This chapter investigates the conceptual and empirical linkages between social grants and agricultural entrepreneurship among rural households in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

Traditional practices of maintaining indigenous biodiversity are in danger as a result of stresses caused by climate change and human activities.

Food security threats facing eight of the countries that make up southern Africa

This series of IFPRI Research Briefs is based on research supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany, under the project "Food and Water Security under Global Change: Developing Adaptive Capacity with a

This case study identifies institutional problems that constrain efficient use of cropland in the communal areas of KwaZulu-Natal, describes interventions to address some of these problems, and demonstrates the outcomes of appropriate institutiona

The challenge of growing the agricultural sector in South Africa entails, among other things, the creation of livelihoods for previously disadvantaged farmers by facilitating their integration into established farming.

Agricultural production remains the main source of livelihood for rural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, providing employment to more than 60 percent of the population and contributing about 30 percent of gross domestic product.

"A “supermarket revolution” has been underway in developing countries since the early 1990s.