Throughout the world, small-holder irrigation schemes are viewed as a key strategy for increasing agricultural productivity, sustaining rural livelihoods, adapting to climate variability and change, and reducing poverty ...

The world today is being challenged to consider utlising Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) for livelihoods, animal production and the environment care. The application of IKS in cattle production and water conservation ...

The number of secondary school learners abusing alcohol in South Africa and other developing countries is increasing. Alcohol and drug abuse causes poor educational outcomes and increases criminal behaviour. Failure to ...

Cosmo City Integrated Development Project is a mixed-use, integrated housing and inclusionary housing development for families from different income groups. The project was conceived in response to the needs of the people ...

Women and men use water differently. A significant number of rural women and men rely on natural water resources for farming in irrigated schemes, as a key and common economic activity. Women undertake farming either ...

The resilience concept has attracted interest across many fields in the recent years. The interdisciplinary nature of the concept has led to the existence of numerous definitions, interpretations and measurement approaches. ...

Declining underground water, unpredictable rainfall patterns and high temperatures pose a threat to future food and water security. Water security is also threatened by the growing demand for water in the agriculture sector ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...