Commercial farmers’ strategies to control water resources in South Africa: an empirical view of reform

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dc.creatorMéndez Barrientos, L.E.
dc.creatorKemerink, J.S.
dc.creatorWester, P.
dc.creatorMolle, Francois
dc.date2018-03-04
dc.date2018-04-18T05:50:50Z
dc.date2018-04-18T05:50:50Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:37:57Z
dc.descriptionThis article shows how large-scale commercial farmers, individually and collectively, are responding to land and water reform processes in the Thukela River basin, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. With a high degree of innovative agency, commercial farmers have effectively executed four strategies, enabling them to adapt and use their access to resources to neutralize multiple water reform efforts that once promised to be catalysts for inclusive change in the post-apartheid era. It is likely that policy alone will not facilitate the envisioned transformation, if local practices are not sufficiently understood and anticipated by the governmental officials charged with the implementation of water reform processes.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/92088
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/161289
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInforma UK Limited
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceMendez-Barrientos, L. E.; Kemerink, J. S.; Wester, P.; Molle, Francois. 2018. Commercial farmers’ strategies to control water resources in South Africa: an empirical view of reform. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 34(2):245-258. doi: 10.1080/07900627.2016.1253544
dc.subjectwater resources
dc.subjectcommercial farming
dc.subjectfarmers
dc.subjectstrategies
dc.subjectwater policy
dc.subjectland reform
dc.subjectlegislation
dc.subjectwater rights
dc.subjectwater user associations
dc.subjectirrigation water
dc.subjectinfrastructure
dc.subjectdomestic trade
dc.subjectcatchment areas
dc.subjectreservoirs
dc.titleCommercial farmers’ strategies to control water resources in South Africa: an empirical view of reform
dc.typeJournal Article

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