Agricultural Development in the Ciskei

Daniel, José

doi:10.1080/03736245.1981.10559638

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“…Beyond a suite of studies on rural poverty and rural 'development' in Lebowa Letsoalo 1981, 1985;Letsoalo 1982;Letsoalo and Rogerson 1982), and some diverse contributions on aspects of African agriculture in Bophuthatswana, Transkei and post-apartheid South Africa, the fabric of research is threadbare (Freeman 1984(Freeman , 1988Daniel and Webb 1980;Daniel 1981;Letsoalo 1987;MaNn 1988;Mashile 1988;Weiner 1988). Beyond a suite of studies on rural poverty and rural 'development' in Lebowa Letsoalo 1981, 1985;Letsoalo 1982;Letsoalo and Rogerson 1982), and some diverse contributions on aspects of African agriculture in Bophuthatswana, Transkei and post-apartheid South Africa, the fabric of research is threadbare (Freeman 1984(Freeman , 1988Daniel and Webb 1980;Daniel 1981;Letsoalo 1987;MaNn 1988;Mashile 1988;Weiner 1988).…”

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Rural land use and agricultural production in Dinokana Village, Bophuthatswana

Drummond

1990

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In recent years geographers have researched the problems of many rural areas of the third world. However, analysis of rural and agricultural development in the Bantustans of South Africa has been conspicuously absent. Although mythically 'independent', the Bantustans have their own Departments of Agriculture, as well as parastatal bodies, which develop and implement agricultural policies. This paper examines agricultural policy in the Bophuthatswana Bantustan, which is largely based on increasing food production for 'national' self-sufficiency through the establishment of agricultural development projects. The effects of the implementation of this programme on a specific rural community, the village of Dinokana, are discussed. Two irrigation based projects were implemented in Dinokana in the early 1980's. The project planners did not seem to be concerned about the existence of an 'indigenous' irrigation system which had been the foundation for agricultural development at Dinokana for several decades, and which could have been revived and upgraded. This suggests that there is a need for agricultural planners to have a detailed historial knowledge of local African agriculture. Geographers could play a valuable role here, by uncovering the dynamics of past systems of African agricultural production, in particular focusing on patterns of rural resource management.

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