Contract farming in Swaziland: peasant differentiation and the constraints of land tenure

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Title:	Contract farming in Swaziland: peasant differentiation and the constraints of land tenure
Author:	Levin, R.
Year:	1988
Periodical:	African Studies
Volume:	47
Issue:	2
Pages:	101-120
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Swaziland - Eswatini
Subjects:	land law contract farming Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment Labor and Employment Development and Technology Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
External link:	https://doi.org/10.1080/00020188808707693
Abstract:	Swaziland's Fourth National Development Plan advocates the development of outgrower schemes based on the example of Vuvulane Irrigated Farms (VIF) as an alternative strategy for rural development. This raises the question of whether or not private ownership in land is a prerequisite for the establishment of viable contract farming schemes. The author examines three outgrower schemes: two (VIF and Mpetsheni Pineapple Settlement Scheme) on freehold Title Deed Land (TDL), one (the Casalee Tobacco Project) on both freehold and Swazi Nation Land (SNL), in order to examine the extent to which these schemes have succeeded in their stated objectives of bringing 'commercial farming' to the peasantry. The Casalee operation demonstrates that it is indeed possible for contract arrangements to exist on SNL. Bibliogr., notes, ref.