An Apartheid Oasis?: Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods in Venda

ISBN-13: 9781138963658 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 314 str.

Edward Lahiff

Opis

This is a socio-economic study of agriculture and its contribution to livelihoods in Venda, one of the black "homelands" created in South Africa under apartheid. It is based on a survey of households in the Tshiombo irrigation scheme, a project in central Venda with around 600 plot-holders.

Spis treści

Land, agriculture and rural livelihoods in the homelands; the land and people of Venda; agriculture in Venda; introduction to the Tshiombo case study; household composition, income and assets at Tshiombo; agricultural production at Tshiombo; household livelihoods and the prospects for development at Tshiombo; conclusion.

O autorze

Edward Lahiff