DIE ENTREPRENEURSPOTENSIAAL VAN BOERE: 'N VOORLOPIGE STUDIE / VIEWPOINT: THE ENTREPRENEURIAL POTENTIAL OF FARMERS: A PRELIMINARY STUDY

Abstract

In the new South Africa, a freer and less regulated market for agricultural products is envisaged. It is also doubtful whether the same degree of protection and aid will be supplied to farmers by our new democratic government. Surviving this changed situation will require a greater degree of entrepreneurship on the part of the farmer. As a result of past circumstances, there is some concern about the potential for entrepreneurship among farmers, as control measures bureaucracy and interfrence in the market forces tend to limit entrepreneurship.

This study firstly attempts to establish what makes an entrepreneur, and secondly to investigate the existence of a model for determining or estimating the entrepreneurial potential within a certain agricultural sector. An empirical study which attempts to estimate or determine the entrepreneurial potential for farmers in the various branches of the agicultural sector in South Africa is envisaged.

In die nuwe Suid-Afrika word 'n vryer, minder-gereguleerde mark in die landbou in die vooruitsig gestel. Dit is ook te betwyfel of dieselfde beskerming en hulp aan boere dew ons nuwe demokratiese regering verskaf sal word. Om hierdie veranderde situasie te oorleef gaan 'n groter mate van entrepreneurskap van die boer verg. Daar bestaan egter kommer oor die entrepreneurspotensiaal van boere omdat beheermaatreëls, burokrasie en die inmenging in die markkragte entrepreneurskap beperk.

Hierdie studie poog om eerstens dew die entrepreneurskapsliteratuuvras te stel wat 'n entrepreneur is en om tweedens die bestaan van 'n model vir die bepaling of skatting van die entrepreneurspotensiaal in 'n bepaalde gemeenskap te onderswk. 'n Empiriese studie wat poog om die entrepreneurspotensiaal van boere in die verskillende vertakkinge van die boerderysektor in Suid-Afrika te skat of te bepaal word in die vooruitsig gestel.