Abstract
ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is to analyse the impact of land access and livelihood strategies of rural households to well-being of households ' implications to extension agents in Mnquma, Eastern Cape. A cross-sectional research design was utilised to collect data from 105 randomly selected households. Descriptive statistics was then used to profile livelihood strategies and characteristics such as age, gender, years of farm experience, the availability of water and land for crop production and the income farmers generate from the sale of crops produced. Multinomial logistic regression results demonstrated that land size and location have a positive significant influence (p = 0.001) on household well-being. It is concluded that though land size has a positive influence on well-being, expanding farms through adding plots and distant farming hinders the attainment of well-being. Moreover, households with large number of dependents and those working in exclusive farming are disadvantaged in the attainment of well-being. There is therefore room to enhance progress in attainment of well-being through reducing the distance to farms and promoting diversification of livelihood strategies. The Eastern Cape department of Agriculture and Rural Development is advised to support distant farmers with settlements in their destinations. Furthermore, extension agents do play a significant role in promoting livelihoods of rural households and contribute towards improved land access. Keywords: Land access, livelihood strategy, rural households, South Africa
Highlights
1.1 BackgroundIn South Africa, land access remains an emotive issue
Ths the objective of the study is to analyze the impact of land access and livelihood strategies to well-being of households in Mnquma, Eastern Cape
The findings provide a supporting evidence of statistically significant effect of livelihood strategy on gender shown on Table 2
Summary
In South Africa, land access remains an emotive issue. This resulted from the bitterness about forced removals from their land, an action that was seen as a symbolic erasure of black identity and insights (Frost, 1998 and Obi, 2011). According to the Reconstruction and Development Programme document (RDP), land is a “basic need” of the people of South Africa (Kepe, 2016). Agriculture, the main user of land worldwide and the sector accounts for more than 2.2% of South Africa’s GDP, and roughly 8% of formal employment in the country (StatsSA, 2016). Land must play a more important role in a transformation process where a significant segment of the population is unemployed and do not have the skills for meaningfully participating in other economic activities besides agriculture
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