- Title
- Evaluation of the impacts of water allocation reform on livelihoods in the Lower Sundays River catchment area
- Creator
- Ngilana, Simphiwe
- Subject
- Water-supply -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape -- Management
- Subject
- Water resources development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Date Issued
- 2021-08
- Date
- 2021-08
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/54229
- Identifier
- vital:46373
- Description
- The study aimed to evaluate the impact of the Water Allocation Reform (WAR) programme on the socio-economic livelihoods of resource-poor farmers (RPFs). WAR was implemented between 2014 and 2019 in the Lower Sundays River Valley Municipality of the Eastern Cape. The study sought to qualitatively evaluate the outcome of the WAR programme using the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework. The study findings show that water allocation reform has contributed positively to the livelihoods of resource poor farmers in the area under study. It was found that joint ventures (JVs) are the strongest mechanisms used by farmers to ensure water is used for irrigation purposes and this is encouraged by government. The issue of equity is still not realised as one of the objectives of the National Water Act, 1998. It was found that resource poor farmers are willing to pay for water resource management although it is very expensive. However, government does not conduct the monitoring and evaluation of the programmes, and implementation is left solely to farmers to arrange. It was discovered that there is a lack of coordination by government departments on programme implementation. The case study further revealed that government is not providing the necessary support for resource poor farmers.
- Description
- Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences, 2021
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- Format
- 1 online resource (xii, 161 pages)
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- rights holder
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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