ABSTRACT

South Africa’s 2030 National Development Plan (NDP), which is a long-term policy and development strategic guideline, places agriculture at the centre of employment creation. It estimates that a million jobs could be created through the agricultural sectors, including the smallholder farming sector. Considering the NDP’s goal, this viewpoint unpacks how smallholder agricultural labour supply has evolved over time and highlights the implications of this vigorous change. In doing so, it traces this evolution back to the kinships that have kept rural African communities together for many years. The viewpoint also raises looming issues for discussion by policymakers and development practitioners. To effectively develop rural communities it is important to understand and appreciate the rural sociological realities that are behind the remarkable changes in the use of labour in smallholder agriculture. The viewpoint is based on the author’s long-term engagement with smallholder farmers in his previous works.

摘要

南非2030年国家发展计划（NDP）是一项长期政策和发展战略指南，将农业置于创造就业的中心。据估计，包括小农农业部门在内的农业部门可以创造 100 万个就业岗位。考虑到新民主党的目标，这一观点揭示了小农农业劳动力供应如何随着时间的推移而演变，并强调了这一剧烈变化的影响。在此过程中，它将这种演变追溯到多年来使非洲农村社区团结在一起的亲属关系。这一观点还提出了供政策制定者和发展实践者讨论的迫在眉睫的问题。为了有效发展农村社区，重要的是要了解和认识小农农业劳动力使用发生显着变化背后的农村社会现实。这一观点是基于作者在之前的作品中长期与小农的接触而提出的。