Democratic Alliance MP Lourie Bosman, a former president of farmers’ union Agri SA, endorsed the bureau’s findings and said the most successful land reform projects were those where beneficiaries enlisted the help of commercial farmers. "I therefore share the bureau’s findings on support. I have seen many farming projects fail for lack of it," he said. "There was often no expertise available and people didn’t know how to manage, or didn’t have the capital they needed."
As per BDlive today. And the bureau found
TIGHTER margins in farming because of "fierce" local competition and the entry of global players will make it "virtually impossible" for small farmers to enter the sector, an agricultural think tank said on Tuesday, raising fresh doubt about the government’s land reform targets.
The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy also said land reform had been dealt a severe blow by the dismantling of support services for farmers in the years of political transition, the bureau said in its latest Baseline Agricultural Outlook.
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