Eastwood, R., Kirsten, J. and Lipton, M. (2006) Premature deagriculturalisation? Land inequality and rural dependency in limpopo province, South Africa. Journal of Development Studies, 42 (8). pp. 1325-1349. ISSN 0022-0388

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Abstract

Cross-national regressions reveal abnormally low agricultural workforce shares, given GNP, in developing countries that had historically concentrated land into large capital-intensive farms. We argue that such deagriculturalisation was premature, since its concomitant labour shedding has undesirable outcomes. In a new South African survey, a large proportion of rural households (and working-age persons) was 'dependent', relying for income almost wholly on either migrant remittances or pensions. A separate group (with less poverty and unemployment) relied mainly on local, including own-farm, income. The group was heavily over-represented in one of the three regions, where many more households had significant land.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Law, Politics and Sociology > Sociology
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic history and conditions H Social Sciences > HB Economic theory. Demography D History General and Old World > DT History of Africa
Depositing User:	Robert Eastwood
Date Deposited:	16 Feb 2007
Last Modified:	02 Sep 2019 15:32
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/777
Google Scholar:	26 Citations

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