Should subsistence agriculture be supported as a strategy to address rural food insecurity?

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dc.contributor.authorAliber, M
dc.contributor.authorHart, T. G. B.
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-22T13:35:36Z
dc.date.available2023-05-22T13:35:36Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractAt first glance South Africa’s black farming sector appears to contribute rather minimally to overall agricultural output in South Africa. However, despite the complexity involved in this sector and the often marginal conditions in which agriculture is practised it appears to be important to a large number of black households. Furthermore, the significance they attach to subsistence agriculture as means of supplementing household food supplies seems to heavily outweigh other reasons for engaging in agriculture. Some South African researchers have indicated the contribution subsistence production makes to household food security, despite the prevalent complexities and the low input nature of this production. Statistics South Africa’s Labour Force Survey data from 2001 to 2007 and a case study of subsistence farming in Limpopo Province are used to support the argument that, despite the complexity of this sector, the more than 4 million subsistence farmers, need and merit greater support.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAliber, M., & Hart, T. G. B. (2009). Should subsistence agriculture be supported as a strategy to address rural food insecurity?. Agrekon, 48(4), 434-458. https://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2009.9523835en_US
dc.identifier.issn2078-0400
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2009.9523835
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/8929
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Groupen_US
dc.subjectAgricultureen_US
dc.subjectTraditional cropsen_US
dc.subjectLabouren_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectFarming sectoren_US
dc.titleShould subsistence agriculture be supported as a strategy to address rural food insecurity?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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