- Title
- Cultural and social factors affecting crop production at Gqumahashe and Melani, Alice District
- Creator
- Komanisi, Mzwandile Paul 0000-0003-0866-666X
- Subject
- Sharecropping
- Subject
- Food crops
- Date Issued
- 2016-06
- Date
- 2016-06
- Type
- Doctoral theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/23023
- Identifier
- vital:55001
- Description
- Over the years, sharecropping and work-parties have been seen as variables that maintain social cohesion among people and maximize agricultural production. This study seeks to validate the authenticity of this assertion in the context of two neighbouring villages. Although there are other variables that affect crop production in the study areas, Lower Gqumahashe and Melani, in the light of time constraints and the insignificant impact of these variables, the study focused only on sharecropping and work-parties. The study adopted empirical research design. The researcher realised that empirical research design would offer him an opportunity for intense or prolonged contact with informants in order to have a holistic picture of their behaviour. The researcher did not choose theoretical research design because it would not allow him to have an extensive interaction with informants since it relies on secondary data. The findings of the study suggest that sharecropping and work parties are the main variables that hinder the rate of crop production in the study areas. However, there are other secondary variables hindering crop production but they have insignificant impact. These are clan and kinship relations, political structure, religion and social identity. This study concludes that although local informants were in favour of sharecropping and work-parties in the past, they have discontinued them due to exploitation and hoodwinking.
- Description
- Thesis (PhD) -- Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, 2016
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (235 Leaves)
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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