RURAL NON-FARM ENTERPRISES: A VEHICLE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA?

Johann Kirsten

Agrekon, 1995, vol. 34, issue 4

Abstract: There is a need to detennine the extent to which the development and promotion of small scale rural non-farm enterprises can be a vehicle to promote rural development and alleviate poverty. As a first step in developing an analytical framework tci study the link between rural development and the rural non-farm sector in South Africa, this paper provides an analysis of the diversity and behaviour of non-farm enterprises in the rural areas of the Northern and Northwest provinces. From the analysis provided in this paper, it seems that there is a lack of diversity in the rural non-farm economy with a complete domination by trading and service related enterprises and a virtual absence of small-scale rural industries.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1995
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