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Effects of a Farmer Support Programme on Food Security in Traditional African Agriculture: Evidence from the Lebowa and Venda Homelands of South Africa

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  • van Zyl, J.
  • Bach, H.J. Sartorius von
  • Kirsten, K.F.

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The specific objective of this paper is to determine expenditure patterns of rural households with a view to evaluating factors which make households more food secured. Expenditure patterns of households participating in the Farmer Support Programme of DBS A were analysed and compared with no-participants in two homelands of South Africa, Lebowa and Venda. It is evident from the results of this study that a high proportion of rural households in Lebowa and Venda is food insecured. Results also show that the provision of support services to subsistence farmers will help alleviate food insecurity.

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  • van Zyl, J. & Bach, H.J. Sartorius von & Kirsten, K.F., 1993. "Effects of a Farmer Support Programme on Food Security in Traditional African Agriculture: Evidence from the Lebowa and Venda Homelands of South Africa," 9th Congress, Budapest, Hungary, 1993 346215, International Farm Management Association.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:ifma93:346215
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.346215
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    1. R. P. Sinha, 1966. "An Analysis of Food Expenditure in India," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 48(1), pages 113-123.
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