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Social dynamics and sustainability in three community garden projects in the City of Johannesburg
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
Social dynamics and sustainability in three community garden projects in the
City of Johannesburg
M. Lewis
MPhil Master’s full thesis, the Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS),
Faculty of Economic ...
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 ...
Trajectory from government-managed to farmer-managed smallholder irrigation and its effects on productivity, operation and maintenance: An analysis of Mamina Smallholder Irrigation Scheme in Zimbabwe
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Government's decision to devolve irrigation management to farmers was partly influenced by
international policy imperatives, which were propounded mainly by institutions associated
with the Consultative Group for ...
Critical evaluation of the impact of urban agriculture on food security: Case study of urban food gardens in Kayamandi settlement in Stellenbosch, Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
This research investigates the impact of urban agriculture on food security through urban food garden projects in Kayamandi. Food insecurity is a major global challenge, 795 million people in the world suffer from hunger ...
Urban agriculture a livelihood strategy for food security in the Cape Flats: A case study of community-based and home food gardens in Khayelitsha, Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Growing urban food insecurity has prompted many researchers, NGOs, international agencies and governments to advocate for urban agriculture as a livelihood strategy to improve the household food security of the urban poor. ...
Movement of Zimbabwean immigrants into, within and out of the farm labour market in Limpopo province of South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
This thesis presents findings from ethnographic research conducted over a period of 17 months in the Blouberg and Molemole local municipalities of Capricorn District in Limpopo province with the aim of exploring mobility ...
A comparative analysis of alternative food security indicators, using farm workers in the Northern Cape Province as a case study
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
The concept of food insecurity is complex and difficult to measure. Food insecurity is measured
at different levels – global, national, household and individual. In order to have appropriate
assessments of food security ...
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 ...
Access to land and productive resources among female farmers in Stellenbosch: Implications for women’s empowerment and household food
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)
Women play an important role in food security. Growing, processing, purchasing, preparing and
serving food to their families is a common and distinctive relationship they have to food in most
societies in the world. They ...