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Journal of Public Administration (JOPA)

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Sustainable agricultural development among the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) : considering integrated development planning practices and institutional arrangements

Author: E.J. Van Rooyen

Affiliation: E.J. van Rooyen School of Public Management and Administration University of Pretoria

Source: Journal of Public Administration, 2021-07-06 17:55:05

Accreditation: Department of Higher Education and Training(DHET)



Abstract: Sustainable agricultural development among the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) : considering integrated development planning practices and institutional arrangements

Following on the article by Müller entitled Sustainable Development: The Question of Integration and Coordination (Journal of Public Administration, September 2004: 398), this article explores the issues of integratedness and coordination within an SADC agricultural development context. It is clear from literature surveys that a plethora of approaches and theories exist pertaining to these issues. Since agriculture forms an important development arena in southern Africa, it may facilitate an exciting discourse on the way ahead as far as integrated development planning practices and possible institutional arrangements are concerned. This article presents agriculture in the SADC as an important development sector, which could improve the food security situation in the whole region. If the SADC's agriculture development disposition could be improved, the result may be that other dilemmas such as poverty, wars, and disease could