If you want land reform, make it easy with nudges and incentives

Part two of a series on land reform calls for policies to be designed according to how humans actually behave, rather than how they should behaveThe recent report by the presidential advisory panel on land reform and agriculture proposes the design of a number of policies and white papers to be drafted by the government and stakeholders. Several commentators have already raised concerns over this — SA does not have time for a drawn-out process.

Support the delivery of farmland for the land reform objective outside the bureaucratic mechanism of the state and outside the network of political patronage. This option largely operationalises the opportunity for commercial farmers and agribusinesses to offer land for the land reform programme in a proactive manner. The commercial farming sector should create a process whereby well-located farmland is identified and committed for land reform, beneficiaries selected, and finance, mentorship and support put in place, as envisaged in the National Development Plan.

Modernise and digitise the land administration system and create the “virtual” land repository where land made available for redistribution and settlement is recorded.

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