In recent decades, agritourism has been proposed by various agencies as a strategy for the sustainable development of rural areas and the diversification of the rural economy. The study aimed to examine and identify the role of agritourism in entrepreneurship and sustainability. Semi-structured...

This paper is the second paper in a series of papers on Community Economic Development Strategic Framework for Poverty Alleviation in Local Government with particular attention to the Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality (RMLM). The objective of this paper is twofold: (i) to examine the rationale...

Finance and growth underpin the debate on the implication of financial literacy and financial inclusion for development among scholars. While financial inclusion and financial literacy are positioned as enablers of sustainable development, literature has failed to link the two with sustainable...

Information and communication technology (ICT) in South African telecentres is used by communities for social and economic development. Community informatics (CI) is a technology discipline which links economic and social development efforts at the community level with emerging opportunities in...

Introduction -- Ch: 1 Reflection and Reconstruction of China’s Rural Land Shareholding System Reform based on several cases in Northwestern China -- Ch: 2 Rural Land Transfer in China: Reform and Legal Issues -- Ch: 3 Research, extension services and training as key drivers to agroforestry...

In this paper, a binary logistic model was used to analyse the determinants of youth participation in agriculture in the Nkonkobe Municipality in South Africa. A total of 140 youth were purposively selected for the study to complete a survey. The results show that the variables; youth...