Household food security contextualised: A comparison of Ambros and Maramanzhi villages, South Africa.

ABSTRACT: Smallholder agriculture plays a crucial role in achieving food security, particularly at the household level. However, fallow fields are progressively increasing in former homelands of South Africa. While substantial efforts have been devoted towards addressing food insecurity, access to arable land has not translated to sustainable crop production for smallholder farmers in former homelands of the country. This paper analyses household food security in the context of deagrarianization in two villages, Ambros (Eastern Cape) and Maramanzhi (Limpopo). Using a mixed-method approach, a total of 106 semi-structured questionnaires were administered through face-to-face interviews with household heads. Descriptive statistics were analysed using the IBM SPSS Statistics 27.0 computer program. Meanw

SUBMITTER: Mkhongi FA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11567040 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature