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Urban-Urban and peri-urban agriculture as a poverty alleviation strategy among low income households : the case of Orange Farm, South Johannesburg

Urban and peri-urban agriculture is a strategy that can be adapted by low income
households in Orange Farm to meet their food and nutritional requirements. The practice
is a basis upon which poor families can enhance their incomes by producing part of their
food needs, hence saving money for use on other livelihood obligations. This dissertation
discusses the importance of urban and peri-urban agriculture as a method easily available
to low income families residing in informal settlements to access food and incomes.
Urban agriculture is examined in the context of poverty alleviation. A descriptive and
quantitative assessment of the salient variables of the practice in the area is attempted in
order to give an insight of the potential role the sector can play in eliminating poverty,
enhancing incomes and creating employment. The study shows that participation in urban
farming can impact significantly on poverty conditions and improve livelihoods. / MA (Development Studies)

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:umkn-dsp01.int.unisa.ac.za:10500/3562
Date01 1900
CreatorsOnyango, Calory Larr
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
Format1 online resource (xiii, 216 leaves)

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