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Food security in Southern Africa: Causes and responses from across the region
18 March 2003, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria
A meeting hosted by the Southern African Regional Poverty Network in collaboration with CARE International and the French Institute of South Africa
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Introduction
NALEDI is aware of various initiatives to identify and track livelihood strategies within South Africa, including through the use of:
- Large panel data surveys (e.g. Roberts, 2001)
- Community-based rehabilitation after hospital treatment for severe malnutrition (e.g. Sanders et al, unpublished)
- District surveillance systems (e.g. Wittenberg and Collison, 2001)
- Qualitative interviews and focus groups (e.g. ILO, 2001)
The mammoth, but worthwhile, task of assembling a coherent and comprehensive picture of livelihood strategies and the impact of shocks from these and other sources is a major research exercise that goes beyond NALEDI's capabilities. NALEDI is also not a specialist in analysing the socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS. While the HSRC paper (Aliber and Modiselle, 2002) focuses on detailed aspects of household food insecurity in South Africa and other reports focus on the impact of HIV/AIDS (e.g. Booysen and Bachmann, 2002), this report takes as its starting point that affordable quality food is one of South Africa's key short-term problems, with long-term structural dimensions. This report therefore focuses on policy and implementation issues related to food security in South Africa under three headings:
- The origins of present day food security interventions
- Existing policy, its implementation and impact
- Mobilising toward the 'right to food'
Footnote:
- NALEDI is a non-governmental organisation, which undertakes labour and economic research
(see www.naledi.org.za).
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