Participatory approaches in community-driven projects are usually connected to sustainable livelihoods. Previous studies have focussed more on community-based tourism (CBT), where private investors, donors and non-governmental ...
Despite numerous attempts to improve the participation of the Traditional Leadership Institution (TLI) in rural development, it is still not clear what its sector-specific roles and contributions are in agriculture (TLIC). ...
In fragile contexts, the main priority for service providers is to direct resources to interventions that save the lives of vulnerable communities. Sometimes, this is done at the expense of long-term sustainable rural ...
The need for acquiring intercultural competencies (ICs) among postgraduate students increased drastically in the 21st Century. This was in response to the need for graduates from higher education institutions (HEIs) to be ...
Youth-owned small retail businesses in rural areas are perceived as a potential panacea for poverty, unemployment and agents of socio-economic integration. However, most of them often fail to reach their full potential. ...
Seasonal variation and long-term change in climate have a direct impact on the form, scale, spatial and temporal effects on maize farming. Adaptation is key to reducing the effects. Several costs accompany the adaptation ...
Indigenous games play an important role in human life, for example entertainment, socialization, learning, sport and culture preservation. The concern is that youth of today are generally no longer seen participating in ...
Subsistence agriculture is regarded as a primary strategy adopted by the rural households for increasing their access to food for their families. Food system options for rural households are mainly through own production ...
Entrepreneurship is currently widely considered by government and other organisation bodies a means to reduce unemployment among young people. However, despite the South African government’s efforts to promote entrepreneurship ...
In several countries, traditional leaders and Ward Committees are respected players in rural development. In light of this, the South African government made several efforts to build sustainable harmony among traditional ...
Throughout the world, small-scale food vending forms an integral part of society, serving as a poverty buffer and a local based economy generation strategy to optimize livelihoods. However, untrustworthiness and safety ...
Potable water supply is a fundamental human right and protected by international conventions and national laws. Access to it and having in place an appropriate water supply system remain the building blocks to improving ...
Over 50% of the world's economies face high enterprise failure with African countries being on the top of the list. Specifically, South Africa is among nations with the highest rate of enterprise failure, estimated at 70%, ...
Food and nutritional insecurity, poverty and hunger are some of the 21st
-century challenges baffling most developing economies. Worldwide, 1.2 billion people are estimated to be living in
poverty. Since 1990, the number ...
Many countries provide food to school children through school feeding programmes (SFPs). This is designed to alleviate short-term hunger and encourage learners to attend school. Many children in South Africa attend school ...
In most poverty-stricken countries, edible indigenous plants (EIPs) have been an ever-present component of the household food and nutrition security equation since time immemorial. The place of these plants in the household ...
This study originated from the realisation that non-conventional crops such as Bambara nuts (Vigna subterranea) were becoming increasingly important in addressing food insecurity and malnutrition in the smallholder farming ...
Two decades after the “Fast Track” land resettlement in Zimbabwe, little is known about the
sustainability of livelihoods of households that benefited from the programme. “Fast Track” refers
to the accelerated land ...
Approximately, 780 million of people in the world lack access to safe water for domestic use. Out
of these, 37 % are found in sub-Saharan Africa. Because of the negative impact of climate
variability and change, scarcity ...
Land reform programmes have been implemented to address challenges of inequality in land
ownership and poverty in many countries worldwide. They provide the poor people with
important livelihood opportunities, such as ...