South Africa Development Project, 1999-2000
Emerging small-scale farmers and other rural residents benefited
from the Agribusiness/Extension Development Project in South
Africa implemented by CSREES. This project, undertaken as
a part of the United States- South Africa Binational Commission
and funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development,
assisted in developing institutional and human resources
to support the successful and widespread emergence of small-scale
farmers (primarily women) and stimulated economic growth
and development in rural areas. CSREES collaborated with
the South Africa National Department of Agriculture (NDA),
agricultural universities and institutes, and private and
government development agencies in the areas of agribusiness/extension
development, cooperative development, and women and youth
development.
The CSREES agribusiness/extension development project focused
on providing education and training to a significant portion
of the rural South Africa population that has been largely
ignored by the previous government and educational institutions—the
small and subsistence black farmer. The project focused on
institutional change and capacity building to create an extension
program to meet the unique needs of this critical target
group. CSREES' project assisted in building capacity of the
extension/university system to promulgate policies and carry
out programs that address the agribusiness needs of underserved
black farmers.
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