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dc.contributor.author | Kirsten, Johann F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Van Zyl, Johan | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-06-04T07:05:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2007-06-04T07:05:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1998-12 | |
dc.description | For more information on the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa or subscription to Agrekon, visit http://www.aeasa.org.za | en |
dc.description.abstract | South African agriculture is comprised of mainly two categories of farmers - the subsistence farmers in the former homeland areas and the large-scale commercial (mainly white) farmers. This is in contrast with the situation in many other countries where one would find a whole range of farm sizes. The paper highlights the situation of small-scale farmers in an international context and compares it with the South African situation that is totally different. Within this context, this paper has as basic premise that in South Africa the concept of "small-scale farmer" is usually value-laden, creates wrong impressions and is often viewed in a negative light. "Small-scale" is often equated with a backward, non-productive, non-commercial, subsistence agriculture that we find in parts of the former homeland areas. This paper endeavours to correct the negative perceptions towards small-scale farms by redefining the small-scale farmer and laying to rest the fallacy that small relates to land size only. | en |
dc.description.uri | http://www.aeasa.org.za | en |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.identifier.citation | Kirsten, J.F. & Van Zyl, J. (1998). Defining small-scale farmers in the South African context. Agrekon, 37(4), 560-571. [http://www.aeasa.org.za] | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0303-1853 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/2609 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa | en |
dc.rights | AEASA | en |
dc.subject | Subsistence farmers | en |
dc.subject | Policy frameworks | en |
dc.subject | Efficiency | en |
dc.subject | South African agriculture | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Farms, small | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Traditional farming | |
dc.title | Defining small-scale farmers in the South African context | en |
dc.type | Article | en |