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- 1Communities of Practice
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- 1Disincentive Effect
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- 1Beckie, Mary (Community Engagement Studies)
- 1Cundill, Georgina (Environmental Science)
- 1Krogman, Naomi (Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology & Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research)
- 1Luckert, Martin (Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
- 1Parkins, John (Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
- 1Professor Martin Luckert: Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology
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Effects of Social Grants on Labor Supply and Food Security of South African Households: Is There a Disincentive Effect?
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This study assesses impacts of social grants on labor supply and food security of South African households. We use a unique set of data collected in rural Eastern Cape in 2011. We highlight the interaction of two key household endowments, gender and human capital, in catalyzing or retarding the...
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Fall 2020
Food security in developing countries is an essential component of welfare. However, the food security of households can be constrained by the lack of access to international markets, gender inequality, weak agricultural policies and institutions, climate change, and poverty. Smallholder farmers...
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Knowledge Mobilization for Sustainable Food Production: Nutrition Gardening and Fish Farming Communities of Practice in the Kolli Hills, India
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This study explores the importance of knowledge mobilization in the formation of more sustainable food systems. In particular, it examines the development and maintenance of sustainable food production practices that enhance food security for small farmers in the Kolli Hills, India. It uses...
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Spring 2013
Culture provides a lens through which to increase our understanding of community responses that both contribute to and detract from a population’s food security. This qualitative study using semi-structured interviews, observations and visual methodology identifies how culture is manifested...