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Household garden helps farm worker put food on the table
Makhosi Nkosi, 58 is a farm worker from Hillerman Farm in Wartburg about 50 km from Pietermaritzburg. Her household of eight have to live on R2040 a month, which is less than a living wage and much lower than what is needed for a household to buy a basic basket of nutritious food. And, of course, […]
Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on small-scale farmer and agro-processor, Philani Ngcobo
Philani Ngcobo is a full-time small-scale farmer who lives in a communal area in Ndwedwe, a small town in Ilembe District Municipality just outside of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal. COVID 19 impacted his farming, with losses in some areas and gains in others. Philani studied accounting after school and received a National Diploma in Accounting and […]
Lockdown affected the livelihood of smallholder farmers: Mam’ Nene
Mam’ Nene from Mayizenkanye in uMshwathi, KZN shares her perspective on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected her livelihood. This short video was developed as part of the research project entitled “The Impacts of Covid-19 Responses on the Political Economy of African Food Systems” to highlight the impacts of Covid-19 regulatory and support interventions on the functioning and […]
Lockdown affected the livelihood of smallholder farmers: Lucy Nxusa
Lucy Nxusa from Mayizenkanye in uMshwathi, KZN shares her perspective on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected her livelihood. This short video was developed as part of the research project entitled “The Impacts of Covid-19 Responses on the Political Economy of African Food Systems” to highlight the impacts of Covid-19 regulatory and support interventions on the functioning and […]
Lockdown affected the livelihood of smallholder farmers: Ndabenkulu Myeza
Ndabenkulu Myeza from Appelbosch, Ozwathini in KZN shares his perspective on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected his livelihood. This short video was developed as part of the research project entitled “The Impacts of Covid-19 Responses on the Political Economy of African Food Systems” to highlight the impacts of Covid-19 regulatory and support interventions on the functioning and […]
Lockdown affected the livelihood of smallholder farmers: Matrina Xulu
Matrina Xulu from Appelbosch, Ozwathini in KZN shares her perspective on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected her livelihood. This short video was developed as part of the research project entitled “The Impacts of Covid-19 Responses on the Political Economy of African Food Systems” to highlight the impacts of Covid-19 regulatory and support interventions on the functioning and […]
Insecure Tenure – Impact on women on farms
This story highlight the impact of insecure tenure on women on farms. The story is narrated by Nike Mkhize, a member of Qina Mbokodo from uMkhambathini Local Municipality in KZN. #Commonwealth #cfgrants #QinaMbokodo
Gender-Based Violence: The story of MaNxumalo
This story highlight the Gender-Based Violence experienced by rural women. Characters to the story are members of Qina Mbokodo, a group of women on farms in uMgungundlovu District Municipality, KZN. #Commonwealth #cfgrants #QinaMbokodo
Africa Land Forum 2020: Mainstreaming Land Governance in the Agenda 2063
In this paper AFRA Director, Laurel Oettle provides a perspective from South Africa on what the impacts of COVID-19 and the lockdown that accompanied have exposed about our food system. This includes the contribution of small-scale (or family) farmers, how rapidly hunger can rise, and what could be changed to bring citizens back from the […]