Rural communities in transition: a study of the socio-economic and agricultural implications of agricultural betterment and development

de Wet, Christopher J; McAllister, Patrick A

Title: Rural communities in transition: a study of the socio-economic and agricultural implications of agricultural betterment and development
Title: Development Studies Working Paper, no. 16
Creator: de Wet, Christopher J
Creator: McAllister, Patrick A
Subject: Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- South Africa -- Ciskei -- Case studies Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- South Africa -- Transkei -- Case studies Agricultural development projects -- South Africa -- Homelands -- Case studies Homelands (South Africa) -- Rural conditions -- Case studies Villages -- South Africa -- Homelands -- Case studies
Date Issued: 1983
Date: 1983
Type: Book
Type: Text
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/1831
Identifier: vital:20231
Identifier: ISBN 086810101x
Description: This comparative study, undertaken in the anthropological tradition of long-term field research, highlights the impact of agricultural "betterment" schemes in two rural communities - Chatha in Keiskammahoek district, Ciskei and Shixini in Willowvale district, Transkei. The authors provide a wealth of historical, sociological and ecological detail to describe and assess the implications of the continuation of the present official "betterment" strategy. This is done by comparing conditions in Chatha, where the strategy was implemented in the 1960s, with those in Shixini, where it was being implemented during fieldwork.
Description: Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
Format: 113 pages
Format: pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University, Institute of Social and Economic Research
Language: English
Relation: Development Studies Working Paper, no. 16
Rights: Rhodes University
Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

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