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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Veröffentlicht in:	Land use policy Jg. 36; S. 267 - 274
Hauptverfasser:	Kepe, Thembela, Tessaro, Danielle
Format:	Journal Article
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2014 Elsevier
Schlagworte:	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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Zusammenfassung:	•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 rural people need a decisive action by the government, to better protect the land rights of the rural poor. In light of the high percentage of poor people in rural areas of South Africa, the post-apartheid government has, among other things, prioritized food security in their policy processes. However, these food security policies stop short of workable strategies for the most difficult situations, particularly in the former reserves (Bantustans). A case study of the Eastern Cape Province reveals that food security managed by government agencies experience difficulties at implementation stage due to land issues. At the heart of the problem is the poor understanding of rural people's land use plans and multiple livelihood strategies. The paper concludes that food security projects in the former Bantustans will continue to suffer unless food security policies are efficiently integrated to those of land reform.
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ISSN:	0264-8377 1873-5754
DOI:	10.1016/j.landusepol.2013.08.013