Black Entry into the Commercial Farming Sector in South Africa: Case Studies of the Wine and Sugar Industries

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24710300
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Area studies
• Research Institution: Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization
• Principal Investigator: SATO Chizuko 独立行政法人日本貿易振興機構アジア経済研究所, その他部局等, 研究員 (40425012)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 南アフリカ / 黒人の経済力強化 / ワイン産業 / 砂糖産業 / BEE / 国際研究者交流 / 農場労働者

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study explored the extent and forms of black entry into the commercial farming sector in South Africa, through the case studies of the wine and sugar industries. Compared to the mining and fisheries sectors, the progress of black economic empowerment (BEE) in the agricultural sector is still in its early stages. Still this study identified several characteristic forms of black entry into the wine and sugar industries. In the wine industry, there are two types of BEE wineries; share equity schemes with farmworkers and wine brand companies. The latter is numerically more and does not involve the acquisition of grape farms by black people. In the sugar industry, a large number of sugarcane farms have been transferred to black producers by land reform. However, many of them struggle to keep supplying sugarcane to sugar mills without additional financial assistance in order to manage sugarcane production.

Free Research Field

地域研究