The impact of social grants on agricultural entrepreneurship among rural households in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Sikhulumile Sinyolo and Sithembile A. Sinyolo

Chapter 4 in Boosting growth to end hunger by 2025: The role of social protection, 2018, pp 34-52 from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: This chapter investigates the conceptual and empirical linkages between social grants and agricultural entrepreneurship; among rural households in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Understanding the theoretical and empirical relationship between social transfers and smallholder entrepreneurship can enable policy makers to improve the design of rural development policy interventions and create synergies between cash transfers and poverty reduction by promoting enhanced agricultural productivity and production.

Keywords: grants; economic growth; entrepreneurship; social protection; social policies; farm income; hunger; smallholders; dependency ratio; propensity score matching; social welfare; agricultural development; rural development; food security; poverty; equality; South Africa; Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; Southern Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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