dc.contributor.author | Taylor, Susan Jean | |
dc.contributor.author | Atkinson, Doreen | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-11-22T10:23:20Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-11-22T10:23:20Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Taylor, S.J. & Atkinson, D. 2013. The new National Development Plan (2011) and the need to create jobs through agriculture: Is the South African olive industry ready for the challenge?. TD: The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 9(2):185-205, Dec. [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/3605] | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1817-4434 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/9594 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper provides a scan of the South Africa commercial olive industry between 2008
and 2012 and argues the case for greater industry cohesion in this small agricultural
sector. The National Planning Commission’s National Development Plan (NDP, 2011)
has identified the olive industry as one of the country’s many small-scale, labourintensive
agricultural sectors with strong growth potential, and which must be supported
to enable it to create new jobs. This paper argues that increased government support,
linked to the new National Development Plan (2011), will be needed to enable the olive
sector to contribute to national development objectives and create jobs. The olive
producer association, SA Olive, functions as a cartel of private sector producers, without
significant plans for the rapid up-scaling of the industry. While the number of
commercial growers has steadily increased, black growers are under-represented, as are
black entrepreneurs involved in processing and distributing olive oil and table olives.
The article notes the absence of co-operative decision-making between the olive industry
and government on issues of shared concern, and considers the concept of ‘corporatism’
as a potential system of interest representation for the olive industry. Corporatism
would allow greater trust between government and the commercial olive sectors to be
fostered. The paper discusses the example of Australia, where collaboration between
business and government has contributed greatly to promoting the olive industry. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | https://doi.org/10.4102/td.v9i2.202 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Arid areas | en_US |
dc.subject | Karoo | en_US |
dc.subject | National Development Plan, | en_US |
dc.subject | SA Olive | en_US |
dc.subject | Development crops | en_US |
dc.subject | Commercial olive industry | en_US |
dc.title | The new National Development Plan (2011) and the need to create jobs through agriculture: Is the South African olive industry ready for the challenge? | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |