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An elusive harvest - Working with smallholder farmers in South Africa (Book)
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An elusive harvest - Working with smallholder farmers in South Africa (Book)
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Loot Price R586
Discovery Miles 5 860
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The land development unit (LDU) was a small; non-government
organization (NGO) engaged from 1992 to 2004 in agricultural and
rural development in the Western and Northern Cape provinces. At
its inception, agriculture was the weakest link in the array of
support to rural communities in the region - the small,
disadvantaged farmers in the Coloured Rural Areas and black
vegetable growers in the townships. The LDU was deliberately
established to fill this gap. The title tells the story of this
significant NGO that was active during the critical period when
South Africa was transforming itself into a democratic nation.
Starting work in the early 1990s, it pioneered participatory
methods, and was virtually the only organization at that time
running operational projects with these communities. A companion
online publication traces the LDU's conception and birth, discusses
its philosophy and strategy, management, funding and public
awareness activities, and analyses why it was so vulnerable and
finally faded away. The title breaks new ground in that it is the
first detailed account of the work of a small NGO which supported
disadvantaged farmers and growers in the arid western part of South
Africa. Many other NGOs have disappeared from the South African
scene without leaving a proper record of their work. Archbishop
Desmond Tutu, a supporter of the LDU from the very beginning, has
written the foreword of this 200-page book is published under the
auspices of the Programme for Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS),
School of Government, University of the Western Cape.
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