- Title
- Community development projects and food security: the case of Zanyokwe Irrigation Project Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
- Creator
- Ndlovu, Sikhanyiso
- Subject
- Community development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Irrigation farming -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Farms Small -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Family farms -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Food security -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Rural development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Economic development projects -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Agricultural development projects -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Sustainable development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Date
- 2012
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- M Soc Sc (Dev)
- Identifier
- vital:11438
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1007226
- Identifier
- Community development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Irrigation farming -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Farms Small -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Family farms -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Food security -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Rural development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Economic development projects -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Agricultural development projects -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Identifier
- Sustainable development -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Description
- Although food insecurity is said to have decreased in South Africa in the past years particularly at the national level, however, at household level a substantial proportion of households remains at risk of food insecurity and are experiencing hunger particularly in the Eastern Cape Province were poverty is rife. Food insecurity in the Eastern Cape Province is attributed to the fact that agriculture, the mainstay of the rural economy is no longer given the value that it should carry, does not help the situation. Despite much research on food (in) security in South Africa, the link between poverty and household food security is not at all clear. This study seeks to fill this gap specifically by looking at the linkages in the main between food security and poverty especially in the community level. Amidst the various programmes and initiatives that are in place in South Africa, there is continual prevalence of food insecurity facing the majority of South African households. The major aim of this study was therefore to examine the impact of one of these programmes, the Zanyokwe irrigation scheme in enhancing food security not only for the farmers but also for the surrounding communities. This study adopted a qualitative approach to research. The study unearthed that even though Zanyokwe irrigation scheme has played an indispensable role in enhancing food security for the smallholder farmers and the community at large challenges such as market challenges, road infrastructural issues, land tenure issues, lack of proper coordination amongst the farmers as well as farmer empowerment are a major limitation to the growth of the irrigation scheme and the farmers. Thus, the study recommended that farmer support services, training, agriculture subsidies, improved infrastructure as well as addressing market related challenges will go a long way in reducing the plight of the Zanyokwe farmers as well as enhancing food security
- Format
- 165 leaves; 30 cm
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Management & Commerce
- Language
- English
- Rights
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