Even though many don't want to. History and policy provide useful insights.
South African smallholders are abandoning farming. The decline in field cultivation is a problem since many smallholder households struggle to make ends meet. If people were able to produce more of their own food, this would improve their lives.
For the past 20 years, there have been repeated government interventions to support farming, but despite this, fewer farmers plant their fields now than 15 years ago when I started my research. Homesteads previously spread out over the landscape were demolished and forcibly relocated. People lost years of investments in infrastructure and soil improvements, while social ties important for the mobilisation of farm labour were weakened.
The Transkei government continued the apartheid government’s oppressive politics. It also, however, fenced field areas to protect them from grazing cattle and provided ploughing support.Today, as a result of past legacies, households mainly rely on other forms of income than farming. This is unlikely to change completely.
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