Vink, NickKirsten, Johann F.2007-07-122007-07-122003-09Vink, N. & Kirsten, J.F. (2003). Policy successes and policy failures in agriculture and land reform in South Africa : the 1990s. South African Journal of Economic History, 18(1-2), 96-117. [http://home.intekom.com/joni/EHSOC.HTM]03751589http://hdl.handle.net/2263/2992This article discusses the contemporary South African agricultural policy during the 1990s and adds a discussion of the Strategic Plan for Agriculture, tabled through collective effort between commercial farmers, the Black Farm Union (NAFU) and the National Department of Agriculture as instructed by Pres Thabo Mbeki. The purpose of the article is to draw on this most recent research to identify some policy successes and policy failures in agriculture and land reform in South Africa and to assess their significance to agriculture in the new millenium.56347 bytesapplication/pdfenEconomic History Society of Southern AfricaAgricultural policyAgriculture and state -- South AfricaLand reform -- South AfricaArticle