Ensuring access to water for emerging small-scale farmers in South Africa: a water reform policy perspective

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dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-14T16:01:06Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-14T16:01:06Z
dc.date.issued 2023-03-14 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/20127
dc.description HSRC Policy Brief, February en
dc.description.abstract One of the key components essential to the productivity of emerging small-scale farmers who secured farms through the land redistribution programme in South Africa is access to adequate and reliable sources of water for irrigation. The lack of access to water compounds the adverse impact of challenges that inter alia include the high cost of electricity and lack of farming knowledge prevalent among these farmers. Securing a water use licence and accessing water for irrigated agriculture is not guaranteed for most emerging farmers. Often, they do not have sufficient finance and access to technical expertise to invest in sustainable water supply-systems for irrigation. Consequently, the operations of the majority of these farmers are sub-economic, which indicates a need for greater efforts towards ensuring improved access to water for them. Ceteris paribus, this will enhance their chances of realising greater agricultural production and, in the process, improved livelihoods. en
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dc.subject WATER SERVICE DELIVERY en
dc.subject POLICY FORMULATION en
dc.title Ensuring access to water for emerging small-scale farmers in South Africa: a water reform policy perspective en
dc.type Policy briefs en
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dc.ProjectNumber N/A en
dc.BudgetYear 2022/23 en
dc.ResearchGroup African Institute of South Africa en
dc.ArchiveNumber 9812720 en
dc.URL http://ktree.hsrc.ac.za/doc_read_all.php?docid=26597 en
dc.outputnumber 14224 en
dc.bibliographictitle Managa, L.R. & Chikozho, C. (2023) Ensuring access to water for emerging small-scale farmers in South Africa: a water reform policy perspective. (HSRC Policy Brief, February). en
dc.publicationyear 2023 en
dc.contributor.author1 Managa, L.R. en
dc.contributor.author2 Chikozho, C. en


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