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Gender and sustainable livelihoods: case study of South African farm workers

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  • Stefanie Lemke
  • Anne C. Bellows
  • Nicole Heumann

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This study investigates how gender affects sustainable livelihoods in terms of the impact on food and nutrition security in farm worker households. Gender variables play a crucial role in the well-being of households, especially for women and children. A case study of South African farms shows that female-headed households, although having less access to earned income, take better care of the well-being of household members. While men remain the dominant earners, women have better access to social grants, remittances from relatives and informal incomes. Households led by women are found to have greater food security, defined as having physical, economic and social access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet dietary needs. The paper highlights the crucial role of women's access to resources and power relations within households for sustainable livelihoods and the need to include household and gender variables in demographic and health surveys.

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  • Stefanie Lemke & Anne C. Bellows & Nicole Heumann, 2009. "Gender and sustainable livelihoods: case study of South African farm workers," International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 4(2/3), pages 195-205.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:4:y:2009:i:2/3:p:195-205
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    1. Nicole Claasen & Stefanie Lemke, 2019. "Strong ties, weak actors? Social networks and food security among farm workers in South Africa," Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, Springer;The International Society for Plant Pathology, vol. 11(2), pages 417-430, April.
    2. C. M. Niesing & S. Van Der Merwe & D. M. Potgieter, 2016. "The Impact of Income-Generating Projects on Stimulating theDevelopment of Entrepreneurial Activities in Communities: The HoldingHands Case," International Journal of Business and Economic Affairs (IJBEA), Sana N. Maswadeh, vol. 1(1), pages 36-46.

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