Premature Deagriculturalisation? Land inequality and rural dependency in Limpopo Province, South Africa
dc.contributor.author | Eastwood, Robert | |
dc.contributor.author | Kirsten, Johann F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Lipton, Michael | |
dc.contributor.email | johann.kirsten@up.ac.za | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-06-08T06:22:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2007-06-08T06:22:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006-11 | |
dc.description.abstract | Cross-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.citation | Eastwood, 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.issn | 0022-0388 (Paper) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1734-9140 (On line) | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/002203806009 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/2667 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Routledge | en |
dc.rights | Routledge | en |
dc.subject | Agricultural workforce | en |
dc.subject | Deagriculturalisation | en |
dc.subject | Developing countries | en |
dc.subject.lcsh | Land use, Rural -- South Africa | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Income distribution -- South Africa | |
dc.title | Premature Deagriculturalisation? Land inequality and rural dependency in Limpopo Province, South Africa | en |
dc.type | Postprint Article | en |