Potential Of, and Constraints To, Smallholder Sugarcane Production in Swaziland
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Smallholder development in Swaziland first occurred in the 1960s with the establishment of Vuvulane Irrigated Farms. Some smaller projects followed about twenty years later, and major expansion plans were put forward in the early 1990s. This larger development is mainly on Swazi Nation Land (SNL) in both the North and South of the country. This paper reviews the successes and failures in the earlier projects, and uses this information as a guide to meet the challenges of the new expansion that is planned.
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