Livelihoods and Landscapes: The People of Guquka and Koloni and Their Resources

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Paulus Gerardus Maria Hebinck, Peter C. Lent
BRILL, 2007 - 394 pagina's
Drawing on original data, secondary literature, aerial photographs and archives, this book analyzes changes in the use of the landscape and the nature of rural livelihoods in two South African villages. Taking an interdisciplinary approach on how livelihoods and landscapes in the Eastern Cape link the text provides a comprehensive study of the patterns of land use over time. Three separate chapters focus on cropping and cultivation practices, livestock and foraging as well as the gathering of wild plants. The book gives a vivid picture of the social dynamics and the interaction between 'urban' and 'rural'. It depicts the steady deterioration in agricultural production and the corresponding increase in dependence on social grants and wages. Despite this trend remnants of a peasantry do exist.
 

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AN INTRODUCTION Paul Hebinck
1
2 RURAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE EASTERN CAPE Paul Hebinck and Wim van Averbeke
33
3 AGROECOLOGY LAND USE AND SMALLHOLDER FARMING IN THE CENTRAL EASTERN CAPE Wim van Averbeke and James Bennett
67
SETTLEMENT AND RESOURCES Paul Hebinck and Lothar Smith
91
5 NATURAL RESOURCE BASE AND AGRICULTURAL POTENTIALS Peter C Lent
121
6 LOCAL GOVERNANCE AND INSTITUTIONS Wim van Averbeke and James Bennett
139
A HISTORY OF LAND USE IN GUQUKA AND KOLONI 19381996 Peter C Lent and Guilty Mupakati
165
8 PRODUCTION OF CROPS IN ARABLE FIELDS AND HOME GARDENS Paul Hebinck and Nomakaya Monde
181
10 GATHERING FROM THE LAND Peter C Lent
257
11 MOBILITY AND POPULATION DYNAMICS Lothar Smith and Paul Hebinck
267
12 CONTEMPORARY LIVELIHOODS Wim van Averbeke and Paul Hebinck
285
13 LIFE HISTORIES AND LIVELIHOOD TRAJECTORIES Paul Hebinck Wim van Averbeke Nomakhaya Monde Lothar Smith and James Bennett
307
PEOPLE RESOURCES AND LAND USE Paul Hebinck and Wim van Averbeke
335
References
361
List of contributors
389
Index
391

9 LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION AND FORAGE RESOURCES James Bennett and Peter C Lent
221

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