Thesis (MSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2001. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of the study was to develop the content of a programme to increase the awareness of women in
Duncan Village of I) the potential role of food micro-enterprises in the improvement of food security; 2)
the consumer demand concerning the operations of food micro-enterprises; and 3) appropriate microenterprise
training programmes available in the greater East-London area. This was based on an
identified need for the inclusion of a module on food security in a comprehensive programme to prevent
growth failure in 0 to 24-month-old children attending local government clinics in Duncan Village by
improving the capacity of mothers or primary caregivers to care for their children.
Food security is defined as access by all people at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life.
The potential role of food micro-enterprises in the improvement of food security was established through
a literature review. It was established that street foods contribute to individual food security by
providing food where people work or congregate at cheap prices, thus increasing availability. It also
helps in meeting energy and nutritional needs if safe, nutritious food is provided. The main method by
which it increases an individual's access to food is by supplying an income to food micro-enterprise
owners if they sell street foods.
The consumer demand concerning the operations (including the products) of food micro-enterprises was
determined through personal interviews with the customers and non-customers of food micro-enterprises
in Duncan Village, using a structured questionnaire. One hundred and twenty-nine customers and 129
non-customers were selected using a combination of cluster and convenience sampling. Food microenterprises
operating at the schools and on pavements in Duncan Village and at the taxi rank in East
London were included. The results of this particular survey indicate that the consumer behaviour is
influenced by the trade area where the customers purchase their food, the age and gender of the
customers as well as the friendliness of the vendor. The product choice of consumers was mostly
determined by taste, price and how filling the food is. There was general satisfaction with the operating
times of, and the products sold by, food micro-enterprises. Street food consumers were least satisfied
with the locations where the enterprises were situated. The dusty environment was given as a reason for
dissatisfaction. Further, cleanliness of the food, the vendor and the environment were the main problems
cited, especially by the non-customers.
The appropriateness of micro-enterprise training programmes available in the greater East London area
for current and prospective food micro-enterprise owners in Duncan Village was determined by
compiling a profile of food micro-enterprises, their owners and their business operations in Duncan
Village; identifying the features of the ideal training programme for current and prospective food microenterprise
owners in Duncan Village; investigating the supply of micro-enterprise training in the greater
East London area; and evaluating the appropriateness of the identified training programmes. The profile of food micro-enterprises in Duncan Village owned by women, included a profile of the
owners, the enterprise itself as well as the business operations thereof. The data were gathered by means
ofa personal interview (using a structured questionnaire) with the owners of food micro-enterprises. The
enterprises included in the study were operated by women producing and trading processed foods from
non-permanent structures at schools and on pavements in Duncan Village, as well as at the taxi ranks in
East London. Systematic sampling techniques were used to select food micro-enterprises at the schools
while all the enterprises at the pavements and at the taxi rank were included. This resulted in the
inclusion of 41 food micro-enterprises. The results indicated that the profiles of these owners do not
differ significantly from micro-enterprise owners operating in the informal sector elsewhere in South
Africa. Furthermore, they indicated a clear need for training in all aspects regarding their business
operations.
The identification of the features of the ideal micro-enterprise training programme for the training of
current and prospective female food micro-enterprise owners operating in Duncan Village was based on
the profiles of street food consumers and food micro-enterprise owners, discussions with experts and on
the literature. The identified features were used for the development of a framework to evaluate the
appropriateness of micro-enterprise training in the greater East London area for current and prospective
food micro-enterprise owners in Duncan Village.
The supply of micro-enterprise training in the greater East London area for food micro-enterprise owners
was investigated using a structured questionnaire, completed during a personal interview with the
training managers of the organisations. All governmental and non-governmental organisations in the
area offering training programmes with the objective to motivate and enable persons to establish a microenterprise
in the informal sector; or with the objective to enable established micro-enterprises to operate
more efficiently within the informal sector, were included in the study population. These organisations
were identified through snowball sampling and resulted in ten organisations and 17 programmes being
included.
Subsequently, the appropriateness of micro-enterprise training programmes available in the greater East
London area for current and prospective food micro-enterprise owners in Duncan Village was evaluated
using the Evaluation Framework. The results indicate that only one programme, combining business
management and cooking skills, could be rated as appropriate for current and prospective food microenterprise
owners in Duncan Village. Five other programmes could be rated as moderately appropriate
for particular groups. These programmes, with the exception of one, included business management
skills and no cooking skills. The remaining programmes were rated as either not very appropriate or
inappropriate for current and prospective food micro-enterprise owners in Duncan Village.
It is concluded that a need for the mentioned awareness-creating programme exists. Furthermore, it is
recommended that the programme developed in this research, be used as basis for the household food
security module of the comprehensive programme. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van die studie was die ontwikkeling van 'n program om die bewustheid van vroue in Duncan
Village ten opsigte van 1) die bydrae wat voedsel mikro-ondernemings tot die verbetering van voedsel
sekuriteit kan lewer; 2) verbruikers se behoeftes betreffende die bedrywighede van voedsel mikroondernemings;
en 3) toepaslike mikro-onderneming opleidingprogramme in die groter Oos Londen area
te verhoog. Die behoefte om 'n module oor voedselsekuriteit in 'n omvattende intervensie program in te
sluit, is reeds geïdentifiseer. Hierdie intervensie program het ten doeI om groeivertraging in 0 tot 24
maande oue kinders, wat munisipale klinieke in Duncan Village besoek, te voorkom deur die
versorgingkapasiteit van hul moeders of primêre versorgers te verhoog.
Voedselsekuriteit word gedefinieer as toegang deur alle mense, ten alle tye, tot genoegsame voedsel vir
'n aktiewe, gesonde lewe. Die potensiële rol wat voedsel mikro-ondernemings in die verbetering van
voedselsekuriteit kan speel, is deur middel van 'n literatuuroorsig vasgestel. Daar is vasgestel dat die
voedsel wat deur hierdie ondernemings verkoop word tot individuele voedselsekuriteit bydra deurdat dit
goedkoop voedsel beskikbaar stel by plekke waar mense werk of andersins bymekaar kom. Indien
veilige en voedsame voedsel voorsien word, kan dit help om energie- en voedingbehoeftes te bevredig.
Die belangrikste metode waardeur dit 'n individu se toegang tot voedsel verhoog, is deur 'n inkomste aan
die eienaars van voedsel mikro-ondernemings te verskaf.
Verbruikers se behoeftes betreffende die bedrywighede, insluitend produkte, van voedsel mikroondernemings
is met behulp van gestruktureerde vraelyste tydens persoonlike onderhoude met die kopers
en nie-kopers van voedsel van hierdie ondernemings, bepaal. Eenhonderd nege-en-twintig kopers en niekopers
is onderskeidelik geselekteer deur 'n kombinasie van bondel- en geriefssteekproefneming te
gebruik. Die voedsel mikro-ondernemings wat handel gedryf het by skole en op sypaadjies in Duncan
Village, asook dié by die taxi staanplek in Oos Londen, is in hierdie steekproef ingesluit. Die resultate
van hierdie opname toon aan dat verbruikergedrag bepaal word deur die gebied waar verbruikers hul kos
koop, die geslag en ouderdom van die verbruiker, en die vriendelikheid van die verkoper. Verbruikers se
produkkeuse word grootliks bepaal deur die smaak, koste en die vullingsvermoë van die voedsel.
Verbruikers was oor die algemeen tevrede met die bedryfsure en die produkte van voedsel mikroondernemings.
Hulle was egter die minste tevrede met die area waar die ondernemings bedryf word,
hoofsaaklik vanweë die stowwerigheid van die omgewing. Nie-kopers in die besonder het die higiëne
van die voedsel, die verkoper en die omgewing as hul grootste bronne van kommer bestempel.
Die toepaslikheid van beskikbare mikro-onderneming opleidingprogramme in die groter Oos Londen
omgewing vir huidige en voornemende eienaars van voedsel mikro-ondernemings in Duncan Village is
geëvalueer deur die volgende stappe uit te voer: 'n Profiel van voedsel mikro-ondernemings, met
inbegrip van die eienaars en die besigheidsaktiwiteite, is saamgestel. Die eienskappe van die ideale
opleidingprogram vir huidige en voornemende eienaars van voedsel mikro-ondernemings in Duncan
Village is geïdentifiseer, die beskikbaarheid van mikro-onderneming opleiding in die groter Oos Londen
omgewing is ondersoek en die toepaslikheid van die geïdentifiseerde programme is geëvalueer. Die profiel van voedsel mikro-ondernemings in Duncan Village, het 'n profiel van die eienaars, die
onderneming self en die besigheidbedrywighede ingesluit. Die data is ingesamel deur gestruktureerde
vraelyste gedurende 'n persoonlike onderhoud met die eienaars van voedsel mikro-ondernemings te
voltooi. Die ondernemings wat in die studie ingesluit is, is bestuur deur vroue wat voedsel vervaardig en
verkoop vanaf nie-permanente strukture by die skole en op die sypaadjies in Duncan Village, asook die
taxi staanplek in Oos Londen. Sistematiese steekproefnemingmetodes is gebruik om die voedsel mikroondernemings
by die skole te selekteer. Al die ondernemings wat vanaf die sypaadjies in Duncan
Village en die taxi staanplek in Oos Londen bedryf is, is ingesluit. Een-en-veertig voedsel mikroondernemings
is in die studie populasie ingesluit. Die resultate het aangedui dat die profiel van die
eienaars nie wesentlik verskil het van dié van algemene mikro-onderneming eienaars in die informele
sektor elders in Suid Afrika nie. Bykans alle eienaars het aangedui dat daar by hulle 'n behoefte bestaan
vir opleiding in alle aspekte rondom die bestuur van hulle besighede.
Die eienskappe van die ideale mikro-onderneming opleidingprogram vir huidige en potensiële eienaars
(vroulik) van voedsel mikro-ondernemings in Duncan Village, is gebaseer op die profiele van die
verbruikers en eienaars van voedsel mikro-ondernemings, besprekings met kundiges op die gebied en
relevante literatuur. Die geïdentifiseerde eienskappe is gebruik vir die ontwikkeling van 'n raamwerk om
die toepaslikheid van mikro-onderneming opleidingprogramme in die groter Oos Londen area te
evalueer.
Die beskikbaarheid van mikro-onderneming opleiding programme in die groter Oos Londen omgewing,
vir voedsel mikro-onderneming eienaars, is met behulp van 'n gestruktureerde vraelys wat tydens 'n
persoonlike onderhoud met die opleidingbestuurders van die organisasies voltooi is, ondersoek. Alle
regerings- en nie-regerings organisasies in die omgewing wat opleidingprogramme met die doel om
persone te motiveer en in staat te stel om 'n voedsel mikro-onderneming in die informele sektor te vestig,
of om 'n gevestigde voedsel mikro-onderneming meer effektief te bedryf, aanbied, is in die studie
populasie ingesluit. Tien organisasies en 17 programme is deur middel van sneeubal steekproefneming
geïdentifiseer en ingesluit.
Die toepaslikheid van beskikbare mikro-onderneming opleidingprogramme in die groter Oos Londen
omgewing is deur middel van die Evaluering Raamwerk geëvalueer. Die resultate het aangedui dat slegs
een program wat ondernemingsbestuur- en voedsel voorbereidingsvaardighede gekombineer het, as
toepaslik vir huidige en voornemende voedsel mikro-onderneming eienaars beskou kon word. Vyf ander
programme kan as redelik toepaslik vir sekere groepe gesien word. Almal behalwe een van hierdie
programme het ondernemingsbestuurvaardighede ingesluit, maar geen voedsel
voorbereidingsvaardighede nie. Die oorblywende programme is as nie baie toepaslik of geensins
toepaslik vir huidige en voornemende eienaars van voedsel mikro-ondernemings in Duncan Village
geëvalueer.
Daar is tot die gevolgtrekking gekom dat daar 'n behoefte bestaan vir die bogenoemde
bewusmakingprogram. Daar word verder aanbeveel dat die program wat in hierdie navorsing ontwikkel
is, as 'n basis vir die huishoudelike voedselsekuriteit module in die omvattende intervensie program
gebruik word.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/52274 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Cress-Williams, Lise |
| Contributors | Senekal, M., O'Neill, D. R., Vosloo, M .C., Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Science. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 233 p. : ill. |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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