An investigation of factors surrounding food insecurity in kwaMthethwa

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dc.contributor.advisorNtombela, N.H.
dc.contributor.advisorGulube, T.
dc.contributor.authorMfekaye, Zodwa Muntumuntu
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-24T05:48:06Z
dc.date.available2015-11-24T05:48:06Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionA thesis submitted to the Faculty of Arts in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Masters in Social Work in the Department of Social Work at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2013en_US
dc.description.abstractThe study “An Investigation of Factors Surrounding Food Insecurity in KwaMthethwa”examines the factors responsible for food insecurity with specific reference to the rural people of KwaMthethwa. The investigation found that many factors coalesce to worsen the problem of food insecurity in the area under study. Mainly but not exclusively, factors that were found to worsen food insecurity in the KwaMthethwa area were: inadequate land supply, unemployment exacerbated by lack of marketable work skills, cultural practices and beliefs that tend to marginalize women away from the profitable work force, the HIV- AIDS epidemic which leaves many children without parents and the colonial mentality of white farm employers who see black labour as an exploitable commodity. In KwaMthethwa area the population group most severely affected by food insecurity was women and children. It was found that the situation of food insecurity could be improved by increasing productive infrastructure such as roads, telecommunication links, clinics, schools and properly equipped libraries.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10530/1416
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Zululanden_US
dc.subjectfood insecurity --KwaMthethwa --rural populationsen_US
dc.titleAn investigation of factors surrounding food insecurity in kwaMthethwaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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