redistribute previously white-owned farmland to a small percentage of blacks, and provide these new farmers with agricultural extension services that promote large-scale agriculture. The shortcomings of the agricultural transformation program are apparent in the village of Genadendal, a former mission reserved for "coloureds" and a historically agricultural community in the Western Cape. The case study of Genandendal demonstrates that a national agricultural transformation program for an elite class of black commercial farmers does not address all problems. South Africa s land reform programs fall short of dismantling the inherited structures of economic and power inequality, while creating a façade of racial equality in land ownership. This book shares the specific challenges faced by South African small-scale farmers, argues that these problems can be overcome with a new government vision for small-scale agriculture, and in a broader sense, enumerates the advantages of small-scale farming over the industrial model.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 116
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 165g
• ISBN-13: 9783639178289
• ISBN-10: 3639178289
• Artikelnr.: 27042730

Autorenporträt

Michaela Palchick is a 2008 graduate of Macalester College where her areas of concentration were Environmental Studies, American Studies and Geography. Her research is based on ten months of fieldwork in South Africa s Western Cape. She is pursuing graduate studies in agricultural education and currently lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.