- Title
- Plight of small-scale citrus farmers in Ngqushwa and Addo, Eastern Cape
- Creator
- Mdingi, Chulumanco
- Subject
- Farmers -- South Africa -- Peddie
- Subject
- Farms, Small -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Agriculture -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Agriculture and state -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Date Issued
- 2018
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/22714
- Identifier
- vital:30066
- Description
- During colonial and Apartheid regimes, blacks were limited to only being subsistence and labourers of white commercial farmers, and this contributed to inequality between the two race groups. White commercial farmers were significantly supported by the previous regimes through research, finance and machinery. However, the new government has proven to have failed in properly coordinated support programmes to small-scale black farmers leading into compromised livelihoods and vulnerability. This is a qualitative study that used semi-structured interviews for data gathering with nine small-scale citrus farmers from Ngqushwa and Addo. The key findings of the study showed that small-scale citrus farmers have difficulty with accessing finance for expansion. These farmers have no other sources of income; they solely depend on the sale of their produce to make a living. Access to land still remains a challenge, thus limiting their aspirations of expansion. Access to lucrative markets is dependent on forming relationships with established white marketing and export agencies. The government programmes that some of these farmers took part in left them vulnerable due to the abrupt stopping of the rollout before the stipulated term ended. The poor coordination of the limited support that relevant institutions provide has emerged as a key factor that threatens the livelihoods of small-scale farmers.
- Format
- 65 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economics Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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