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| Aliber, Michael; Hart, Tim G.B.. |
| At 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... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Subsistence production; Labour Force Survey; Traditional crops; Local agricultural practices; Consumer/Household Economics. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58215 |
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| Hart, Tim G.B.. |
| Recent high food prices and changes in the world food situation are exacerbating the conditions of households that are vulnerable to food insecurity, especially those with weak livelihood strategies. To address the impact of these and other stressors it is necessary to develop a deeper understanding of concepts such as ‘vulnerability’ and ‘food insecurity’. This is challenging as both concepts are used rather loosely in the food security literature, despite both having at least two dimensions. Vulnerability has an external and internal dimension, and food insecurity has a temporal and intensity dimension. However, assessments are often only concerned with one dimension at a time. An exploration of the two concepts suggests that in both cases the dimensions... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: High food prices; Livelihoods; Vulnerability; Food insecurity; Multidimensional stressors; Consumer/Household Economics. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/58212 |
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