The Need for an Appropriate Industrial Strategy to Support Peasant Agriculture

MOST economists agree that industrialisation should help to increase agricultural productivity and raise the living standards of rural producers. In the 1970s, however, manufacturing in sub-Saharan Africa, even including South Africa, grew at a slower rate than in any other region except South-East...

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Published in:The Journal of modern African studies 1986-12, Vol.24 (4), p.547-575
Main Author: Seidman, Ann
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Africa
Agriculture
ALL OR MOST INDUSTRY
CLASS OF PEOPLE WORKING THE SOIL
Crop economics
Dual Economy
ECONOMIC MEASURES
Economic Problems
ECONOMIC SYSTEM IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Farm exports
Industrial agriculture
Industrial machinery
Industry
International economics
Manufacturing industries
Marginality
Peasant agriculture
Peasant class
Peasantry
South Africa
SOUTHERN AFRICA
Strategy
THIRD WORLD NATIONS
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Summary:MOST economists agree that industrialisation should help to increase agricultural productivity and raise the living standards of rural producers. In the 1970s, however, manufacturing in sub-Saharan Africa, even including South Africa, grew at a slower rate than in any other region except South-East Asia. Furthermore, far from promoting the anticipated outcome, industrialisation in Southern Africa undermined peasant farm cultivation and contributed to the present crisis in African agriculture.
ISSN:0022-278X
1469-7777
DOI:10.1017/S0022278X00007205