Food security in South Africa
Ensuring that every man, woman and child has access to adequate food at all times is one of the basic social and political goals of democratic South Africa, a right which is guaranteed in the country’s Constitution as in international law. Yet food insecurity remains widespread and persistent, at le...
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| description | Ensuring that every man, woman and child has access to adequate food at all times is one of the basic social and political goals of democratic South Africa, a right which is guaranteed in the country’s Constitution as in international law. Yet food insecurity remains widespread and persistent, at levels much higher than in countries with similar levels of per capita GDP. What in South Africa’s policies, institutions and ideas is creating the paradox of strong commitments and weak outcomes? Examining the channels by which households acquire food – through production, exchange and social transfers – the chapters of this book highlight many gaps in policy response. They argue that access to food cannot be achieved solely through cash transfers or increasing national production. Rather, what is needed is a much broader set of policies, a coordinated strategy involving diverse sectors, and the mobilisation of civil society to claim this right. This book makes a timely contribution to the debates, alternatives and issues around food insecurity from a human rights perspective. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1341502024-02-15T07:44:11Z Food security in South Africa Taylor, Viviene Fukuda-Parr, Sakiko Ensuring that every man, woman and child has access to adequate food at all times is one of the basic social and political goals of democratic South Africa, a right which is guaranteed in the country’s Constitution as in international law. Yet food insecurity remains widespread and persistent, at levels much higher than in countries with similar levels of per capita GDP. What in South Africa’s policies, institutions and ideas is creating the paradox of strong commitments and weak outcomes? Examining the channels by which households acquire food – through production, exchange and social transfers – the chapters of this book highlight many gaps in policy response. They argue that access to food cannot be achieved solely through cash transfers or increasing national production. Rather, what is needed is a much broader set of policies, a coordinated strategy involving diverse sectors, and the mobilisation of civil society to claim this right. This book makes a timely contribution to the debates, alternatives and issues around food insecurity from a human rights perspective. 2024-02-15T07:44:06Z 2024-02-15T07:44:06Z 2016 book ONIX_20240215_9781485115663_12 9781485115663 9781775820727 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/134150 eng image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://www.booksdirect.co.za/item/food_security_in_south_africa https://openuctpress.uct.ac.za/uctpress/catalog/view/56/97/240 UCT Press 10.58331/UCTPRESS.56 10.58331/UCTPRESS.56 9ab8d8c8-92ff-4470-a14e-e60f2c992ea5 9781485115663 9781775820727 276 Cape Town open access |
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