The impact of urban agriculture on household food security in Cape Town, South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorBoatemaa, Sandraen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorSigge, G. O.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSmit, Jonese Elsjeen_ZA
dc.contributor.otherStellenbosch University. Faculty of Agrisciences. Dept. of Food Science.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-25T06:00:42Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-29T12:51:40Z
dc.date.available2022-02-25T06:00:42Z
dc.date.issued2022-03
dc.descriptionThesis (MScFoodSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2022. en_ZA
dc.description.abstractENGLISH ABSTRACT: Feeding the rapidly growing global population whilst combatting climate change remains a global food security challenge. By 2050, our global population is expected to reach 9.2 billion of which 68% would live in urban areas. Rapid urbanization results in unpredictable food shortages and creates several food security challenges. Urban households in Cape Town, are facing high levels of food insecurity and are struggling to access food. Urban agriculture is gaining increasing attention for being a sustainable strategy to improve food access, diversity, and income generation in urban areas. This study assessed the impact of urban agriculture on household-level food security in Cape Town, South Africa. The open-source survey dataset, Consuming Urban Poverty Surveys (CUPS), was obtained from interviews with a sample size of 2500 households in Cape Town. The data is analysed using a logistic regression model in R. Majority of urban households were food insecure and only 3.91% of the respondents practised urban agriculture by home-grown crops. The majority of households did not own livestock and very few participants (2.72%) participated in community food garden projects. A total of 3.62% of the sampled households participated in at least one of the three UA events. Household food security was significantly associated with household size, age and male (gender) of household heads. This study found that urban agriculture (UA) was statistically significantly (p<0.05) in the bivariate analysis model, indicating that there is indeed a relationship between urban agriculture and household food security. However, the extent to which urban agriculture impacts household-level food security is limited, due to the lack of supporting policies to promote and acknowledge the role of urban agriculture in improving food access, diversification and income generation for poor urban households. The type of household structure also influenced household food security, with female-centred (p<0), male-centred (p<0.01) and other household structures (p<0.01) being statistically significant indicating a relationship with household food security. Social grants were significant for several levels of importance, including being considered as neutral (p<0), very important (p<0), not important (p<0.01), not important at all (p<0.01). Child grants were significant (p<0) as well as household incomes obtained from the formal-, informal- and casual-employment sources (p<0).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Om die vinnig groeiende wêreldbevolking te voed terwyl klimaatsverandering bekamp word, bly 'n globale voedselsekuriteitsuitdaging. Teen 2050 sal ons wêreldbevolking na verwagting 9,2 miljard bereik, waarvan 68% in stedelike gebiede sal woon. Vinnige verstedeliking lei tot onvoorspelbare voedseltekorte en skep verskeie voedselsekuriteitsuitdagings. Stedelike huishoudings in Kaapstad staar hoë vlakke van voedselonsekerheid in die gesig en sukkel om toegang tot voedsel te kry. Stedelike landbou kry toenemende aandag omdat dit 'n volhoubare strategie is om voedseltoegang, diversiteit en inkomste-generering in stedelike gebiede te verbeter. Hierdie studie het die impak van stedelike landbou op huishoudelike-vlak voedselsekerheid in Kaapstad, Suid-Afrika, beoordeel. Die oopbron-opnamedatastel, Consuming Urban Poverty Surveys (CUPS), is verkry uit onderhoude met 'n steekproefgrootte van 2500 huishoudings in Kaapstad. Die data word ontleed deur gebruik te maak van 'n logistiese regressiemodel in R. Die meerderheid van stedelike huishoudings was voedselonseker en slegs 3.91% van die respondente het stedelike landbou deur tuisgemaakte gewasse beoefen. Die meerderheid huishoudings het nie vee besit nie en baie min deelnemers (2.72%) het aan gemeenskapsvoedseltuinprojekte deelgeneem. Altesaam 3.62% van die steekproefhuishoudings het aan ten minste een van die drie UA-geleenthede deelgeneem. Huishoudelike voedselsekuriteit was beduidend geassosieer met huishoudelike grootte, ouderdom en manlike (geslag) van huishoudelike hoofde. Hierdie studie het bevind dat stedelike landbou statisties betekenisvol (p<0.05) in die tweeveranderlike analise was, wat aandui dat daar wel 'n verband tussen stedelike landbou en huishoudelike voedselsekuriteit is. Die mate waarin stedelike landbou voedselsekerheid op huishoudelike vlak beïnvloed, is egter beperk, weens die gebrek aan ondersteunende beleide om die rol van stedelike landbou in die verbetering van voedseltoegang, diversifikasie en inkomstegenerering vir arm stedelike huishoudings te bevorder en te erken. Die tipe huishoudelike struktuur het ook huishoudelike voedselsekuriteit beïnvloed, met vrou- gesentreerd (p<0), man-gesentreerd (p<0.01) en ander huishoudelike strukture (p<0.01) wat statisties betekenisvol was wat 'n verband met huishoudelike voedselsekerheid aandui. Maatskaplike toelaes was betekenisvol vir verskeie vlakke van belangrikheid, insluitend om as neutraal beskou te word (p<0), baie belangrik (p<0), nie belangrik nie (p<0.01), glad nie belangrik nie (p<0.01). Kindertoelaes was betekenisvol (p<0) sowel as huishoudelike inkomste verkry uit die formele-, informele- en toevallige-indiensnemingsbronne (p<0).af_ZA
dc.description.versionMastersen_ZA
dc.embargo.terms2023-08-31
dc.format.extentxi, 50 pagesen_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/125045
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch : Stellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.rights.holderStellenbosch Universityen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshUrban agriculture -- South Africa -- Cape Townen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshFood security -- Climatic factorsen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshFood security -- South Africa -- Cape Townen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshCommunity gardens -- South Africa en_ZA
dc.subject.lcshHousehold surveys -- South Africa -- Cape Townen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshSustainable development -- South Africaen_ZA
dc.subject.nameUCTDen_ZA
dc.titleThe impact of urban agriculture on household food security in Cape Town, South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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