Impact of the Land Redistribution for Agricultural Development (LRAD) Projects on Livelihoods of Beneficiaries in Ngaka Modiri Molema District, South Africa

Antwi, Michael Akwasi; Oladele, O. I.

doi:10.1080/09709274.2013.11906601

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“…Households that benefited from land reform used land for various agricultural activities (e.g. crop, horticulture and livestock production), depending on prevailing agro-ecological conditions and resource availability (Bradstock 2005;Lahiff et al 2008;Antwi and Oladele 2013;Aliber and Cousins 2013). General introduction…”

Section: Land Ownership and Usementioning

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“…In South Africa, limited agricultural production on reformed land hampered the contribution of land reform to the livelihoods of beneficiaries (Lahiff and Li 2012;Aliber and Cousins 2013). To my knowledge, the livelihood impacts of land reform in South Africa have either been studied on farms within a single land reform subprogramme or, if subprogrammes were compared, only a limited number of farms were included within subprogrammes (Wegerif 2004;Bradstock 2005;Lahiff et al 2008;Valente 2011;Aliber and Cousins 2013;Antwi and Oladele 2013;Keswell and Carter 2014). Furthermore, the extent to which land reform farms contributed to livelihoods has not been quantified and factors underlying the households' economics have not been analysed.…”

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“…Comprehensive understanding of farming systems in land reform farms requires knowledge about the constraints, strengths and weaknesses of these farming systems. In South Africa, studies about constraints focused either on only a few land reform farms within subprogrammes (Bradstock 2005;Lahiff et al 2008;Aliber and Cousins 2013) or on farms within one subprogramme (Wegerif 2004;Valente 2011;Antwi and Oladele 2013). Further, these studies lacked assessment of relationships among socio-economic classes of beneficiaries, farming systems, and the prevailing constraints and opportunities.…”

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“…In South Africa, these aims of land reform have substituted each other over time, whereby the earlier redistribution model settlement/land acquisition grant (SLAG) served mainly the fair land ownership aim and the later models land redistribution for agriculture development (LRAD) and proactive land acquisition strategy (PLAS) served mainly to address the triple challenges by ensuring that reformed land is used ). Beneficiaries' livelihood gains from land reform were low in all these land reform models (Bradstock 2005;Lahiff et al 2008;Valente 2011;Aliber and Cousins 2013;Antwi and Oladele 2013).…”

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“…These 7.4 million hectares contribute 30% to the country's land reform target for 2014 of 24.6 million hectares, and constitute only 9% of the 82 million hectares privately owned by commercial farmers (people of European descent) in South Africa. To our knowledge, land reform in South Africa has been studied only with few farms within programmes (Bradstock 2005, Aliber & Cousins 2013, or on farms within only one land reform programme (Wegerif 2004;Valente 2011;Antwi and Oladele 2013). The aim of the present study was to generate knowledge that will contribute to a broader understanding of the South Africa land reform programme.…”

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Understanding land reform and the associated consequences for land use and livelihoods

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In a meeting with the head of the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Northern Cape province, the honorable Mr. Viljone Mothibi, held in 2009, he said 'Netshipale you are perceiving agricultural initiatives by the state wrongly', which meant there were other perspectives to those initiatives. That arose the inquest in me to understand the other perspectives which I could not comprehend at my level of responsibility. The inquest was further instigated by the declaration made by an elderly beneficiary to a state official, that 'the underground is ours and beneficiaries have to relocate to the benefited land so I can be reinstated as their traditional leader'. Beneficiaries in land reform farms have nick named this official 'reduce your livestock herds' for enforcing adherence to carrying capacity. Hence, this PhD work was inspired by the pursuit of the colourful invisible colour of life and brought to fruition by the contributors. Hence, I invite you to travel with me on 'it has been, was and still is Land' so you can find out for yourself 'the journey, with symbols of change and change symbols in a mix'.

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Agriculture in land reform farms: Impact on livelihoods of beneficiaries in the Waterberg district, South Africa

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Land reform in South Africa: Beneficiary participation and impact on land use in the Waterberg District

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National challenges of food insecurity and unemployment in South Africa prompted an increase in expectations for agricultural land acquired through land reform programmes to make meaningful contributions. Embedded in these expectations is the need for understanding the situation in reformed farms. This study reviewed policies and literature on land reform, and analyzed beneficiary participation in reformed farms and the impact of land reform on land use in land restitution and land redistribution farms in the Waterberg District Municipality. Data were collected through individual surveys, key informants interviews and stakeholder workshop. Beneficiary participation levels were significantly lower in restitution farms (18% per farm) than in redistribution farms (65% per farm). The changes in land redistribution policy over time resulted in significant differences in beneficiary participation among land redistribution models, with participation levels increasing with time. Land redistribution model SLAG had the lowest beneficiary participation level (19% per farm) while the latest model PLAS had the highest (100% per farm). The changes in land redistribution policy over time resulted in significant differences in extent of land used among land redistribution models, though the trend was not systemic. On average, redistribution farms under SLAG and LRAD2 models used ≤70% of the farm land, while farms under LRAD1 and PLAS models used more than 90% of the farm land. The research approach used in this study found similar results in beneficiary participation to those in literature where case studies approach was used in restitution farms. On the contrary, in redistribution farms the research approach resulted in findings that differed from case study literature and revealed the needs for representative sample and time if conclusive recommendations were to be reached.

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Impact of the Land Redistribution for Agricultural Development (LRAD) Projects on Livelihoods of Beneficiaries in Ngaka Modiri Molema District, South Africa

Cited by 12 publications

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Understanding land reform and the associated consequences for land use and livelihoods

Understanding land reform and the associated consequences for land use and livelihoods

Agriculture in land reform farms: Impact on livelihoods of beneficiaries in the Waterberg district, South Africa

Land reform in South Africa: Beneficiary participation and impact on land use in the Waterberg District

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