Food insecurity is an intractable problem in South Africa. The country has a tradition of
evidence-based decision making, grounded in the findings of national surveys. However …

Background The recent listeriosis outbreak in South Africa brought food safety concerns to
the fore in terms of both policy and practice. These concerns encompass both health and …

Is food aid the way of the future? What are the prospects for integrated public policies
informed by the right to food? First World Hunger Revisited investigates the rise of food …

Although the term itself was only developed in the 1970s, food security has played a central
role in policies that have shaped the history of South Africa from the 17 th century. As with …

Traditional markets form a critical part of rural-urban food systems in sub-Saharan Africa
(SSA). Aside from providing more affordable and physically accessible food to low-income …

Addressing the disproportionate burden of food insecurity in South Africa requires targeted
efforts to help smallholder farmers to access markets. The purpose of this study was to …

This paper investigates the impact of entrepreneurial competencies on food security among
rural farming households in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (SA). A total of 513 rural …

Since 2002, a range of South African policies have attempted to address the
disproportionate burden of food and nutrition insecurity on the population. Yet malnutrition …

International experience reveals that food policy development often occurs in silos and
offers few tangible mechanisms to address the interlinked, systemic issues underpinning …

First World Hunger: Food Security and Welfare Politics (Riches, 1997a) offered the first cross-
national study of the emergence and entrenchment of food aid and charitable food banking …