The province of Free State accounts for 10.6 per cent of the total land area of South Africa. By 2010, the province had a total population of 2 824 500, which is 5.7 per cent share of the total population of South Africa. Majority of the poor people are located in the former Bantustan areas. The landscape of Free State is dominated by agriculture, characterised by a diversity of agricultural products such as wheat, sorghum, sunflower, soya and cherry crop. Horticulture is increasing and becoming export-oriented. On the other hand, livestock farming is also a significant agricultural activity among the many commercial and emerging commercial farmers and is evidenced by the number of land reform projects in livestock farming.