Effects of a Farmer Support Programme on Food Security in Traditional African Agriculture: Evidence from the Lebowa and Venda Homelands of South Africa

J. van Zyl, H.J. Sartorius von Bach and K.F. Kirsten

No 346215, 9th Congress, Budapest, Hungary, 1993 from International Farm Management Association

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 DBS A were analysed and compared with no-participants in two homelands of South Africa, Lebowa and Venda. It is evident from the results of this study that a high proportion of rural households in Lebowa and Venda is food insecured. Results also show that the provision of support services to subsistence farmers will help alleviate food insecurity.

Keywords: Food; Security; and; Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8
Date: 1993
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.346215

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