Food security in South Africa : first steps toward a transdisciplinary approach
| dc.contributor.author | Drimie, S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | McLachlan, M. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-04-29T13:20:39Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-04-29T13:20:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-02 | |
| dc.description | Publication of this article was funded by the Stellenbosch University Open Access Fund. | en_ZA |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at http://www.springer.com/life+sciences/agriculture/journal/12571 | en_ZA |
| dc.description.abstract | The Stellenbosch University Food Security Initiative provides a platform on which a range of research projects has been developed, spanning different faculties and departments, including the health sciences, agricultural sciences, engineering, and the social sciences. Drawing on a selection of these projects, some of which are published in a special section of this issue of Food Security, the paper highlights key emerging findings and their implications for future work in this field in South Africa. It incorporates a range of perspectives on food security in the country, highlighting different dimensions of the subject. The paper argues that a systemic approach is required to address food insecurity in South Africa, combining rigorous disciplinary and interdisciplinary research with effective approaches to research-policy linkages and social learning. The review concludes that such an approach should be institutionalised at Stellenbosch University to inform the emergence of a resilient food system for the region in the 21st Century. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Stellenbosch University Open Access Fund | en_ZA |
| dc.description.version | Publishers' version | en_ZA |
| dc.format.extent | 10 p. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Drimie, S. & McLachlan, M. 2013. Food security in South Africa : first steps toward a transdisciplinary approach. Food Security, February 2013, doi:10.1007/s12571-013-0241-4. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1876-4517 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1876-4525 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.other | doi:10.1007/s12571-013-0241-4 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/80704 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | SpringerLink | en_ZA |
| dc.rights.holder | Authors retain copyright | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Food security -- South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Transdisciplinary research | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Food security in South Africa : first steps toward a transdisciplinary approach | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |