Rural non-farm enterprises: a vehicle for rural development in South Africa?
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Kirsten, Johann F.
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Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa
Abstract
There is a need to determine the extent to which the development and promotion of small-scale rural non-farm enterprises can be a vehicle to promote rural development and alleviate poverty. As a first step in developing an analytical framework to study the link between rural development and the rural non-farm sector in South Africa, this paper provides an analysis of the diversity and behaviour of non-farm enterprises in the rural areas of the Northern and Northwest provinces. From the analysis it seems that there is a lack of diversity in the rural non-farm economy with a complete domination by trading and service related enterprises and a virtual absence of small-scale rural industries.
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Keywords
Non-farm enterprises, Poverty
Sustainable Development Goals
Citation
Kirsten, J.F. (1995). Rural non-farm enterprises: a vehicle for rural development in South Africa? Agrekon, 34(4), 198-204. [http://www.aeasa.org.za]