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Research outputs: FOOD SECURITY
2020 COVID-19, food security and nutrition: implications for vulnerable urban households in South Africa
For the period June 2019 to March 2020, there were 13 670 000 people in South Africa who were regarded as being food insecure (World Food Pr...
Download this report2020 Exploring beyond the conjunctural rhetoric: sociocultural drivers for the "cassava crisis" in Cote d'Ivoire
Despite considerable improvement of food security in low- and middle-income countries over the last decades, food shortages remain persisten...
2020 Rapid assessment of the impact of Covid-19 on agriculture and the food system in South Africa: final report
This report is a consolidation of individual reports emanating from 4 different research activities which sought to understand the impacts o...
Download this report2019 Garden ownership as a solution to food insecurity in urban areas of South Africa: case of food gardens in Alice town, Eastern Cape province
Programs like Siyazondla Homestead Gardens, Siyakhula and Massive Food Production Program were introduced by the provincial government of th...
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