Date : 25 February 2013
Time : 09:45 – 13:00
Presenters : Prof Cecilia Rocha (Director, Centre for Studies in Food Security, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada)
Dr Jaci van Niekerk (Researcher, Environmental Evaluation Unit, Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town)
Dr Michael Aliber (Senior Researcher, Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), School of Government, University of the Western Cape)
Mr Tim Hart (Senior Research Specialist, EPD, HSRC)
Dr Peter Jacobs (Chief Research Specialist, EPD, HSRC)
How have the living and working conditions of rural South Africans changed since 1994? To what extent have policy interventions made the country’s rural development path more sustainable? These are some of the critical questions addressed in articles published in the October 2012 special issue of Development South Africa (Volume 29, Number 4).
Articles offer new evidence to stimulate critical reflection on rural development concepts and policy. In sharp contrast to post-apartheid South African experiences, Brazil has substantially reduced income inequality and is on track to reach all its 2015 MDGs. What are the lessons for South Africa? Smallholder farmers now receive greater attention in South Africa’s agricultural policy statements but public investment to support them remains inadequate. Land reform beneficiaries can make good use of neglected farmland, though not necessarily the use the state intended. Ecotourism is a growing source of non-farm rural jobs and can generate broad-based local economic development. Without community participation in ecotourism, spillovers like better social services for the local people may not materialise.
To celebrate the launch of this special edition, join the authors for an open discussion of key insights from their published articles.
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