Addressing the challenges of food security and youth unemployment in South Africa through land reform policies

South Africa’s past policy of apartheid has contributed to some of the socio-economic challenges the country faces today. Some of the challenges include grinding poverty levels, increasing inequality and unemployment among large sections of the population. The constitution of the country makes provi...

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Main Author: Akwasi Arko-Achemfuor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LLC "CPC "Business Perspectives" 2016-10-01
Series:Environmental Economics
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spelling doaj-dfceafd7df4b4f0baf4b2d486ee64fb82020-11-25T02:37:02ZengLLC "CPC "Business Perspectives"Environmental Economics1998-60411998-605X2016-10-0173525910.21511/ee.07(3).2016.067870Addressing the challenges of food security and youth unemployment in South Africa through land reform policiesAkwasi Arko-Achemfuor0Department of Adult Basic Education & Youth Development, University of South Africa, Pretoria.South Africa’s past policy of apartheid has contributed to some of the socio-economic challenges the country faces today. Some of the challenges include grinding poverty levels, increasing inequality and unemployment among large sections of the population. The constitution of the country makes provision for property and land rights as strategies for addressing some of the past injustices, ensuring food insecurity and sustainable livelihoods. A number of polices have been drafted in this regard, but it is acknowledged that some of the policies that have been adopted by the government have not yielded the desired result leading to the fear that if the situation is not radically addressed may lead to unintended consequences. This paper assesses a number of polices, programs, approaches and strategies regarding land reform policies have that been put into place, most of which have not worked as expected including the fact that the youth have not been factored into most of these programs and policies. This article advocates for the youth to be factored into all land reform and food security policies and programs as a way of capacitating them and getting the youth to see agriculture as a career choice to ensure future food security for the nation, while at the same time addressing youth unemployment and rural poverty. Keywords: land reform, youth, food security, livelihoods, development, policy. JEL Classification: Q15, Q18, O2https://businessperspectives.org/images/pdf/applications/publishing/templates/article/assets/7870/ee_2016_03_Arko-Achemfuor.pdf
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title_short Addressing the challenges of food security and youth unemployment in South Africa through land reform policies
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1998-605X
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description South Africa’s past policy of apartheid has contributed to some of the socio-economic challenges the country faces today. Some of the challenges include grinding poverty levels, increasing inequality and unemployment among large sections of the population. The constitution of the country makes provision for property and land rights as strategies for addressing some of the past injustices, ensuring food insecurity and sustainable livelihoods. A number of polices have been drafted in this regard, but it is acknowledged that some of the policies that have been adopted by the government have not yielded the desired result leading to the fear that if the situation is not radically addressed may lead to unintended consequences. This paper assesses a number of polices, programs, approaches and strategies regarding land reform policies have that been put into place, most of which have not worked as expected including the fact that the youth have not been factored into most of these programs and policies. This article advocates for the youth to be factored into all land reform and food security policies and programs as a way of capacitating them and getting the youth to see agriculture as a career choice to ensure future food security for the nation, while at the same time addressing youth unemployment and rural poverty. Keywords: land reform, youth, food security, livelihoods, development, policy. JEL Classification: Q15, Q18, O2
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