Contribution of indigenous knowledge practices to household food security : a case study of rural households in KwaZulu-Natal
Contribution of indigenous knowledge practices to household food security : a case study of rural households in KwaZulu-Natal
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土著知识实践对家庭粮食安全的贡献：夸祖鲁-纳塔尔省农村家庭的案例研究
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2014
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M. Mudhara
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Sthembile. Ndwandwe;M. Mudhara
对于贫穷的农村家庭来说，利用土著知识是一项可行的生计战略。用二项Logistic回归模型论证了土著知识做法对粮食安全的影响。以夸祖鲁-纳塔尔五个村庄随机抽取的100户家庭生产的玉米为指标，将家庭一级的粮食供应情况作为衡量粮食安全的一项指标。在病虫害管理、肥力管理、除草、土地整备、种子和收获后储存方面确定了IKP。家庭平均能够获得三到六个月的粮食，而且可以观察到初级粮食方案对粮食安全的重大影响。土著知识养活了农村地区的家庭，并将政策努力的重点放在设法加强和鼓励从观点上转变，即在粮食供应和获取方面将本地知识视为当地的复原力来源，这可能带来在南非建立粮食安全家庭的备选方案之一。
The use of indigenous knowledge is a viable livelihood strategy for poor rural households. A binomial logistic regression model was used to demonstrate the effect of Indigenous knowledge practices (IKPs) on food security. Food availability at household level was used as a measure of food security using as a proxy the maize produced in 100 randomly selected households from five villages in KwaZulu-Natal. The IKPs were identified in pest management, fertility management, weeding, land preparation, seed and post-harvest storage. Households were able to secure food for an average of three to six months, and the significant effect of IKPs on food security was observed. Indigenous Knowledge feeds households in rural areas and focusing policy efforts on finding ways of enhancing and encouraging a perspective shift to that of approaching IKPs as a local source of resilience when it comes to food availability and access, could bring about one of the options for creating food-secure households in South Africa.