Climate change continues to impact the livelihoods of smallholder farmers due to low
adaptive capacity. In South Africa, the challenge is exacerbated by water scarcity and …

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 …

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 …

Food insecurity is one of the national priorities in South Africa. Cash transfer programs are
hypothesized to alleviate short-term deprivations, regularize consumption, and reduce the …

Smallholder farmers encounter countless challenges that not only restrict them from
maximizing market opportunities but also limit their access to the markets. This paper aims to …

In many sub-Saharan African nations, commercializing smallholder agriculture has recently
been seen as a strategy for attaining equitable growth and eliminating poverty in a …

The introduction of cutting-edge technologies like Internet of Things (IoT) detectors and
drones, and farm surveillance, is transforming the farming sector in the Big Data era. Huge …

Climate change is challenging agricultural productivity, especially in Africa. Adoption of
improved or diverse seed varieties is a promising strategy to achieve increased yields …

South Africa has largely been characterized as food secure at the national level but food
insecure at a household level. This paper explores the impact of value chain participation on …

Indigenous crops have been proposed as part of a solution for household food security and
sustainable farming systems. However, they have been overlooked and underutilised by …