Joint ventures in the Flag Boshielo Irrigation Scheme, South Africa: a history of smallholders, states and business

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dc.creatorvan Koppen, Barbara
dc.creatorTapela, B.N.
dc.creatorMapedza, Everisto D.
dc.date2018
dc.date2018-02-22T06:40:10Z
dc.date2018-02-22T06:40:10Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T18:43:23Z
dc.descriptionThe report analyzes the changing tripartite constellations between South African black smallholders, the pre- and post-apartheid state, and the country’s large-scale agribusiness and irrigation industry. A recent mode of farming is the ‘joint venture’, in which smallholders hand over land and share in the net profits, while a strategic partner manages the cultivation with own inputs and equipment, and markets the output. With a focus on the 13 sub-schemes of the Flag Boshielo irrigation scheme in the former homeland of Lebowa (current Limpopo Province), the report analyzes the emergence of six joint ventures - the collapse of three and the troubled continuation of the other three. For the government’s support to joint ventures as one of the options of the revitalization of smallholder irrigation schemes in former homelands, it is recommended to ensure there is a robust bilateral contract between smallholders and the strategic partner, to strengthen land tenure arrangements, and to diversify irrigation technologies for women and men smallholders.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/91169
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/163701
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Water Management Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourcevan Koppen, Barbara; Tapela, B. N.; Mapedza, Everisto. 2018. Joint ventures in the Flag Boshielo Irrigation Scheme, South Africa: a history of smallholders, states and business. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI).. 43p. (IWMI Research Report 171) doi: 10.5337/2018.202
dc.subjectjoint ventures
dc.subjectirrigation schemes
dc.subjectsmallholders
dc.subjectfarmers
dc.subjectagribusiness
dc.subjectfarming systems
dc.subjectagricultural policy
dc.subjectsmall scale systems
dc.subjectirrigated farming
dc.subjectland tenure
dc.subjectland ownership
dc.subjectresettlement
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectpublic-private cooperation
dc.subjectcontract farming
dc.subjectwater resources development
dc.subjectfood security
dc.subjectinfrastructure
dc.subjectlabour
dc.subjectstate intervention
dc.subjectcrop production
dc.subjectcotton
dc.subjectpolicy making
dc.subjectaccountability
dc.titleJoint ventures in the Flag Boshielo Irrigation Scheme, South Africa: a history of smallholders, states and business
dc.typeReport

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