How could they "ignore what is happening"? What you are asking does not make sense.
Farming is the very last thing that a greedy person will do. There are too many variables that are not under the farmer's control, like the lifecycle of crops and livestock, the weather, input costs and market prices, to name but a few.
There are many ways of making money that are way easier than farming, that pose far less risk and that give far greater monetary reward.
Your question does not make any sense at all.
Now you are just getting bizarre, or you are just an attention-seeking troll.
Now you are even beyond bizarre. In fact, with that statement you are a confirmed troll.
Granted that farms and farmers are located in rural areas, far away from law enforcement, but being more vulnerable does not mean that they are "provoking" anything.
With that logic, you should tell your wife to not wear lipstick, cut her hair short, wear men's clothes, and never bath or shave, basically stop acting like a woman, because if she doesn't, then she is provoking men to rape her.
Over 60 million South Africans would disagree with you, but hey, you are entitled to your opinion. Try laying off the drugs for a while before you post though, it's statements like this that make you lose all credibility.
This is slowly becoming a reality, there are far fewer farmers every year, and with the current state of our balance of payments, it is concerning. Here is Agriculture's share of GDP, in the past 8 years it has fluctuated between 1.96 and 2.57 percent, from around 5 percent in 1994:
