- Title
- Links between the local trade in natural products, livelihoods and poverty alleviation in a semi-arid region of South Africa
- Creator
- Shackleton, Sheona E, Campbell, Bruce, Lotz-Sisitka, Heila, Shackleton, Charlie M
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2008
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/181246
- Identifier
- vital:43712
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.03.003"
- Description
- Can the local commercialization of natural products contribute to reduced poverty and vulnerability? Commentary on this issue is mixed, with some observers being quite optimistic, while others hold a counterview. This paper explores the poverty alleviation potential of four products traded in Bushbuckridge, South Africa—traditional brooms, reed mats, woodcraft, and “marula” beer. While key in enhancing the livelihood security of the poorest households, these products were unlikely to provide a route out of poverty for most, although there were exceptions. Incomes often surpassed local wage rates, and some producers obtained returns equivalent to the minimum wage. Non-financial benefits such as the opportunity to work from home were highly rated, and the trade was found to represent a range of livelihood strategies both within and across products.
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (22 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Language
- English
- Relation
- World Development, Shackleton, S., Campbell, B., Lotz-Sisitka, H. and Shackleton, C., 2008. Links between the local trade in natural products, livelihoods and poverty alleviation in a semi-arid region of South Africa. World Development, 36(3), pp.505-526, World Development volume 36 number 3 p. 505 2008 0305-750X
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Shackleton, Sheona (Prof)
RU Department of Environmental Science
Shackleton, Charles Michael (Distinguished Prof)
SDG 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
Lotz-Sisitka, Heila (Distinguished Professor)
SDG 01. No Poverty
SDG 04. Quality Education
SDG 15. Life On Land
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