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Land reform, housing and urban agriculture: a gendered approach to realising the right to food

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HCHuman Sciences Research Council

Key Points

  • The study aims to investigate how a gendered approach to land reform can enhance food security through urban agriculture in South Africa.
  • Examined urban farming practices among women in South Africa
  • Analyzed land reform policies for gender sensitivity
  • Identified contributions of women in community food security efforts
  • Women constitute the majority of urban farmers in South Africa
  • Their involvement in urban agriculture enhances local food security
  • Land reform policies need to explicitly support gender considerations to be effective

Abstract

In many parts of South Africa, women make up the majority of urban farmers operating in their own backyards or driving food security in their communities as part of larger groups that sell or donate their surplus produce. The country's land reform policies require an explicitly gender-sensitive approach to support them.

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Human Sciences Research Council (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a13e8680e02ee3982d3321bhttps://doi.org/10.14749/32381214
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