Browsing by Author "Mbamba, Faith Sabelo"

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    Agricultural involvement amongst smallholders of south af-rica: evidence from ghs 2015 and ghs 2018
    (Union for African Population Studies, 2024) Mbamba, Faith Sabelo; Nsengiyumva, Philomene
    The smallholding is central to livelihood diversifications that drive economic growth in non-metropolitan settlements. This gained recognition in the Zero Hunger Challenge, Agenda 2063, SDGs, and NDP 2030 for South Africa. Agricultural support programmes must be well-defined and transparent to rural communities. Subsequently, for smallholders to enact their role, there should be a clear reflection of the constraints they encounter. This study sought to ascertain factors influencing the agricultural involvement of smallholders heading households in rural settlements of South Africa. The secondary data from the 2015 and 2018 General Household Survey (GHS) were utilized and retrieved from the Statistics South Africa website. SPSS software version 28 and Microsoft Excel were exploited for data analysis using the Chi-square test and binary logistic regression. The findings established that younger household heads are more agriculturally involved and do not have tertiary education to market occupations, particularly in the off-farm sector, where food production is their source of livelihood. This study shows that socioeconomic and sociodemographic characteristics play a significant role in determining agricultural involvement. Accordingly, it contends that constraints faced by small-scale food producers are urgently revisited to ensure adequate farm resources’ accessibility and support, especially for the poor youth in rural area.
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    Factors associated with land acquisition for food production among small-scale farmers in South Africa
    (University of Western Cape, 2021) Mbamba, Faith Sabelo; Nsengiyumva, Philomene
    The purpose of this study is to investigate determinants of land tenure, agricultural activities involvement, and the use of agricultural products and stock keeping among small-scale farmers across all nine provinces of South Africa. Little is known regarding tenure status that households typically use to access land across nine provinces of South Africa. The characteristics of household heads in small-scale farming still under-researched; and socio-demographic characteristics for household subsistence still scanty in the literature. GHS between 2015 and 2018 from StatsSA was employed.