Joint ventures and livelihoods in emerging small-scale irrigation schemes in Greater Sekhukhune District : Perspectives from Hereford

Abstract

This report is based on research carried
 out between June 2003 and April 2005 in the
 Greater Sekhukhune Cross-Border District
 Municipality, which straddles the boundaries
 of the Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces.
 This research took place in two case-study
 sites, namely the Hereford and the Phetwane
 Irrigation Schemes. However, this report
 focuses on findings from Hereford only.
 The research was primarily concerned with
 the impact of BEE, articulated through joint
 ventures, on the ‘livelihoods’ of people living
 in emerging small-scale irrigation schemes in
 some of the least affluent rural areas within
 the municipality.