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Investigating the Sensitivity of Household Food Security to Agriculture-related Shocks and the Implication of Informal Social Capital and Natural Resource Capital: The Case of Rural Households in Mpumalanga, South Africa

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  • Byela Tibesigwa
  • Martine Visser
  • Wayne Twine

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Resource-poor rural South Africa is characterised by high human densities due to the historic settlement patterns imposed by apartheid, high levels of poverty, under-developed markets and substantially high food insecurity. This chronic food insecurity combined with climate and weather variability has led to the adoption of less conventional adaptation methods in resource-poor rural settings. This […]

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  • Byela Tibesigwa & Martine Visser & Wayne Twine, 2014. "Investigating the Sensitivity of Household Food Security to Agriculture-related Shocks and the Implication of Informal Social Capital and Natural Resource Capital: The Case of Rural Households in Mpum," Working Papers 470, Economic Research Southern Africa.
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    1. Kamiyama, Chiho & Hashimoto, Shizuka & Kohsaka, Ryo & Saito, Osamu, 2016. "Non-market food provisioning services via homegardens and communal sharing in satoyama socio-ecological production landscapes on Japan’s Noto peninsula," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 17(C), pages 185-196.

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    Keywords

    agriculture; climate change; food security; Natural Resources Management; Social welfare; Sustainability;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q1 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture
    • Q5 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics

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