Joint ventures in the Flag Boshielo Irrigation Scheme, South Africa: a history of smallholders, states and business
The report analyzes the changing tripartite constellations between South African black smallholders, the pre- and post-apartheid state, and the country’s large-scale agribusiness and irrigation industry. A recent mode of farming is the ‘joint venture’, in which smallholders hand over land and share...
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2018
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| author | van Koppen, Barbara Tapela, B.N. Mapedza, Everisto D. |
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| description | The report analyzes the changing tripartite constellations between South African black smallholders, the pre- and post-apartheid state, and the country’s large-scale agribusiness and irrigation industry. A recent mode of farming is the ‘joint venture’, in which smallholders hand over land and share in the net profits, while a strategic partner manages the cultivation with own inputs and equipment, and markets the output. With a focus on the 13 sub-schemes of the Flag Boshielo irrigation scheme in the former homeland of Lebowa (current Limpopo Province), the report analyzes the emergence of six joint ventures - the collapse of three and the troubled continuation of the other three. For the government’s support to joint ventures as one of the options of the revitalization of smallholder irrigation schemes in former homelands, it is recommended to ensure there is a robust bilateral contract between smallholders and the strategic partner, to strengthen land tenure arrangements, and to diversify irrigation technologies for women and men smallholders. |
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| spelling | CGSpace911692025-11-07T08:46:57Z Joint ventures in the Flag Boshielo Irrigation Scheme, South Africa: a history of smallholders, states and business van Koppen, Barbara Tapela, B.N. Mapedza, Everisto D. joint ventures irrigation schemes smallholders farmers agribusiness farming systems agricultural policy small scale systems irrigated farming land tenure land ownership resettlement gender public-private cooperation contract farming water resources development food security infrastructure labour state intervention crop production cotton policy making accountability The report analyzes the changing tripartite constellations between South African black smallholders, the pre- and post-apartheid state, and the country’s large-scale agribusiness and irrigation industry. A recent mode of farming is the ‘joint venture’, in which smallholders hand over land and share in the net profits, while a strategic partner manages the cultivation with own inputs and equipment, and markets the output. With a focus on the 13 sub-schemes of the Flag Boshielo irrigation scheme in the former homeland of Lebowa (current Limpopo Province), the report analyzes the emergence of six joint ventures - the collapse of three and the troubled continuation of the other three. For the government’s support to joint ventures as one of the options of the revitalization of smallholder irrigation schemes in former homelands, it is recommended to ensure there is a robust bilateral contract between smallholders and the strategic partner, to strengthen land tenure arrangements, and to diversify irrigation technologies for women and men smallholders. 2018 2018-02-22T06:40:10Z 2018-02-22T06:40:10Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91169 en Open Access application/pdf International Water Management Institute van Koppen, Barbara; Tapela, B. N.; Mapedza, Everisto. 2018. Joint ventures in the Flag Boshielo Irrigation Scheme, South Africa: a history of smallholders, states and business. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI).. 43p. (IWMI Research Report 171) doi: 10.5337/2018.202 |
| spellingShingle | joint ventures irrigation schemes smallholders farmers agribusiness farming systems agricultural policy small scale systems irrigated farming land tenure land ownership resettlement gender public-private cooperation contract farming water resources development food security infrastructure labour state intervention crop production cotton policy making accountability van Koppen, Barbara Tapela, B.N. Mapedza, Everisto D. Joint ventures in the Flag Boshielo Irrigation Scheme, South Africa: a history of smallholders, states and business |
| title | Joint ventures in the Flag Boshielo Irrigation Scheme, South Africa: a history of smallholders, states and business |
| title_full | Joint ventures in the Flag Boshielo Irrigation Scheme, South Africa: a history of smallholders, states and business |
| title_fullStr | Joint ventures in the Flag Boshielo Irrigation Scheme, South Africa: a history of smallholders, states and business |
| title_full_unstemmed | Joint ventures in the Flag Boshielo Irrigation Scheme, South Africa: a history of smallholders, states and business |
| title_short | Joint ventures in the Flag Boshielo Irrigation Scheme, South Africa: a history of smallholders, states and business |
| title_sort | joint ventures in the flag boshielo irrigation scheme south africa a history of smallholders states and business |
| topic | joint ventures irrigation schemes smallholders farmers agribusiness farming systems agricultural policy small scale systems irrigated farming land tenure land ownership resettlement gender public-private cooperation contract farming water resources development food security infrastructure labour state intervention crop production cotton policy making accountability |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91169 |
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