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Investigating the effectiveness of urban agriculture in addressing the dynamics of food insecurity in Khayelitsha: A case study of Moya Wekhaya Peace Gardens
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Food security is a challenge for most developing countries (Yahaya, 2018). In South Africa, poverty continues to be a stumbling block to food security for most of the population. Due to the socio-economic challenges plaguing ...
Exploring plausible futures and its implications for the governance of local food systems using local actors’ expertise in the Witzenberg region.
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
Despite having a significant agri-food sector, South Africa is faced with strong food security issues related to high inequalities and the legacy of the apartheid regime. The South African food system finds itself at risk ...
Development impact of agricultural projects on smallholder farmers: A case study from the Fadama iii project in Ebonyi state, Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Nigeria has over 100 million people living below the US$1.90 poverty line. Most of these poor
people are rural smallholder farmers. Agricultural interventions are ongoing to alleviate poverty
and food insecurity amongst ...
Supporting the gastronomic use of underutilised species to promote social and ecological resilience: motivations and challenges in the Cape Town area
(University of Western Cape, 2020)
It is well established that the modern global food system is highly unsustainable, distorted by industrialisation
and corporate consolidation, with negative repercussions on the environment and biodiversity
as well as ...