Social functions of natural resources in the Tembe area of Maputaland, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
SOURCE: Journal of Social Development in Africa
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2008
TITLE AUTHOR(S): S.Mazibuko
KEYWORDS: FARMERS, LIVESTOCK, NATURAL RESOURCES, UNEMPLOYMENT
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 5361
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/5325
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/5325
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2008
TITLE AUTHOR(S): S.Mazibuko
KEYWORDS: FARMERS, LIVESTOCK, NATURAL RESOURCES, UNEMPLOYMENT
DEPARTMENT: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 5361
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/5325
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/5325
If you would like to obtain a copy of this Research Output, please contact Hanlie Baudin at researchoutputs@hsrc.ac.za.
Abstract
People living adjacent to the Tembe Elephant Park in Maputaland, KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa are highly dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods. The extremely high employment levels in the area mean that the people need to engage in multiple activities to diversify risks. The area is generally poor in terms of agricultural activity because the soils are naturally unsuitable for crop farming although they are only to a very limited extent, suitable for stock farming. This article, which is essentially descriptive in nature, is based on qualitative data which were obtained using semi-structured interviews, observation and an extensive literature review. The results of the study revealed that the people in this area had only limited capital to enable them to cope in the harsh conditions presented by nature and also that the area lacked formal job opportunities.-
Related Research Outputs:
- Municipal commonage administration in the Northern Cape: can municipalities promote emergent farming?
- Market access for small-scale farmers in South Africa
- Municipal commonage administration: can the new-look municipalities promote emergent farming?
- How a smallholder farmer entered and remained in the export market for thirty years
- Prolinnova South Africa: PROromoting Local INNOVAtion in ecologically-oriented agriculture and natural resource management
- What does PROLLINNOVA mean?
- Visit to Italy for the purpose of attending 18th Symposium of the International Farming Systems Association at the Salesianum, Rome
- The socioeconomics of subsistence farmers
- The socioeconomics of subsistence farmers and the contribution of the social sciences to agricultural development
- Can land and agrarian reform in South Africa create opportunities for smallholder farmers and help reduce rural poverty?
- Small-scale agriculture, employment and an all-inclusive rural economy
- Factors influencing the use of alternative land cultivation technologies in Swaziland: implications for smallholder farming on customary Swazi nation land
- How do small farm households benefit from ICT access and use?
- Stories of change: five diseases, one vaccine: a boost for emerging livestock farmers in South Africa
- The gendered dimensions of farming systems and rural farmer households in the context of food security: a pilot study of small-scale livestock farmers in Marble Hall and Rhenosterkop
- Gender, small-scale livestock farming and food security: policy implications in the South African context
- The socioeconomics of livestock keeping in two South African communities: a black man's bank
- Small-scale livestock farming and primary animal healthcare in South Africa: challenges and policy implications
- What factors determine household food security among smallholder farmers?: insights from Msinga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Gender dynamics within small-scale farming: narratives of smallholder livestock farmers in five provinces, South Africa