Best practice for rural food security projects in Southern Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3886015 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Terry Leahy (Hunter Water, corresponding author), Monika Goforth |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 933-947 |
| Publication date | 2014-11-17 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development in Practice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09614524.2014.969196 |
| OpenAlex | W2079900789 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 14 |
It has been widely believed that commercialisation is the solution to food insecurity in rural Africa. Project designs have attempted to set up agricultural cooperatives and encourage entrepreneurial farmers. Yet the problems revealed in the 1950s are still widespread. In a counter-perspective, some have argued for the relevance of subsistence and low-input agriculture. This article examines three NGO projects in South and South-eastern Africa which prioritise food security through household subsistence, using low-input technologies, along with an encouragement to produce a surplus for cash. We look at what these projects share and why their strategies work
Agriculture · Business · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnology · Food security · Geography · Political science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · South asia · Agricultural Innovations and Practices · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
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| Citations per year | 0.3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2020 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |