EXPENDITURE PATTERNS OF AGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLDS IN LEBOWA AND VENDA: EFFECTS OF THE FARMER SUPPORT PROGRAMME ON FOOD SECURITY

K. B. Dankwa, H. J. Sartorius von Bach, J. van Zyl and Johann Kirsten

Agrekon, 1992, vol. 31, issue 4

Abstract: The specific objective of this paper is to determine expenditure patterns of rural households with a view to evaluating factors which make households more food secured. Expenditure patterns of households participating in the Farmer Support Programme of DBSA were analysed and compared with no-participants in two areas, Lebowa and Venda. It is evident from the results of this study that a high proportion of rural households in Lebowa and Venda food insecured. Results also show that the provision of support services to subsistence farmers will help alleviate food insecurity.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1992
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