Human Development and Food Sovereignty

Food security strategies are determined by the prevailing realities within households and communities. Therefore, it is not surprising that in South Africa agricultural transformation is an important food security strategy. This article examines the role of human development and food sovereignty in fostering conditions that enable rural households to enhance their food security capabilities. Using an in-depth analysis of literature, national, regional and international instruments, this article takes its departure from the fact that subsistence agriculture is an effective strategy for improving household food needs when implemented within the broader human rights framework of human development. The results reveal that agriculture has the potential to increase household food security if appropriate agricultural technologies and productive resources such as land are made accessible to households. Further, for agriculture to attain optimal efficiency as a food security strategy, policies on agrarian transformation should be implemented within broader social development programmes

Agrarian society · Agriculture · Business · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Food security · Food sovereignty · Food systems · Geography · Subsistence agriculture · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development · Human Rights and Development · Legal Issues in South Africa

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