The contribution of smallholder agriculture to the nutrition of rural households in a semi-arid environment in South Africa

Water SA

Volumn 33, Issue 3 SPECIAL EDICTION, 2007, Pages 413-418

  Van Averbeke, W ^a   Khosa, T B ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dry land farming; Household food security; Iron; Irrigated home gardening; Micro nutrients; Nutrition; Poverty; Protein; Rural agriculture; Semi arid; Vitamin A; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTS; IRON; PROBABILITY; PROTEINS; VEGETATION; VITAMINS;

DRY LAND FARMING; HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY; IRRIGATED HOME GARDENING; MICRO-NUTRIENTS; POVERTY; RURAL AGRICULTURE;

NUTRITION;

FOOD PRODUCTS; IRON; NUTRITION; PROBABILITY; PROTEINS; VEGETATION; VITAMINS;

CROP PRODUCTION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SECURITY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NUTRITION; POVERTY; SEMIARID REGION; SMALLHOLDER; VEGETABLE;

AFRICA; LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WATERBERG;

EID: 34250340529     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v33i3.180612     Document Type: Conference Paper

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