Building on core debates in the critical agrarian studies literature, we identify commercial farming areas and contract farming as producing the most local economic linkages, and plantations/estates as producing more jobs, although these are of low quality and mostly casual. We point to the gender ...
More rain needed to break Western Cape drought July 3, 2018 Termites and grazers: a complex, subtle relationship June 11, 2018 JOBS All Programme Assistant, Livestock at Christian Aid (CA) Gbenro Samuel-September 28, 2021975 Christian Aid (CA) is a UK-based international NGO, partnering with...
The agricultural sector has shed 44,000 jobs nationwide in the first quarter of this year alone, seeing Eastern Cape farming communities under increasing pressure to create sustainable livelihoods for residents. According to Agri Eastern Cape President Doug Stern, high rural unemployment rates in the ...
A third group are young people with jobs in the city, looking to invest in agriculture. They have witnessed the fast growth of macadamia and avocado amongst smallholders in their home villages, and are looking to get in on the opportunity. Acquiring land to establish an orchard is perceived ...
the pig manure provides an excellent source of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium for fertilizing cropland. Historically, farrow-to-finish has been the most profitable type of hog enterprise. Many small-farm holders have full-time jobs in a nonfarming occupation and breed hogs to supplement their...