The impact and financial viability of rural women's food security projects in South Africa

dc.contributor.authorBaloyi, Ishmael Y.
dc.contributor.authorMakombe, Godswill
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-28T10:00:45Z
dc.date.available2019-02-28T10:00:45Z
dc.date.issued2018-03
dc.description.abstractSmall-scale farming is usually intended to contribute to food security, which could assist in the reduction of poverty. Despite South Africa being food secure at the national level, food insecurity exists at household level. In South Africa, the implementation of household level food security programmes, including women's food security projects, have been some of the most important interventions. This article aims to evaluate the financial viability and sustainability of women's food security projects in South Africa. A cross sectional study of women's perceptions about the impact of the food security projects on their households was undertaken. Data was collected from 45 female food security project participants for the 2012/13 agricultural season. Gross margin analysis was used to assess the financial viability and straight line depreciation was used to assess sustainability. The results show the projects as financially viable and are perceived to be contributing significantly to household issues of food security. The lingering question is whether such programmes can be scaled up. Governance systems can be used for the scaling up process. In smallholder irrigation systems, communities are slowly getting involved in the management of natural resources and enhancing or replacing state-based governance systems. Water user associations have been developed on smallholder irrigations systems. Through the inclusion of specific conditions in the constitutions of such governance systems, scaling up and sustainability could be achieved.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentGordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)en_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2019en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.saapam.co.za/joba.htmlen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBaloyi, I.Y. & Makombe, G. 2018, 'The impact and financial viability of rural women's food security projects in South Africa', Journal of Public Administration, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 74-90.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0036-0767
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/68514
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherSouth African Association for Public Administration and Managementen_ZA
dc.rightsSouth African Association for Public Administration and Managementen_ZA
dc.subjectFood securityen_ZA
dc.subjectWomenen_ZA
dc.subjectViabilityen_ZA
dc.subjectSustainabyen_ZA
dc.subjectSustainabilityen_ZA
dc.subjectGovernanceen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_ZA
dc.titleThe impact and financial viability of rural women's food security projects in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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