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Changing Livelihoods and Landscapes in the Rural Eastern Cape, South Africa: Past Influences and Future Trajectories

Peer-reviewed publication
October, 2015
South Africa
Land & Food Security
food security
This paper seeks to understand the drivers and pathways of local livelihood change and the prospects for transformation towards a more sustainable future. Data are used from several studies, and a participatory social learning process, which formed part of a larger project in two sites in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Secondary information from a wealth of related work is used to place our results within the historic context and more general trends in the country. Findings indicate that livelihoods in the rural Eastern Cape are on new trajectories.
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Comprehensive Rural Development Programme: Evaluation report by Department of Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME), with Minister present

Legislation & Policies
June, 2015
South Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
rural development
food security
rural population
local communities
land access
communal territory
rural areas
land reform
The Committee received a presentation of the evaluation report on the implementation of the Comprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP) by the Department of Perfomance, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME). The National Evaluation Plan (NEP) containing 52 evaluations that cut across government had been approved by Cabinet in 2012/13. There were eight evaluations in the rural development sector and the CRDP was one of the key programmes implemented since 2009.
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Department of Rural Development on its 4 Quarter 2014/15 & 1st quarter 2015/16 performance & Financial and Fiscal Commission analysis

Legislation & Policies
August, 2015
South Africa
Land & Food Security
rural areas
food security
poverty
land reform
farming systems
rural development
land acquisitions
urban areas
land-use planning
The Committee was briefed by the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) on the expenditure trends and performance of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) and its entities for 2014/15 and the first quarter of the 2015/16 financial year.
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Discussion document on the preservation and development of agricultural land

Policy Papers & Briefs
September, 2015
South Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Land & Food Security
agricultural land management
sustainable development
food security
agriculture
rural areas
rural development
poverty
environment
land reform
forestry
fisheries
natural resources management
agrarian reform
land access
land acquisitions
The preservation, development and sustainable use of agricultural land are of vital importance to ensure longterm food security in South Africa. These principles of food security as well as an integrated, inclusive rural economy underpin the core focus areas of the National Development Plan, Vision 2030 (NDP).
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Draft policy document on the preservartion and developemnt of agricultural land

Legislation & Policies
September, 2015
South Africa
Land & Food Security
land use
land-use planning
agriculture
natural resources management
food security
land cover
farming systems
The preservation, development and sustainable use of agricultural land are of vital importance to ensure long-term food security. On a global level, food security is closely linked to Goal 1 of the Millennium Development Goals, namely to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger by, amongst others, halving, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger.
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Gender, small-scale livestock farming and food security : policy implications in the South African context

Policy Papers & Briefs
March, 2015
South Africa, Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
food security
land rights
livestock
rural development
Drawing on insights from multiple studies, this policy brief addresses the importance of gender considerations for small-scale livestock farming communities relative to food security in the South African context. The brief examines some key elements of gender issues in relation to small-scale livestock farming, asks how some of these elements align with current policies and practices, and suggests a number of focused policy recommendations. Two thirds of the world’s 600 million poor livestock keepers are rural women.
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Hidden Cost of Eating Meat in South Africa: What Every Responsible Consumer Should Know

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2015
South Africa, Southern Africa
Urban Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
urbanization
food security
land degradation
Meat production in South Africa is on an increasing trend. In South Africa rising wealth, urbanisation and a growing middle class means South Africans are eating more processed and high-protein foods, especially meat and dairy products. These foods are more land- and water-intensive than fruit, vegetable and grain crops, and further stress existing resources. Traditional agricultural farms cannot keep up with the increasing demand for animal products and these farms are being replaced with concentrated animal feeding operations.
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Linking food security projects (Fetsa Tlala) with Agri-parks: briefing by Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries

Legislation & Policies
July, 2015
South Africa
Forest Tenure
Land & Food Security
rural development
forestry
agriculture
fisheries
land reform
food security
poverty
farmland
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries is currently developing a project in conjunction with the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform (DRDLR) to create Agri-parks in locations throughout South Africa. These Agri-parks aim to involve smallholders and local producers in the entire process of agriculture to address both food security and poverty. The Department hopes to fight issues such as the 14 million hungry South Africans, unused potential farmland, and the inequality between private agricultural business and the people.
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Local safety nets help people cope with shocks and stressors and prevent the deepening of poverty and vulnerability

Vulnerability, coping and adaptation within the context of climate change and HIV/AIDS in South Africa: Investigating strategies to strengthen livelihoods and food security and build resilience

Policy Papers & Briefs
November, 2015
South Africa
Land & Food Security
food security
This policy brief draws on three sources of data from a study undertaken in Lesseyton in Lukanji Local Municipality and Willowvale in Mbashe Local Municipality, in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.The aim was to understand the vulnerability context of households in the two sites and how they coped with multiple shocks and stresses, with an emphasis on various types of safety nets. Methods included a survey that specifically targeted vulnerable households, data from several community workshops and in-depth life history interviews.
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Supporting smallholder agriculture

Building local economies: how small holder farmers make markets work for them and food safety, ethical and environmental standards

Reports & Research
October, 2015
South Africa
Land & Food Security
Land & Investments
agrarian structure
agriculture
farmers
This research report contains an overview of two innovations that form part of a project called Supporting Smallholder Agriculture (SSA) conducted by the Southern Africa Food Lab (SAFL). The two innovations documented in this report simultaneously investigated market segmentation and standards - related challenges among smallholder farmers in two parts of the country.