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      Review of African Political Economy

      Volume 24, Issue 72
       
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      Agricultural issues in the former homelands of South Africa: the Transkei

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            This article examines the prospects for agricultural development and rural transformation in Transkei, one of the largest of the former homelands of South Africa. In view of Transkei's size, its substantial population and largely rural character, an understanding of its current problems and potential are extremely important in any assessment of agricultural prospects in the former homelands. The discussion draws on published research and on the authors’ own fieldwork after the April 1994 elections. Some of the most intractable problems facing the Government of National Unity currently lie in the former homelands, which were starved of investment under apartheid. The article reviews patterns of peasant production and commercial agriculture (including contract farming) in Transkei and attempts to set current issues concerning land, labour (including the role of women and children), inputs and infrastructural provision within a national and international context. The article begins by briefly setting the national context, before moving on to examine the specific conditions of agricultural activity in Transkei.

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            Journal
            Journal ID (publisher-id): crea20
            Journal ID (archive): CREA
            Title: Review of African Political Economy
            Publisher: Review of African Political Economy
            ISSN (Print): 0305-6244
            ISSN (Electronic): 1740-1720
            Publication date (Print): June 1997
            Volume: 24
            Issue: 72
            Pages: 185-202
            Affiliations
            a Centre for Overseas Research and Development , University of Durham , UK
            b Department of Geography , University of Transkei , Umtata , South Africa
            Article
            Publisher ID: 8704252 Coden ID: Review of African Political Economy, Vol. 24, No. 72, June 1997, pp. 185-202
            DOI: 10.1080/03056249708704252
            SO-VID: 8595174d-c2ba-4c41-ad36-93a63e5b1c7d
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            Figures: 0, Tables: 0, References: 58, Pages: 18
            Categories
            Subject: Original Articles

            ScienceOpen disciplines: Sociology,Economic development,Political science,Labor & Demographic economics,Political economics,Africa

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