Indigenous and traditional foods crops (ITFCs) have multiple uses within society, and most
notably have an important role to play in the attempt to diversify the food in order to enhance …

Smallholder farmers in South Africa find it challenging to participate in the modern economy.
Most of these farmers have limited access to credit and insurance, and to markets in which to …

Enormous Literature indicates that agriculture remains a source of livelihood for about 86%
of rural people and generates job opportunities for approximately 1.3 billion small-scale …

Abstract Sheep production in South Africa has experienced some growth though very slow,
and as such production cannot meet demand in the local market. This study aimed to …

The aim of this study was to determine the factors that influence the resilience of smallholder
farming households in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. This study utilised …

Worldwide drought has significance and continues to pose long-lasting effects on the
agricultural sector, including South Africa. The recurring drought is a major challenge to …

Sub-Saharan African (sSA) countries are facing three interrelated challenges, namely water
scarcity, population growth, and food and nutritional insecurity of essential micronutrients …

Vegetables play a very important role in rural and urban communities as both food and a
business opportunity. They are fast-growing species, with high nutritional values and able to …

The paper investigates if two groups of smallholder sheep farmers who farm using
communal grazing land in the N8 development corridor of South Africa can be treated in a …

Worldwide there is consensus that resource-intensive and negligent farming production
systems, still widely practised in South Africa, has unsustainable elements which, with …