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Trade in reed-based craft products in rural villages in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

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  • Taryn Pereira
  • Charlie Shackleton
  • Sheona Shackleton

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Selling traditional craft products made from fibrous plants is an important source of income for economically vulnerable rural women. In the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, Cyperus textilis and Juncus kraussii have been used for centuries to make products of functional and cultural importance, such as sleeping mats and baskets. In the former Transkei village clusters of Mpozolo and Ntubeni, female crafters harvest the raw material and make and sell the products in their communities and in nearby towns. Interviews with 40 of them revealed what the trade contributes to their livelihoods and what enhances or limits their success. The findings show that crafting contributes vital income to vulnerable households, on average 26 ± 4 per cent of annual household cash income, over 40 per cent for the poorest households and 5-15 per cent for wealthier households. Lack of access to non-traditional markets was identified as the main constraint on the trade.

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  • Taryn Pereira & Charlie Shackleton & Sheona Shackleton, 2006. "Trade in reed-based craft products in rural villages in the Eastern Cape, South Africa," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(4), pages 477-495.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:23:y:2006:i:4:p:477-495
    DOI: 10.1080/03768350600927235
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    1. Charlie Shackleton & Fiona Parkin & Maphambe Chauke & Linda Downsborough & Ashleigh Olsen & Gregg Brill & Craig Weideman, 2009. "Conservation, commercialisation and confusion: harvesting of Ischyrolepis in a coastal forest, South Africa," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 11(2), pages 229-240, April.
    2. Mugido, Worship & Shackleton, Charlie M., 2018. "Price Determination of Non-timber Forest Products in Different Areas of South Africa," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 146(C), pages 597-606.
    3. Lori Hunter & John Reid-Hresko & Thomas Dickinson, 2011. "Environmental Change, Risky Sexual Behavior, and the HIV/AIDS Pandemic: Linkages Through Livelihoods in Rural Haiti," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 30(5), pages 729-750, October.
    4. Yongzhong Yang & Mohsin Shafi & Xiaoting Song & Ruo Yang, 2018. "Preservation of Cultural Heritage Embodied in Traditional Crafts in the Developing Countries. A Case Study of Pakistani Handicraft Industry," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(5), pages 1-18, April.
    5. Lori M. Hunter & Sheena Murray & Fernando Riosmena, 2013. "Rainfall Patterns and U.S. Migration from Rural Mexico," International Migration Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 47(4), pages 874-909, December.
    6. Paumgarten, F. & Shackleton, C.M., 2009. "Wealth differentiation in household use and trade in non-timber forest products in South Africa," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 68(12), pages 2950-2959, October.
    7. Raphael Nawrotzki & Lori Hunter & Thomas W. Dickinson, 2012. "Natural resources and rural livelihoods," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 26(24), pages 661-700.

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