Well-run small towns are key to the sustainability of agriculture and agribusinesses
Jul 02, 2021
2 minutes
by Wandile Sihlobo
AGRIBUSINESS PERSPECTIVE
Farming and agribusiness play a crucial role in sustaining small towns and local economies. There is plenty of evidence of this in the literature and popular media.
International literature tends to focus on the devastation of small towns in times of drought, or when farming lobby groups argue for particular policies. Here in South Africa, however, we see a different pattern: municipalities failing to provide basic
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