Boosting Smallholder Production for Food Security: Some Approaches and Evidence from Studies in Sub-Saharan Africa
by MATSHE, I., 2009Agrekon, 48:4, 483-511
Matshe uses the sustainable livelihoods framework to explore the contribution of smallholder production to food security in some sub-Saharan African countries and relates it to the South African case. Noting that many of the world’s hungry are smallholder farmers, it is clear that food insecurity is closely linked to the livelihood strategies of these farm…
read more >>Rural Women and Rainwater Harvesting and Conservation Practices: Anecdotal Evidence from the Free State and Eastern Cape Provinces
by BAIPHETI, M,., VILJOEN, M., and KUNDHLANDE, G., 2008Agenda, 22:78, 163-171
Access to water for domestic and agricultural use is a common constraint in most arid to semi-arid areas. Rainwater harvesting and conservation (RWH&C) practices provide an opportunity for improved access and/or availability of water for both domestic and agricultural production. Since the majority of the techniques are labour-intensive, they may prove an extra burden on…
read more >>Trends and Policy Challenges in the Rural Economy: Four Provincial Case Studies
by ALIBER, M. DE SWARDT, C., DU TOIT, A., MBHELA, T. & MTHETHWA, T., 2005Cape Town: HSRC Press
“There are indications of deepening rural poverty since 1994, despite many policies and initiatives that aim to stimulate the rural economy. The trends affecting the rural economy are not understood with sufficient clarity to enable government to formulate an adequate response. National datasets alone are not sufficient to depict these trends; there is a need…
read more >>Strategies to Support South African Smallholders as a Contribution to Government’s Second Economy Strategy (2 Volumes)
by ALIBER, M, 2009HSRC research report commissioned by the Second Economy Strategy
This is Volume 2 of the study ‘Strategies to Support South African Smallholders as a Contribution to Government’s Second Economy Strategy’. It contains the accounts of the 16 case studies that comprised the main data for the analysis presented in Volume 1. These case studies are a rich repository of narratives depicting various types of…
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