种子系统对振兴小农业的有用性:南非视角
S I Hlatshwayo1, A T Modi1, S Hlahla1
1Centre for Transformative Agricultural and Food Systems, School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, 3201 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
概括
南非 南非 南非
科学领域:
- 农业经济学 农业经济学
- 食品安全研究 食品安全研究
- 农村发展 农村发展
背景情况:
- 尽管南非的粮食安全状况良好,但农村家庭面临着严重的粮食不安全.
- 非正规种子系统对于这些地区小农的粮食生产至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估非正式种子系统在提高南非农村小农户家庭的粮食生产中的作用.
- 确定农民在这些系统中所面临的挑战及其对粮食安全的影响.
主要方法:
- 一种混合方法的方法,结合了定量和定性研究.
- 关于非正式种子系统和小农农业的现有文献的叙述性综述.
主要成果:
- 使用非正式种子系统的小农在种子质量,储存和市场准入方面遇到了挑战.
- 目前南非的政策忽视了非正式种子系统对粮食安全的贡献.
结论:
- 正式承认和支持非正式的种子系统可以改善种子的获取,提高产量,提高农村生计.
- 将非正式种子系统纳入政策是改善南非粮食和营养安全的关键.
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