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Youth agricultural entrepreneurship as a vehicle for employment creation in Nigeria: A capability approach
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
Nigeria is indisputably blessed with both human and material resources. With 74 million
hectares of arable land, the country has enormous potential to meet its rising food demand
while tackling the challenge of youth ...
Assessing the parliamentary contribution to the elimination of food insecurity in rural Malawi: An historical and grassroots perspective, 1998–2018
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Although Malawi is an agriculture-based economy, the country experiences extensive food insecurity, hunger, malnutrition, low productivity, and low income. Currently, food insecurity affects 58% of the population and 50.7% ...
Investigating institutions and policies shaping smallholder farming in South Africa: A case study of the Nkomazi area, Mpumalanga province
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
The agricultural sector plays an important role in the economy, globally. For developing countries, particularly rural areas, smallholder farming has become an active livelihood strategy. However, poverty and household ...
The effect of school feeding programmes among school-going children in Khayelitsha, Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
School feeding programmes (SFPs) are known as a significant form of social protection that seeks to address food insecurity and educational improvement worldwide. This study seeks to evaluate the school feeding programmes ...