Stone Terracing'for Crop Cultivation in Gogela Settlement, the Transkei, South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorMurata, Chenai
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-25T13:25:56Z
dc.date.available2025-03-25T13:25:56Z
dc.date.issued2010-01
dc.descriptionMasters Theses
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation provides a study on a soil and water conservation practice, known as stone terracing, in a rural settlement of Gogela in the Transkei area of South Africa. It explains the emergence and the continuity of stone terracing practice, as well ·as how it has impacted on crop cultivation. This is a qualitative study, theoretically informed by the notion of sustainable livelihoods. As a backdrop to the study area, the research offers a brief historical and geographical context of the Transkei, in which the Gogela settlement is located. This contextual exposition is preceded by an exploration of the varied literature on stone terracing in different communities of Africa. Overall, the literature survey establishes that stone terracing is a local innovation with uneven. histories that pre-date colonial conquest in some cases in Zimbabwe and in Tarnzania.
dc.identifier.citationMurata,C.(2010).Stone Terracing'for Crop Cultivation in Gogela Settlement, the Transkei, South Africa.Alice:University of Fort Hare.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11837/2755
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Fort Hare
dc.relation.ispartofseriesN/A
dc.subjectSOCIAL SCIENCES::Business and economics::Human geography, economic geography::Economic geography
dc.titleStone Terracing'for Crop Cultivation in Gogela Settlement, the Transkei, South Africa

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