Contributions and Limitations of Food Gardening as a Sustainable Livelihood Strategy: Insights from a Case Study

Authors

  • Victor Chikadzi Lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand, Department of Social Work, Umthombo Building, P Bag 3, Wits, 2050, South Africa
  • Elvis Munatswa MPhil student University of the Witwatersrand, Department of Social Work, Umthombo Building, P Bag 3, Wits, 2050, South Africa

Abstract

The sustainable livelihoods approach dominates the development discourse as a panacea for poverty reduction. It is an approach premised on the view that it leads to development interventions that capacitate the poor. This article examines the efficacy of food gardening as a sustainable livelihood strategy. The research took the form of a case study. While the insights gleaned, show that food gardening has the potential to lift people out of the poverty trap, the current implementation of food gardens as an anti-poverty strategy is beset with challenges such as, lack of capital; poor access to markets, and inadequate business skills.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n4p597

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Published

2014-03-06

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Vol. 5 No. 4 (2014): March 2014

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Contributions and Limitations of Food Gardening as a Sustainable Livelihood Strategy: Insights from a Case Study. (2014). Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 5(4), 597. https://www.richtmann.org/journal/index.php/mjss/article/view/2251