Premature Deagriculturalisation? Land inequality and rural dependency in Limpopo Province, South Africa

dc.contributor.authorEastwood, Robert
dc.contributor.authorKirsten, Johann F.
dc.contributor.authorLipton, Michael
dc.contributor.emailjohann.kirsten@up.ac.zaen
dc.date.accessioned2007-06-08T06:22:49Z
dc.date.available2007-06-08T06:22:49Z
dc.date.issued2006-11
dc.description.abstractCross-national regressions reveal abnormally low agricultural workforce shares, given GNP, in developing countries that had historically concentrated land into large capital-intensive farms. We argue that such deagriculturalisation was premature, since its concomitant labour shedding has undesirable outcomes. In a new South African survey, a large proportion of rural households (and working-age persons) was ‘dependent’, relying for income almost wholly on either migrant remittances or pensions. A separate group (with less poverty and unemployment) relied mainly on local, including own-farm, income. The group was heavily over-represented in one of the three regions, where many more households had significant land.en
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dc.identifier.citationEastwood, R., Lipton, M. & Kirsten, J.F. (2006). Premature deagriculturalisation? Land inequality and rural dependency in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Journal of Development Studies, 42(8), 1325-1349. [http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0022-0388&volume=42&issue=8&spage=1325 ]en
dc.identifier.issn0022-0388 (Paper)
dc.identifier.issn1734-9140 (On line)
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/002203806009
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/2667
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherRoutledgeen
dc.rightsRoutledgeen
dc.subjectAgricultural workforceen
dc.subjectDeagriculturalisationen
dc.subjectDeveloping countriesen
dc.subject.lcshLand use, Rural -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcshIncome distribution -- South Africa
dc.titlePremature Deagriculturalisation? Land inequality and rural dependency in Limpopo Province, South Africaen
dc.typePostprint Articleen

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