Food Security Situation among South African Urban Agricultural Households: Evidence from Limpopo Province

Omotayo Abiodun Olusola (), Ijatuyi Enioluwa Jonathan (), Olorunfemi Oluwasogo David () and Agboola Peter Temitope ()
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Omotayo Abiodun Olusola: North West University
Ijatuyi Enioluwa Jonathan: North West University
Olorunfemi Oluwasogo David: North West University
Agboola Peter Temitope: University of South Africa

Acta Universitatis Danubius. OEconomica, 2018, issue 14(1), 60-74

Abstract: The challenges posed by risk factors in the urban agricultural sector have been an issue of general concern among various stakeholders and the international communities. This concern is attributable to the negative impacts of food insecurity risk on urban agriculture and socio-economic development of South Africa. This study analyzed the food security situation among urban agricultural households of Limpopo Province using a well-structured questionnaire for data collection. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study revealed that male respondents were more in the study area with an average age of 46 years. Public tap water was the most used source in the study area with an average monthly income of R2668.75 recorded. In addition, an average of R1284.75 is expended on food on monthly basis by the agricultural households. Finally, some implications for national food security were drawn from the overall result of the study. It was suggested among other things that interest-free credit should be made available to small-scale farmers to enable them to access improved risk (such as health, drought etc.) management technologies. This will help them to contribute more meaningfully to national food security through enhanced productivity.

Keywords: Food security; Households‘ water source; Limpopo province; Probit regression; Tobit regression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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