The Philippi German Agricultural Association — 125 years of organised agriculture on the Cape Flats

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dc.contributor.authorRabe, Lizette
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-16T12:44:01Z
dc.date.available2014-04-16T12:44:01Z
dc.date.issued2012-06
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://reference.sabinet.co.za/sa_epublication/cultureen_ZA
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dc.descriptionRabe, L. 2012. The Philippi German Agricultural Association — 125 years of organised agriculture on the Cape Flats. South African Journal of Cultural History, 26(1):74-92.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe Philippi Agricultural Association, one of South Africa's oldest agricultural associations, celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2010. This association of Philippi, the Western Cape's "Vegetable Pantry", was established in 1885 to improve the unfavourable conditions under which the German immigrants had to farm on the sandy and marshy Cape Flats. It acted as a lobby group to build roads to and within the area, and to promote the development of agricultural activities within the community. This article presents an historical overview of the establishment of the association and ends with an assessment of the future, as the survival of the area is threatened by urban encroachment, and, as in other rural areas, by high levels of crime. The role of organised agriculture to ensure a healthy, sustainable agricultural sector, locally and in a wider sense, is continuously emphasised.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractDie Philippi-landbouvereniging, een van Suid-Afrika se oudste landbouverenigings, het in 2010 sy 125ste bestaansjaar gevier. Die landbouvereniging van Philippi, die Wes-Kaap se "groentespens", is in 1885 gestig om die ongunstige toestande te verbeter waaronder die Duitse immigrantegemeenskap hulle op die sanderige en moerasagtige Kaapse Vlakte bevind het. Die belangrikste oogmerk was om as drukgroep te verseker dat begaanbare paaie na en in die gebied gebou word en om gemeenskaplike landbou-aktiwiteite te ontwikkel. Hierdie artikel bied 'n historiese oorsig oor die ontstaan van die vereniging en sy eerste mylpale en eindig met 'n blik op die toekoms, aangesien die voortbestaan van die gebied deur stedelike indringing bedreig word en, soos in ander landelike gebiede, hoë vlakke van misdaad. Deurlopend word die belangrikheid van die rol van georganiseerde landbou beklemtoon om 'n gesonde, volhoubare landbousektor op plaaslike en wyer grondslag te verseker.af_ZA
dc.description.versionPost-printen_ZA
dc.format.extentpp. 74-98
dc.identifier.citationRabe, L. 2012. The Philippi German Agricultural Association — 125 years of organised agriculture on the Cape Flats. South African Journal of Cultural History, 26(1):74-92.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1018-0745
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86195
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherSabineten_ZA
dc.rights.holderSouth African Journal of Cultural Historyen_ZA
dc.subjectAgriculture -- South Africa -- Philippi -- Historyen_ZA
dc.subjectGerman immigrants -- Cultural heritageen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa -- Cape Flats -- Social conditions -19th centuryen_ZA
dc.subjectHermannsburg Missionary Societyen_ZA
dc.subject.corpPhilippi Agricultural Association -- Historyen_ZA
dc.titleThe Philippi German Agricultural Association — 125 years of organised agriculture on the Cape Flatsen_ZA
dc.title.alternativeDie Philippi Duitse Landbouvereniging — 125 jaar georganiseerde landbou op die Kaapse Vlakteaf_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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