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Water use for food and nutrition security at the start-up stage of food value chains
Published: 1 July 2020
Report No: WRC Report no. K5/2555
Abstract
The continuous high rates of hunger and malnutrition in rural communities are a stark reminder that the link between agriculture and nutrition requires strengthening. A stronger value chain is required between seed and plate, particularly in poor households. A four-year Water Research Commission (WRC) project, focusing on study sites in the KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State provinces, explored ways to improve the production of food from homestead gardens while using water effectively. The project makes a number of recommendations to improve the production and nutrition of food produced in homestead gardens.
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