Challenges and Critical Success Factors for Rural Agrarian Reforms in Limpopo Province, South Africa

The need for rural land agrarian reforms has reached heightened levels in South Africa in recent years. Resultantly, the communal land use effectiveness is questioned due to persistent poor performance and declining agricultural output that fails to address rural poverty and food insecurity. This is...

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Autores principales:	Wiseman Ndlovu, Marizvikuru Mwale, Jethro Zuwarimwe
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Publicado:	Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta 2021
Materias:	agriculture, communal farmers, rural agrarian land reforms, rural development, success factors Agriculture S Agriculture (General) S1-972 Business HF5001-6182
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4a6d23a0ce644dd9920fd6a7a9506b2f2021-11-22T08:03:56ZChallenges and Critical Success Factors for Rural Agrarian Reforms in Limpopo Province, South Africa2407-814X2527-923810.18196/agraris.v7i2.11272https://doaj.org/article/4a6d23a0ce644dd9920fd6a7a9506b2f2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journal.umy.ac.id/index.php/ag/article/view/11272https://doaj.org/toc/2407-814Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2527-9238The need for rural land agrarian reforms has reached heightened levels in South Africa in recent years. Resultantly, the communal land use effectiveness is questioned due to persistent poor performance and declining agricultural output that fails to address rural poverty and food insecurity. This is one of the major causes of why South Africa's rural economies are generally characterized by stagnant economic growth. This points to deep-rooted and unique challenges that need urgent attention if meaningful support and resilience systems are to be built for rural agrarian land reforms to be realized. The present study investigated challenges and characterized factors that lead to the prosperity of rural agricultural projects in communal land ownership. An exploratory study design was followed, and the data was collected using interviews and focus group discussions from communal farmers and key informants. Data were analyzed thematically with the aid of Atlas. Ti version 8.1.4. “Information challenges” and “water scarcity” describe some of the common challenges faced by rural farmers. Six critical success factors were identified and found to be related. “Effective project management and control” and “improved support from and partnership with local community stakeholders” are success factors that, if targeted first, could address most challenges faced in rural agrarian reforms. The results suggest that partnership with the private sector can help farmers commercialize and move swiftly towards agro-processing. Identified threats and successes must be prioritized in designing and formulating region-specific rural agrarian support programs for communal farmers.Wiseman NdlovuMarizvikuru MwaleJethro ZuwarimweUniversitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakartaarticleagriculture, communal farmers, rural agrarian land reforms, rural development, success factorsAgricultureSAgriculture (General)S1-972BusinessHF5001-6182ENAgraris: Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development Research, Vol 7, Iss 2, Pp 191-206 (2021)
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spellingShingle	agriculture, communal farmers, rural agrarian land reforms, rural development, success factors Agriculture S Agriculture (General) S1-972 Business HF5001-6182 Wiseman Ndlovu Marizvikuru Mwale Jethro Zuwarimwe Challenges and Critical Success Factors for Rural Agrarian Reforms in Limpopo Province, South Africa
description	The need for rural land agrarian reforms has reached heightened levels in South Africa in recent years. Resultantly, the communal land use effectiveness is questioned due to persistent poor performance and declining agricultural output that fails to address rural poverty and food insecurity. This is one of the major causes of why South Africa's rural economies are generally characterized by stagnant economic growth. This points to deep-rooted and unique challenges that need urgent attention if meaningful support and resilience systems are to be built for rural agrarian land reforms to be realized. The present study investigated challenges and characterized factors that lead to the prosperity of rural agricultural projects in communal land ownership. An exploratory study design was followed, and the data was collected using interviews and focus group discussions from communal farmers and key informants. Data were analyzed thematically with the aid of Atlas. Ti version 8.1.4. “Information challenges” and “water scarcity” describe some of the common challenges faced by rural farmers. Six critical success factors were identified and found to be related. “Effective project management and control” and “improved support from and partnership with local community stakeholders” are success factors that, if targeted first, could address most challenges faced in rural agrarian reforms. The results suggest that partnership with the private sector can help farmers commercialize and move swiftly towards agro-processing. Identified threats and successes must be prioritized in designing and formulating region-specific rural agrarian support programs for communal farmers.
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title	Challenges and Critical Success Factors for Rural Agrarian Reforms in Limpopo Province, South Africa
title_short	Challenges and Critical Success Factors for Rural Agrarian Reforms in Limpopo Province, South Africa
title_full	Challenges and Critical Success Factors for Rural Agrarian Reforms in Limpopo Province, South Africa
title_fullStr	Challenges and Critical Success Factors for Rural Agrarian Reforms in Limpopo Province, South Africa
title_full_unstemmed	Challenges and Critical Success Factors for Rural Agrarian Reforms in Limpopo Province, South Africa
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Challenges and Critical Success Factors for Rural Agrarian Reforms in Limpopo Province, South Africa

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