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Training Commercial Farmers to Survive in a Post European South Africa

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  • Villiers, C.J. de

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Two major changes affected South African agriculture in the past 5 years. A highly state controlled and regulated sector was deregulated and privatised to a great extent and secondly, national policy regarding government aid to commercial farmers changed dramatically. Government aid is now focused on the "previously disadvantaged" African farming sector. Budget focus, staff employment and departmental structures are changing to accomplish new policy goals. All state departments are affected. Financing through the Landbank, agricultural extension, training and numerous subsidy, relief and stabilisation schemes are affected. Amidst the fact that the previous government's aid policy relatively favoured the food producing commercial sector, only 61 000 of the 116 000farmers (in 1950), are still left. If they could not survive with government aid, how will South Africans be able to produce their food without the aid? Challenges to develop new innovative training methods as well as training curricula to cope with the new farming environment will be discussed. Examples will be taken from the experience of Zimbabwe, Australia, New Zealand and others.

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  • Villiers, C.J. de, 1997. "Training Commercial Farmers to Survive in a Post European South Africa," 11th Congress, University of Calgary, Canada, July 14-19, 1997 346454, International Farm Management Association.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:ifma97:346454
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.346454
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