Nowhere is this Shakespearean line more relevant than in the discourse of smallholder livelihoods in the wake of threats around climate variability. As smallholder farmers “lurch from drought to drought”, their food security increasingly becomes precarious. This opens up a host of questions: Why do smallholders become food insecure? To what extent is the food […]
As the Amanzi for Food team, we all participated in the Amanzi for Food engaged research programme and we have learnt so much. Many of us are students and have worked or are working towards a post graduate degree during the time we have engaged in the project. Out of our engaged research, we have written the […]
The Amanzi for Food national workshop was conducted at Rhodes University on 11-12 May 2016, 30 people from across South Africa representing Universities, Agricultural colleges, Extension services, Local economic development and Non-governmental organisations among others attended the two day workshop. The aim of the workshop was to share what has been done regarding developing and […]
On 1st March 2016 Mr Sivuyile Silinga was appointed as a new Senior Agricultural Advisor / Controller to manage the Alice Department of Rural Development and Agrarian Reform (DRDAR) office. He has experience in the field of agricultural advisory services and management. His mandate is to work with the team of extension officers to drive […]
