Urban Agriculture and Sustainable Livelihoods: the Siyakhana Initiative

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dc.contributor.authorvan Niekerk, Bianca
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-29T08:23:49Z
dc.date.available2016-08-29T08:23:49Z
dc.date.issued2015-11
dc.descriptionPlanning Honours Report 2015, Wits Universityen_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis Honours research report assesses whether participation in urban agriculture helps reduce poverty in Johannesburg and improves the livelihoods of its inner city poor. The investigation was undertaken in Bez Valley, Bezuidenhout Park, where the Siyakhana food garden is located. The findings of the investigation revealed that the Siyakhana Initiative has improved the livelihoods of its gardeners by improving their food security, helping them gain an income and has become a place where the gardeners are able to benefit by learning about permaculture. However, the findings also revealed that the gardeners have not fully benefitted from the food garden, but rather that they have been able to receive income simply due to external funding the Initiative has received. Also, the report shows that the Siyakhana garden has not been able to extend its benefits to the broader community, mainly due to its poor business model. This nevertheless laid bare the fact that the Initiative is in need of more support from the CoJ despite their attempts to put food security on the policy agenda. It has also emphasised that support from urban planning and local government as a whole is needed in order to ensure that urban agricultural projects such as Siyakhana become more sustainable in the future.en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationvan Niekerk, B (2015). Urban Agriculture and Sustainable Livelihoods: the Siyakhana Initiative, Johannesburgen_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/20958
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburgen_ZA
dc.subjecturban agriculture, poverty, Johannesburg, Siyakhana Initiative, food security, communityen_ZA
dc.titleUrban Agriculture and Sustainable Livelihoods: the Siyakhana Initiativeen_ZA
dc.typeReporten_ZA
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