Extending Participation in the Swaziland Sugar Industry to Small‐Scale Growers

Since its inception in 1956, the Swazi sugar industry has been dominated by large‐scale estates. In 1991, due to a combination of political and economic factors, steps were taken to allow the industry to become more accessible to small‐scale Swazi farmers. The paper considers the scale and nature of this newly emerging group and discusses its likely impact on employment. Although these developments have been introduced to enable the benefits of the industry to trickle down more effectively to the rural poor, evidence suggests that better off or more organised groups or individuals are best placed to take advantage of the new opportunities. Further growth is now limited by a lack of water and it is likely that the recent rapid increase in this sector will now slow down. Some concern also exists over the impact of sugar cane monoculture on soils

Agricultural economics · Agronomy · Biology · Business · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Monoculture · Political science · Politics · Scale (ratio) · Sugar · Sugar industry · Agricultural Innovations and Practices

• Factors influencing the use of alternative land cultivation technologies in Swaziland

  Open Access•M L Mabuza, M M Sithole et al.•Land Use Policy•2013

  Incluir item

• The Komati Downstream Development Project

  Open Access•Alan Terry•Tijdschrift voor Economische en…•2007

  Incluir item

• Collective action in small-scale mushroom production in Swaziland

  Majola Mabuza, M L Mabuza et al.•Development in Practice•2015

  Incluir item

• "The social construction of "shared growth

  Open Access•Laura A German, Lowery Parker•Journal of Agrarian Change•2019

  Incluir item