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Status Quo of Households’ Backyard Food Gardens in South Africa: The “Drivers”

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  • Oladipo Olalekan David

    (School of Economic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark 1900, South Africa)

  • Wynand Grobler

    (School of Economic Sciences, North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, Vanderbijlpark 1900, South Africa)

Abstract

South Africa is one of the most food-secured countries at the national level but is food insecure at the household level. The disconnect in the food security at the national and at household level in the economy is a result of high food prices that most households cannot afford. One of the strategies of ameliorating food insecurity at the household level is the practice of backyard food gardens. This study identifies farmland size, land tenure system, agriculture-related assistance to households, location of residence of the household, agricultural training offered to households, and monetary grants for households for agriculture purpose as the determinants of households’ backyard food gardens in South Africa. The study used descriptive (horizontal bar chart) and inferential (Pearson’s chi-square) analyses to evaluate the household-level impacts of farmland size, land tenure system, agriculture-related assistance, location of residence, agricultural training, and monetary grants for agriculture purposes of the backyard food gardens in South Africa. The data for the study were sourced from the Statistics South Africa’s General Household Survey for 2019. The findings revealed that farmland size, land tenure system, agriculture-related assistance to households, location of residence of the household, agricultural training offered to households, and monetary grants for households for agriculture purposes are significant to households’ backyard food gardens in South Africa. It is clear that agriculture-related assistance is welcomed by the households but the spread across all dwelling locations is limited; therefore, there is need to spread agriculture-related assistance to all dwelling areas in South Africa. This will increase the drive towards food production in South Africa.

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  • Oladipo Olalekan David & Wynand Grobler, 2022. "Status Quo of Households’ Backyard Food Gardens in South Africa: The “Drivers”," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(5), pages 1-10, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:5:p:2674-:d:758158
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