Journal
FOOD SECURITY
Volume 6, Issue 3, Pages 339-357Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-014-0349-1
Keywords
Food security; Sustainable rural livelihoods; Deagrarianization; Retail sector; South Africa
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- University of the Witwatersrand/Medical Research Council's Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Wits/MRC Agincourt Unit)
- Wellcome Trust through Agincourt Health and Demographic Surveillance System [085477/Z/08/Z]
- Fulbright scholarship
- Oxford Clarendon Scholarship Fund
- Commonwealth scholarship
- Future Agricultures Consortium
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A decline in subsistence agriculture across sub-Saharan Africa has meant an increased role for the private sector in food security strategies, but this role remains a relatively blind spot in food policy. We address this gap by analyzing retailers and consumers in a rural region of South Africa. Our results show that purchasing food is an important food security strategy for the rural poor, but is constrained by a lack of access to income. Furthermore, a reliance on specific non-perishable foodstuffs impacts the micronutrients that the poorest can access if they are unable to grow their own fresh produce. Adaptive food policy thus requires a holistic appreciation of the food system - emphasizing production as well as building livelihoods outside of agriculture.
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