Commercial farmers’ strategies to control water resources in South Africa: an empirical view of reform
This article shows how large-scale commercial farmers, individually and collectively, are responding to land and water reform processes in the Thukela River basin, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. With a high degree of innovative agency, commercial farmers have effectively executed four strategies, enab...
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| author | Méndez Barrientos, L.E. Kemerink, J.S. Wester, P. Molle, Francois |
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| description | This article shows how large-scale commercial farmers, individually and collectively, are responding to land and water reform processes in the Thukela River basin, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. With a high degree of innovative agency, commercial farmers have effectively executed four strategies, enabling them to adapt and use their access to resources to neutralize multiple water reform efforts that once promised to be catalysts for inclusive change in the post-apartheid era. It is likely that policy alone will not facilitate the envisioned transformation, if local practices are not sufficiently understood and anticipated by the governmental officials charged with the implementation of water reform processes. |
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| spelling | CGSpace920882024-06-26T09:37:32Z Commercial farmers’ strategies to control water resources in South Africa: an empirical view of reform Méndez Barrientos, L.E. Kemerink, J.S. Wester, P. Molle, Francois water resources commercial farming farmers strategies water policy land reform legislation water rights water user associations irrigation water infrastructure domestic trade catchment areas reservoirs This article shows how large-scale commercial farmers, individually and collectively, are responding to land and water reform processes in the Thukela River basin, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. With a high degree of innovative agency, commercial farmers have effectively executed four strategies, enabling them to adapt and use their access to resources to neutralize multiple water reform efforts that once promised to be catalysts for inclusive change in the post-apartheid era. It is likely that policy alone will not facilitate the envisioned transformation, if local practices are not sufficiently understood and anticipated by the governmental officials charged with the implementation of water reform processes. 2018-03-04 2018-04-18T05:50:50Z 2018-04-18T05:50:50Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92088 en Open Access Informa UK Limited Mendez-Barrientos, L. E.; Kemerink, J. S.; Wester, P.; Molle, Francois. 2018. Commercial farmers’ strategies to control water resources in South Africa: an empirical view of reform. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 34(2):245-258. doi: 10.1080/07900627.2016.1253544 |
| spellingShingle | water resources commercial farming farmers strategies water policy land reform legislation water rights water user associations irrigation water infrastructure domestic trade catchment areas reservoirs Méndez Barrientos, L.E. Kemerink, J.S. Wester, P. Molle, Francois Commercial farmers’ strategies to control water resources in South Africa: an empirical view of reform |
| title | Commercial farmers’ strategies to control water resources in South Africa: an empirical view of reform |
| title_full | Commercial farmers’ strategies to control water resources in South Africa: an empirical view of reform |
| title_fullStr | Commercial farmers’ strategies to control water resources in South Africa: an empirical view of reform |
| title_full_unstemmed | Commercial farmers’ strategies to control water resources in South Africa: an empirical view of reform |
| title_short | Commercial farmers’ strategies to control water resources in South Africa: an empirical view of reform |
| title_sort | commercial farmers strategies to control water resources in south africa an empirical view of reform |
| topic | water resources commercial farming farmers strategies water policy land reform legislation water rights water user associations irrigation water infrastructure domestic trade catchment areas reservoirs |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/92088 |
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