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100 1 _aSchalkwyk, Herman D.
_eeditor.
245 1 0 _aUnlocking markets to smallholders
_h[electronic resource] :
_bLessons from South Africa /
_cedited by Herman D. Schalkwyk, Jan A. Groenewald, Gavin C. G. Fraser, Ajuruchukwu Obi, Aad Tilburg.
264 1 _aWageningen :
_bWageningen Academic Publishers :
_bImprint: Wageningen Academic Publishers,
_c2012.
300 _aApprox. 270 p. 12 illus., 2 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
347 _atext file
_bPDF
_2rda
490 1 _aMansholt Publication Series ;
_v10
505 0 _aPreface -- 1. Market access, poverty alleviation and socio-economic sustainability in South Africa -- 2. Strategies to improve smallholders? market access -- 3. Influence of institutional and technical factors on market choices of smallholder farmers in the Kat River Valley -- 4. Technical constraints to market access for crop and livestock farmers in Nkonkobe Municipality, Eastern Cape province -- 5. Smallholders and livestock markets -- 6. Unlocking markets to smallholder farmers: the potential role of contracting -- 7. Food retailing and agricultural development -- 8. Unlocking credit markets -- 9. Governance structures for supply chain management in the smallholder farming systems of South Africa -- 10. Smallholder market access and governance in supply chains -- 11. Factors unlocking markets to smallholders: lessons, recommendations and stakeholders addressed -- About the authors -- Index.
520 _aThis book assesses the institutional, technical and market constraints as well as opportunities for smallholders, notably, emerging farmers in disadvantaged areas such as the former homelands of South Africa. Emerging farmers are previously disadvantaged black people who started or will start their business with the support of special government programs. Public support programs have been developed as part of the Black Economic Empowerment strategy of the South African government. These programs aim to improve the performance of emerging farmers. This requires, first and foremost, upgrading the emerging farmers skills by providing access to knowledge about agricultural and entrepreneurial practices. To become or to remain good farmers they also need access to suitable agricultural land and sufficient water for irrigation and for feeding their cattle. Finally, for emerging farmers to be engaged in viable farming operations, various factors need to be in place such as marketing and service institutions to give credit for agricultural inputs and investments; input markets for farm machinery, farm implements, fertilizers and quality seeds; and accessible output markets for their end products. This book develops a policy framework and potential institutional responses to unlock the relevant markets for smallholders.
650 0 _aLife sciences.
650 1 4 _aLife Sciences.
650 2 4 _aLife Sciences, general.
700 1 _aGroenewald, Jan A.
_eeditor.
700 1 _aFraser, Gavin C. G.
_eeditor.
700 1 _aObi, Ajuruchukwu.
_eeditor.
700 1 _aTilburg, Aad.
_eeditor.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
830 0 _aMansholt Publication Series ;
_v10
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3920/978-90-8686-168-2
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