13 Feb Support to subsistence farmers to build food security
To date, a total of 183 292 agricultural production inputs vouchers have been issued to subsistence producers...
14 Jul R3 million potato harvest gone! Joye fights to get back up
“The floods really took a chunk of my life. Faith is what I need to go on for yet another day.” Multi-award-winning potato farmer Nonhlanhla Joye opens up about the hardship of losing an entire harvest overnight....
07 Apr A look at how these 30 farmers are trying to feed their communities
The Woza Nami (‘come with me’) project focuses on strengthening healthy food production and nutrition awareness through the scaling of vegetable farming in informal settlements based on agroecological practice....
28 Jul Female farmer from Khayelitsha goes viral with fresh spinach
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in Agro-ecology, Blog, Covid-19, Food, Food security, Food Systems, Smallholder Farmers, Vegetables
A female farmer from Khayelitsha made headlines recently after advertising her fresh spinach on social media. by Erene Oberholzer A 27-year-old female farmer from Khayelitsha in Cape Town recently went viral in South Africa after wanting to ‘feed the nation one spinach at a time’. Yes, Ncumisa Mkabile went...
05 Jun Study shows land redistribution can create new jobs in agriculture in South Africa
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in Agro-ecology, Covid-19, Food security, Food Systems, Hunger, Smallholder Farmers, Vegetables
Ben Cousins The COVID-19 crisis has clearly demonstrated the vulnerability of the livelihoods of many South Africans, and highlighted food insecurity as one key aspect. Many now argue that reducing the vulnerability of the livelihoods of the poor, and associated food insecurity, must become a key focus of...
21 May SA must move towards a democratised and recalibrated food system
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in Agro-ecology, Blog, Covid-19, Food, Food security, Food Systems, Hunger, Smallholder Farmers
Stephen Greenberg The Covid-19 crisis has exposed the stark inequalities that persist in our society. Vast disparities in access to healthcare, food, shelter, personal safety, water, transport and communications have been laid bare. Aside from imposing a lockdown, the government has been in disarray in responding to...
29 Nov How adaptable are smallholder communities to the effects of climate change?
by Amy Giliam Climate change is identified as one of the major trends influencing change in the 21st century. In South Africa, climate change is and will continue to contribute to the severity and frequency of drought, flood events, and changes in temperatures and rainfall patterns....
19 Oct Real hunger is a devastating reality
Studies show that many South Africans battle to put food on the table. Nomonde Mxhalisa writes about a project to help small farmers feed themselves and their communities. My earliest memory of hunger is not my own but my mother’s. I have my own often complicated relationship...
12 Oct Equipping smallholder farmers to succeed
- Carolyn Cramer “Every day African children attend schools across our nation having eaten nothing. Their educators expect them to perform to a specific level, but they leave knowing little more than when they arrived,” says Norah Mlondobozi. “You cannot teach a hungry child. Until we...