"Upping the game?":a response to the WIPHOLD CSR initiative
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2014
TITLE AUTHOR(S): T.Hart, C.Nhemachena, M.Chitiga-Mabugu, E.Mupela
KEYWORDS: AGRICULTURE, DEVELOPMENT, FOOD SECURITY, POVERTY, QUALITY OF LIFE, RURAL COMMUNITIES, WOMEN
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 8543
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/2040
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/2040
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Abstract
Any development intervention in South Africa's rural areas must be applauded, especially when the focus is on assisting women and children and their immediate families. The interview with Gloria Serobe raises some interesting general points about development approaches in rural South Africa, particularly around food security and agricultural development.-
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