The Scaling Down of SAGCOT Public Private Partnerships: From Large-Scale Blueprint Ideals to Small-Scale Pragmatism

The Scaling Down of SAGCOT Public Private Partnerships : From Large-Scale Blueprint Ideals to Small-Scale Pragmatism

This study analyses SAGCOT’s public-private partnership policy, which anticipated attracting external investors in large-scale nucleus farms to commercialise smallholder farmers. Data were collected from a review of SAGCOT policy documents, a compilation of SAGCOT registered partners and qualitative interview data collected from private companies, government officials, farmers and outgrower associations. The majority of SAGCOT registered commercial partners are small- to medium-scale and most of them were already operating in the area before SAGCOT was established. We conclude that the SAGCOT investment strategy, in practice, has been linked to small- to medium-scale operations and also mainly to already existing enterprises, which stand in contrast to the initially envisioned model of attracting new large-scale farming enterprises to the region. We argue that there is a need for SAGCOT and policy makers to learn from this dissonance between initial policy ambition and actual outcomes of SAGCOT public-private partnerships.

Mbande, Victor (författare)
Börjeson, Lowe,1968-Stockholms universitet,Kulturgeografiska institutionen(Swepub:su)lowe (författare)
Stockholms universitetKulturgeografiska institutionen (creator_code:org_t)

Av författaren/redakt...: Pauline, Noah M.; Mbande, Victor; Börjeson, Lowe, ...

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