Review of the South African Agricultural Legislative Framework : food security implications

dc.contributor.authorHendriks, Sheryl L.
dc.contributor.authorOlivier, N.J.J. (Nicolaas Johannes Jacobus)
dc.contributor.emailsheryl.hendriks@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-31T12:15:01Z
dc.date.available2015-07-31T12:15:01Z
dc.date.issued2015-06
dc.description.abstractAlthough South Africa has reported national food security for decades, current production patterns, land uncertainty and consumer preferences put future national household food insecurity in question. Household food insecurity in South Africa is at unacceptable levels. This paper reviews the country’s agricultural legislative framework in terms of food security and the right to food. The review found that South African agricultural policies do not actively promote food security and the lack of enforceable food security policy makes it difficult to coordinate existing policies. The lack of food security legislation means that the right to food has no enforceable framework. A comprehensive food security policy, legislative framework and implementation strategy are urgently needed to address hunger poverty to progressively achieve the targets set out for national growth and development and realise the right to food enshrined in the Constitution.en_ZA
dc.description.embargo2016-12-31en_ZA
dc.description.librarianhb2015en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cdsa20en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSheryl L Hendriks & Nic JJ Olivier (2015) Review of the South African Agricultural Legislative Framework: Food security implications, Development Southern Africa, 32:5, 555-576, DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2015.1044075.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0376-835X (print)
dc.identifier.issn1470-3637 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/0376835X.2015.1044075
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/49204
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_ZA
dc.rights© 2015 The University of Pretoria. This is an electronic version of an article published in Development Southern Africa, vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 555-576, 2015. doi : 10.1080/0376835X.2015.1044075. Development Southern Africa is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.comloi/cdsa20.en_ZA
dc.subjectFood securityen_ZA
dc.subjectLegislationen_ZA
dc.subjectPolicyen_ZA
dc.subjectRight to fooden_ZA
dc.subjectFood insecurityen_ZA
dc.titleReview of the South African Agricultural Legislative Framework : food security implicationsen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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