Trading-off: Rural food security and land rights in South Africa

•South Africa needs a new food security policy that is integrated with its land reform program.•Food security and land reform policies should respect, and be based on, a broader understanding of dynamic land use practices in poor rural areas.•Land deals between semi-private business interests and ru...

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Published in:	Land use policy Vol. 36; pp. 267 - 274
Main Authors:	Kepe, Thembela, Tessaro, Danielle
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2014 Elsevier
Subjects:	Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions Animal, plant and microbial ecology Applied ecology Biological and medical sciences case studies Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife Fallow land Food industries Food security Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Government agencies Human physiology applied to population studies and life conditions. Human ecophysiology issues and policy Land Land reform land rights land use planning Land utilization livelihood Medical sciences Nutritional survey. Food supply and nutritional requirement people Poor rural areas Smallholder agriculture South Africa South Africa Southern Africa Africa South Africa, Eastern Cape South Africa Land reform Fallow land Food security Smallholder agriculture Rural environment Environmental policy Land use Trade Agriculture Small farms Food supply Farming
ISSN:	0264-8377, 1873-5754
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