@article{Pienaar:212633,
      recid = {212633},
      author = {Pienaar, Louw and Traub, Lulama},
      title = {Understanding the smallholder farmer in South Africa:  Towards a sustainable livelihoods classification},
      address = {2015},
      number = {1008-2016-79955},
      pages = {36},
      year = {2015},
      abstract = {Smallholder agriculture in South Africa has been  identified as the vehicle through which the goals of  poverty reduction and rural development can be achieved. To  fulfill such potential, the need arise to understand  diversity among these households to formulate effective  policy interventions. This paper develops a farm typology  of smallholder households according to their dominant  livelihood strategies. Using multivariate statistics,  Principle Component Analysis (PCA) and Cluster Analysis  (CA), farming households are grouped in 7 distinct,  homogeneous clusters. Results show the importance of social  grants, specifically old age pensions and child support  grants, in determining livelihood strategies of many  smallholder farmers in the former homeland regions. Further  evidence suggests that only a small number of households  are able to market their produce. Essential characteristics  of this group are the prevalent labor market attachment,  higher usage of family labor and access to credit.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/212633},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.212633},
}