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Understanding social-ecological changes in Fairbairn village, Eastern Cape

Master of Science thesis

Reports & Research
March, 2017
South Africa
Land & Food Security
climate change
Rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa are faced with multiple interconnected challenges such as population growth, environmental change, economic recession and climatic changes, amongst others. Such challenges can play a key role in determining vulnerability and food security, particularly for natural resource productdependent societies that have limited livelihood sources. Studies that consider understanding how society and ecosystems simultaneously interact and respond to new and exacerbated drivers are increasingly needed.
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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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The role of field and garden cultivation for food security under a changing climate: The case of Fairbairn and Ntloko villages, Eastern Cape

Master of Science Thesis

Reports & Research
March, 2017
South Africa
Land & Food Security
climate change
Climate change poses a very real threat to millions of Africans, especially those who rely on the natural world for their livelihoods. The increasing variability of climate and rainfall patterns are said to have dire consequences on agricultural production which is the main livelihood activity of rural dwellers across the continent.
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Municipal commonage: An undervalued national resource

Policy Papers & Briefs
December, 2012
South Africa
Land & Food Security
land access
A policy brief reviewing the important contribution of muncipal commonage to the livelihoods of poor househoods and proposing approaches to better utilise this resoource
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Responses to the linked stressors of climate change and HIV/Aids amongst vulnerable rural households in the Eastern Cape, South africa

Master of Science thesis

Reports & Research
December, 2012
South Africa
Land & Food Security
food security
land use
Climate change and the HIV/AIDS epidemic are two of the most critical long-term global challenges, especially for Africa and even more so Southern Africa.
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Relative contribution of wild foods to individual and household food security in the context of increasing vulnerability due to HIV/AIDS and climate variability

Master of Science Thesis

Reports & Research
December, 2013
South Africa
Land & Food Security
climate change
food security
Wild foods are an integral component of the household food basket, yet their quantified contribution to food security relative to other sources in the context of HIV/AIDS, climate change and variability remains underexplored. This study was carried out in Willowvale and Lesseyton which are rural communities in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
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The role of agriculture in Strengthening Rural Livelihoods

A participatory action research in Hessequa Municipality

Reports & Research
November, 2011
Africa, South Africa
Land & Food Security
agriculture
land access
Baseline Research Report
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Farm Workers And Farm Dwellers

Community Videos

Multimedia
November, 2013
South Africa
Land & Food Security
Land & Gender
agrarian structure
Community Videos Theme 2: Farm Workers And Farm Dwellers
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Agriculture and Food Security

Community Videos

Multimedia
November, 2013
South Africa
Land & Food Security
capacity development
Theme 1 of community videos: Agriculture and Food Security
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Iziza Zikamasipala

Zifikelela Njani Nakunye Nokuzisebenzisa

Manuals & Guidelines
June, 2010
South Africa
Indigenous & Community Land Rights
Land & Food Security
Urban Tenure
agricultural land management
common lands
community land rights
grazing land rights
[XHOSA} Umhlaba wesisa kamasipala lusiphathela ithuba elilodwa lophuhliso lwamaphandle nohlaziyo kwezemihlaba nezolimo. Umthetho usixelela ukuba umhlaba wesisa kamasipala kufuneka ube negalelo kuhlaziyo kwezemihlaba apho uthi wenziwe ufumaneke ukuze usetyenziselwe ulimo ngabo babesakuya bengavumelekanga kwixa langaphambili ukuba

bafumane imihlaba yeziza zikamasipala. Abahlali basezidolophini abahluphekileyo nabanqwenela

ukuzibandakanya kwiinkuthalo zolimo kufuneka ngoko bacebe ukwenza amabango okufumana umhlaba wesisa kamasipala.