An Apartheid Oasis?: Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods in Venda

This is a socio-economic study of agriculture and its contribution to livelihoods in Venda, one of the black ＂homelands＂ created in South Africa under apartheid. It is based on a survey of households in the Tshiombo irrigation scheme, a project in central Venda with around 600 plot-holders.