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| Monde-Gweleta, N.N.; van Averbeke, W.; Ainslie, A.; Ntshona, Z.M.; Fraser, Gavin C.G.; Belete, Abenet. |
| The present contribution of small scale agriculture to rural livelihood in north-west Peddie district and the four factors identified by Lipton (1996) as being essential for small scale farming to flourish, were analysed by making use of data obtained in two recent studies conducted in the area. The two studies, which both used a questionnaire survey for data collection, enabled a comparison between dryland and irrigated agriculture. The analysis showed that agriculture adds to rural livelihood in a modest way only, and hardly ever constituted the main source of household income. For the majority of households in both the dryland and irrigated production environments the main source of income consisted of State transfers of which pensions were the most... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Community/Rural/Urban Development. |
| Ano: 1997 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54721 |
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