Abstract
This research note considers the relationship between various support services to farmers and food production as well as household food security of rural households with access to communal crop and grazing land in the former “homelands”. The Farmer Support Programme (“FSP”) was implemented in selected target areas in the developing areas (“homelands”) of South Africa since 1987, with the specific aim to address the constraints faced by farmers in these areas. A three year evaluation programme of the FSP in one area Lebowa, show that the farmer support programme has improved the food security situation in these areas and contributed to a better livelihood for thousands of households in rural Lebowa. The results also confirms that the elements of the support programme can, at least partly, be related to the increase in maize production and the improved household food security situation in Lebowa.
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